Effective November 1, 2022, the partnership of Kaye & Associates, PLLC, has been dissolved. Bruce J. Kaye and R. Eric Solem are pleased to announce they are still practicing law and can be contacted as follows:
Bruce has joined the firm of Hailey | Hart PLLC as “of Counsel” and will continue representing clients on personal injury claims, disability insurance claims, and insurance disputes.
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Bruce J. Kaye, Esq.Hailey | Hart PLLC |
Bruce J. Kaye’s clients benefit from his four decades of experience specializing in Plaintiff’s personal injury cases and other areas of civil litigation and dispute. He has successfully handled a wide variety of personal injury matters, including those in the contexts of wrongful death; accidents and collisions involving automobiles, trucks, snow mobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and horses; products liability; slip-and-fall injuries ; and ski accidents and other accidents on recreational properties.
Mr. Kaye has successfully tried cases in the state and federal courts and negotiated settlements in numerous complex civil cases. He has a particular interest in insurance bad faith cases, including those arising from workers compensation claims. He also leverages his expertise in cases involving the wrongful denial of benefits under Long Term Disability (LTD) insurance policies, both in the ERISA and non-ERISA scenario.
In addition to litigation, Mr. Kaye has extensive experience in the areas of mediation, negotiation and arbitration. Mr. Kaye regularly serves as “personal counsel” for clients who have been sued in civil matters, protecting their interests vis a vis their insurance company.
Eric is continuing his estate planning and probate practice at Solem Woodward & McKinley, P.C., where he is the founding member.
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R. Eric Solem, Esq.Solem Woodward & McKinley, P.C. |
Eric founded Solem, Harris & McKinley, P.C., in 1990.
He received his JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison and is licensed in both Wisconsin and Colorado. He has practiced before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Court of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
His current emphasis is in the drafting of special needs trusts and Medicaid and Medicare lien resolution. He has successfully argued and won numerous elder law cases in the appellate courts and federal and state lower courts.
Eric successfully won the only Colorado State cases establishing restrictions on Medicaid estate recoveries and Medicaid personal injury liens.