Rob Zavaglia is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary's Denver office, is Office Chair of the firm's Denver office, and is a member of the firm’s Professional Liability, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation/D&O, Tort & Catastrophic Loss, Construction & Design Law, Insurance Coverage & Extra-Contractual Liability and Appellate practice sections. He is also Co-Chair of the firm's Aviation national practice team and part of the firm's Executive Committee. Rob has a broad practice that includes acting as personal and corporate counsel as well as serving as first-call litigation counsel in matters involving business and employment, aviation, construction, coverage and professional liability disputes.
In professional liability litigation, Mr. Zavaglia regularly represents attorneys, medical professionals and institutions, financial planners, securities brokers, and appraisers in claims arising from their professional duties. He also defends architects, engineers, contractors, and sub-trades in residential and commercial construction defect cases. As lead counsel, he has successfully tried cases involving conflicts and breaches of fiduciary duty, specialty financial products, real property defects and disclosures, aviation losses, and civil and structural engineering disputes. His insurance practice includes defending producers in failure to procure cases, representing carriers in declaratory relief actions, and coverage analysis in first- and third-party claims, including bad faith mitigation and defense.