Practice Areas

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Insurance Defense
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation
  • Personal Injury

Admissions

  • Arizona
  • Colorado
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court of Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Adam M. Royval

Partner

Phone: 303-605-1573
Email: aroyval@messner.com
Office: Denver, Phoenix

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Adam is a seasoned litigator and trial attorney practicing in the firm’s Denver and Phoenix offices. He has litigated well over 500 cases through completion. Every year, for over a decade, Adam has tried multiple cases to juries, courts, and arbitrators in Colorado and across the United States. He is currently licensed in the state courts of Colorado and Arizona, and the United States federal District Courts for the districts of Colorado, the Middle District of Tennessee, Minnesota, and Nebraska. He is licensed in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.

Adam is dedicated to the aggressive representation and defense of his clients and is a leader the civil defense community. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Defense Lawyer Association, Colorado’s premier civil defense bar association, and is the Co-legislative Director, responsible for overseeing and tracking legislation of importance to the civil defense bar. He has authored and contributed to numerous amicus briefs of statewide importance to the defense bar and argued before the Colorado Court of Appeals. He is an active CLE presenter on frontline issues pertinent to the defense community.

Adam began his career as a transactional attorney representing both small and Fortune 500 companies handling merger and acquisition projects, corporate and entity structuring and commercial leasing. Drawing on this experience, he transitioned into a dedicated litigation practice in 2012, defending builders, contractors, insurers, and their insureds.

Today, Adam works almost exclusively on all types of litigated matters including employment disputes, class actions, shareholder suits, personal injury cases, construction matters and insurance cases. He protects tens of millions of dollars of risk annually and consistently and repeatedly obtains favorable results for his clients.

  • Colorado State University, Business Administration and Marketing
  • University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
  • Super Lawyers: Rising Star 2019-2024
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  • Colorado Civil Justice League
  • Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Faculty of Federal Advocates
Publications and Speaking Engagements
  • Presenter, “Messaging: Tips, Tricks, Do’s and Don’ts of Legislative Testimony”, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, January 23, 2024. (CLE accredited)
  • Presenter, “Legislative Education”, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, October 4, 2023. (CLE accredited)
  • Presenter, “Liens and Litigation Finance Companies, the Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly”  Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, April 25, 2019. (CLE accredited)
  • Ronquillo v. EcoClean Home Services, Inc. et al, 500 P.3d 1130 (Colo) (en banc) (amicus author and contributor)
  • United States v United States v. Poe: A Missed Opportunity to Reevaluate Bounty Hunters’ Symbiotic Role in the Criminal Justice System, 87 Denv. U. L. Rev. 789 (2010)
Professional Experience
  • Lasater & Martin, P.C. 2012 – 2014
  • McCLain Snody, LLC; 2010 – 2012
  • Eighth Judicial District, Judicial Intern 2009-2010

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Messner Reeves LLP
1550 Wewatta St. Suite 710
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 623-1800.