Located in Dillon, Colorado, The Rietz Law Firm is primarily dedicated to sport and recreational defense work. Our work includes the defense of ski areas, ski, bike and sporting goods shops, ski, snowboard and equipment manufacturers, trade associations within the ski industry, road and mountain biking companies, river rafting providers, equestrian operations, amusement parks, and numerous other sporting goods and equipment manufacturers. The Rietz Law firm also provides services in all types of insurance defense, employment law, construction law, as well as commercial and real estate litigation. Our team is comprised of three attorneys: Peter W. Rietz, Kim Viergever and MaryJo C. Falcone; two litigation paralegals, Michelle McDonald and Melody Braaten; and an experienced support staff. This group’s combined experience in sports litigation totals over sixty years.

   The aforementioned individuals have successfully handled numerous high profile cases involving all aspects of ski defense. The firm also handles other sports and recreation and insurance defense related matters, as well as employment practices, commercial and transactional work, commercial litigation and real estate work. Members of the firm have handled motor vehicle and commercial trucking matters, construction defect cases, and have worked on a number of property damage cases for various clients. The lawyers are licensed to do work in Colorado, Wyoming and New York. The Rietz Law Firm L.L.C. also serves as national counsel for a large ski shop program through CNA Insurance Co.

INSURANCE COMPANIES
   The Rietz Law Firm, represents insurance clients, including but not limited to, AON, American Insurance Group, Genesis, Winterthur, CNA, Underwriters at Lloyds and works with brokers including but not limited to Willis, Acordia Resort Services, K&K, and Lockton.

- Yellow Freight, defended multi-vehicle collisions involving wrongful death.
- SNORAC, inc., d/b/a Enterprise Rent-A-Car - In N.Y., defended numerous motor vehicle accidents, including trials to verdict.
- Vail Associates, defended commercial vehicle collisions and pedestrian related collisions.

REPRESENTATION OF SPORT FACILITY PROVIDERS AND MANUFACTURERS
   matters handled by The Rietz Law Firm include:

- Personal injury and product liability actions involving
- Mountain bikes
- Stable operations
- Bobsled and tubing facilities
- River rafting
- Golf course and golf cart actions
- Water ski accidents and water-ski product claims
- Accidents during races and other competition events courses and venues
- Product liability defense work

OTHER AREAS OF LAW
- General personal injury
- Construction defect litigation
- Employment practices defense work
- Corporate and commercial matters
- Property damage
- General insurance defense
- Motor vehicle accidents

RISK MANAGEMENT
   The Rietz Law Firm is extensively involved in proactive risk management, including: risk management presentations, review of manuals, employee handbooks, signage and releases.

   The Rietz Law Firm works closely with its clients in all proactive risk management efforts, along with their carriers and loss control individuals.

LEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES GENERALLY PROVIDED WITHOUT CHARGE
   The Rietz Law Firm, offers all clients the following risk management and legal services:

- Power Point employee risk management and orientation presentations customized and updated each year for each department and or business. This includes; patrol, ski school, lift department, grooming, race department, marketing, food and beverage, ski and sport shop, rental shop, snowcat tours, summer activities and transportation.
- Review of manuals and employee handbooks.
- Drafting and maintaining state of the art releases for all activities offered by the client.
- Acting as a sounding board and assisting the client and their claims adjuster in evaluating claims prior to litigation being commenced.

   The Rietz Law Firm prides itself in committing its time to its clients in order to assist them in being ideally postured to prevent accidents in the first place and in the event an accident occurs, performing the very best investigation so as to more effectively defend themselves in the event of litigation.

FIRM EXPERIENCE
   The Rietz Law Firm L.L.C. is a repository for depositions of all experts involved in and against the ski industry. As a member of the Association of Ski Defense Attorneys (ASDA) the firm is provided with a worldwide network with other attorneys. We trace sports, recreation and ski litigation nationwide and through networking and research are current with state of the art defenses and intimately familiar with plaintiff’s theories throughout Colorado and the country. In consequence, preparation of motions, briefs and summary judgments is efficient and effective.

OUR COMMITMENT TO CLIENTS
   The Rietz Law Firm L.L.C. is committed to doing everything possible to facilitate the most favorable result in a litigation setting. The entire staff is comprised of committed skiers, snowboarders and sports enthusiasts and brings their passion for sports and the ski industry to bear in each and every matter handled. ...