About Our Firm

Chalat Hatten & Koupal offers the traditional benefits of a small law office complimented by the competitive edge gained with information technology. At Chalat Hatten & Koupal an attorney, NOT a paralegal or legal secretary will handle your matter from start to finish.

We are committed to providing the highest quality of legal representation for each of our clients. For many accident victims, the thought of pursuing a legal claim is unpleasant and perhaps intimidating. This is why you need an experienced personal injury attorney to help evaluate your situation. We provide free legal advice during this evaluation period to help you decide the best way to proceed. The free legal advice we offer is a preliminary step we take as a law firm to understand the scope of possible claims and give potential clients a clear view of their situation from a legal perspective.

We also offer discounted fee arrangements for cases in which the same old "one-third" charged by most lawyers is just too much. Many cases do not require a lot of time to prepare; especially in severe injury or death cases from auto, truck, or commercial carrier accidents. Often these cases are capped out on damages or there is simply a limit to insurance coverage. Sometimes, the liability is obvious, and the insurance company is just being difficult—waiting to see if your case is one that they will simply have to settle—because you went out and got a good lawyer.

We are trial lawyers who are not afraid of the courtroom - and insurance defense firms know that we will try a case when settlement offers are too low.

We have assisted countless individuals receive the compensation they deserve for serious injuries sustained as the result of an accident. Among our clients are former Olympic athletes and professional skiers. We have also acted as counsel for the National Federation of the Blind and the Colorado Center on Deafness.

At Chalat Hatten & Koupal, our attorneys are proud to donate their time and expertise to benefit organizations in our community. Various members of our firm have served on the boards or volunteered for community schools, local arts organizations and non-profit groups.

How We Help

Our community support is typically donation funds coupled with significant volunteer time commitments. As a small firm, we believe it is essential for our donations to be effectively utilized, and by volunteering directly to work with a community organization we give even more back to our community as well as ensure good use of the donated monies.

Being committed advocates for quality public education, we have offered significant support to these educational programs:

Colorado Bar Association High School Mock Trial Program

The goals of the Colorado High School Mock Trial Program are to promote an appreciation for American judicial system and court procedures; to build and improve basic life skills such as critical thinking, public speaking, reading, reasoning, team collaboration, persuasive argument, and advocacy; and to increase communication and cooperation between the legal and educational communities.

Great Education Colorado

Great Education Colorado is a nonpartisan, statewide, grassroots organization of parents and other public school supporters that advocates for adequate funding for public education in Colorado.

DBA Community Action Network

The Community Action Network donates items to DPS's Educational Outreach Program, an entity of DPS that provides assistance to the more than 800 children that are identified as homeless in the Denver school system. The Denver Bar Association's CAN Snow Carnival raises funds for Children's Outreach Project, which provides early childhood and kindergarten education to "typical, gifted, and developmentally delayed children" in the Denver-metro area.

Havern School's Annual Garden Party Sponsor

Havern School provides a specialized education program for elementary and middle school students with learning disabilities. Chris Koupal, a partner with the firm, is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Havern School.

The nature of our work brings us in contact with many families who have suffered the terrible loss of a child. Witnessing this grief firsthand informs our decision to provide support to:

The Children's Hospital Neuro-Oncology Research Fund

Fund supports research efforts being conducted in neuro-oncology and other areas of childhood cancer

Colorado SIDS Program

The mission of The Colorado SIDS Program, Inc. is to provide support and counseling to families, friends, and communities who experience or are affected by a SIDS death; educate first responders and other professionals who deal with SIDS deaths; and provide education throughout Colorado about SIDS, risk reduction, and latest research; and help fund and support SIDS research.

And finally, having represented hundreds of injured skiers, we appreciate the beauty of the sport as well as the need for adequate safety equipment. To these two ends we support:

St. Anthony Health Foundation Ski Helmet Program

A large research and surveillance effort to track both the use of helmets on-slope and the impact of ski helmets on head injury reductions.

RMD United States Ski and Snowboard Association

Rocky Mountain Divisions of the USSA, an Olympic sports organization dedicated to fielding the best skiing and snowboarding teams in the world

The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD)

NSCD began in 1970 as a one-time ski lesson for children with amputations for the Children's Hospital of Denver. Today, the NSCD is one of the largest outdoor therapeutic recreation agencies in the world. Each year, thousands of children and adults with disabilities take to the ski slopes, mountain trails and golf courses to learn more about sports - and themselves. Chalat Hatten & Koupal proudly sponsors a competitive disabled skier through this program.

All our efforts may not be novel or ground-breaking, but we feel notable none the less for consistency and dedication!