Steven G. Greenlee

Steven G. Greenlee, Of Counsel

Steve Greenlee joined Whalen Hersh in April 2021 as Of Counsel to the firm, providing high-level legal analysis, strategic solutions, and powerful, persuasive writing. Prior to joining Whalen Hersh, Steve practiced civil litigation law for nearly 25 years in Colorado and Wyoming.
In 1994, Steve began his legal career representing international, national and local corporations, insurance companies, businesses and individuals in every aspect of litigation in matters of employment, insurance, personal injury, products liability, environmental, toxic tort, contracts and other commercial disputes, and intellectual property.
In 2005, Steve joined a large national plaintiff’s firm representing clients in Wyoming, Colorado, and across the nation, principally protecting the rights of those who have been seriously injured by the negligence of others. That is where he first met and practiced law with Reeves Whalen and Graham Hersh. During that time, he worked on a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, mass torts, commercial trucking accidents, bad faith insurance clams, premises liability, commercial litigation, medical and legal malpractice, and employment litigation. He has helped secure tens of millions of dollars in settlements, verdicts, and judgments over the course of his career.

EDUCATION

J.D. With Honors, University of Wyoming College of Law
B.S., Marketing, University of Wyoming

BAR ADMISSIONS

Colorado 1994
Wyoming 1994
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado 1995
U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit

HONORS & AWARDS

Selected to Best Lawyers® in America, 2012-2019
Selected to Colorado Super Lawyers®, 2015-2016 and 2018-2019
The National Trial Lawyers -Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Colorado, 2012-2017
Martindale-Hubbell NotableSM Rating
Order of the Coif (Top 10% in Law School Class) – University of Wyoming College of Law
Land and Water Law Review, Editor and Staff – University of Wyoming College of Law
Thurman Arnold Scholarship and Legal Services Scholarship – University of Wyoming College of Law
American Jurisprudence Awards – University of Wyoming College of Law
President’s Honor Roll – University of Wyoming
Dean’s Honor Roll – University of Wyoming
Golden Key National Honor Society – University of Wyoming
Seak, Inc.’s National Legal Fiction Writing Contest For Lawyers, Second Place Award, 2004

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Past Member of the Board of Governors – Up with People International Alumni Association
Volunteer and Pro Bono Legal Assistance – Up with People International Alumni Association
Financial Support – Craig Hospital, Aware Alzheimer’s Association, Dog is My Co-Pilot, and Make-A-Wish Foundation.

LECTURES, SEMINARS & PUBLICATIONS

Instructor | Summer Trial Institute – University of Wyoming College of Law
“America’s Trial Lawyers: Protecting a Threatened Species” – The Trial Lawyer, Fall 2016
“Employee Handbooks: At-Will or Not-At-Will? A Question of Form Over Substance” – XXVIII Land and Water L. Rev. 289, 1993