Eric J. Voogt | Glade Voogt Lopez Smith Felser

Title: Of Counsel

Eric J. Voogt is Of Counsel with Glade Voogt Lopez Smith Felser PC. He has been with the firm since January of 2003. His experience and expertise include complex commercial and business litigation, environmental litigation, construction litigation, insurance coverage litigation, real estate litigation, environmental regulatory compliance, conservation easements, class actions, toxic torts, water pollution, and environmental property damage cases.

Eric graduated with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University and spent one year working as an engineer at Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. He then went on to attend law school at the University of Kansas where he graduated in the top 10 percent of his class and served on the Kansas Law Review.

In Eric’s first year after graduation from law school, he worked as a Policy Consultant for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C. After his time with the EPA, Eric spent five years with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, LLP in Kansas City, Missouri where he practiced general commercial litigation and environmental law.

In addition to his law practice, Eric is a founder of Proof Serve, LLC which connects law firms with experienced process servers through a mobile app. Proof’s technology provides real-time tracking and communication between process servers and law firms as well as electronic proof of service via geo locates. Learn more here.

Primary Practice Areas

Construction Law Practice
Environmental Law Practice
Litigation, Class Action & Appeals Practice
Personal Injury & Professional Liability Practice
Real Estate Law Practice

Representative Cases

In addition to his other areas of practice, Eric has represented companies and individuals in environmental class actions and multi-party cases his entire career. He co-counseled the seminal Colorado Supreme Court case on class action certification in Colorado: See Jackson v. Unocal here. He recently obtained a favorable determination from the Colorado Court of Appeals in the conservation easement case Markus v. Colorado Department of Revenue which created new law favorable to the taxpayer on the statute of limitations.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Denver Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association, Litigation and Class Action sections
Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families – Board of Directors
Supports families with internationally and domestically adopted children
Eric’s wife Alison George is the Director of the Division of Housing for the State of Colorado and they support several charities that provide affordable housing and mental health services to low income people

Bar & Court Admissions

State Bar Admissions

Active
- Colorado
Inactive
- Maryland
- Missouri

Federal Court Admissions

District of Colorado
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Publications

Pork, Pollution, and Pig Farming: The Truth About Corporate Hog Farming, Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Spg., 1996
Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law (Contributing Author), The Year in Review, 1997
Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law (Contributing Author), The Year in Review, 2000
Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law (Contributing Author), The Year in Review, 2001
Environmental Law Deskbook (Contributing Editor), Missouri Bar Association
Eric was recently featured in a Denver Business Journal article, Economy No Excuse for Environmental Blunders

Education

J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, 1996
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Kansas Law Review
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 1992

Past Employment Positions

Cessna Aircraft, Wichita, Kansas, Engineer, 1993
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., Environmental Regulatory Consultant, 1996 – 1997
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997 – 2002

Outside Interests

Skiing
Mountain biking
Hiking
Tennis
Avid sports fan
Married and has two children

I wanted to say a huge heart-felt THANK YOU for all of your hard work, time effort and energy on the Overlook case. Going through the asbestos apocalypse at the same time as taking the leap of faith in my real estate career was my rock bottom to say the least. You all taking our case literally saved my career, mental health, finances and essentially my life. I will forever be so grateful for you! I love the new office so much and thought you could use a pretty plant. I would love to come to your open house!

- Jen Wilburn

Our company has been working with Cynthia and Eric as well as the rest of their firm for over 15 years. The firm has been invaluable in helping our company through several challenging situations. We have worked with them on numerous matters ranging from purchase agreements, to employment law to intellectual property. The work ethic, consideration to detail, and overall legal aptitudes are well rounded and outstanding.

- Andrew M. Schuman, President & CEO, Hammonds Candies

It is without any reservation that I offer my personal and professional reference to Eric Voogt and his firm.

While faced with overwhelming legal obstacles in a seemingly hopeless situation against an otherwise insurmountable adversary, with boundless resources available to defeat any chance of my family attaining restitution for legitimate damages, Mr. Eric Voogt answered the call for our dilemma.

Immediately impressed by the honesty, integrity and humanity possessed by Mr. Voogt. Although being duly warned of the mountain yet to climb, my family placed our trust in his competence, compassion and expertise. Over the following years of diligent effort on our behalf, our decision to place our trust in Mr. Voogt was truly well founded and deserved.
Without Mr. Voogt’s involvement and dedication, it is doubtless that we would have been financially devastated by the actions of another entity and of which we would have never recovered.

Litigation is a perilous and exhausting experience for the layman, paramount to all other considerations is the choice of legal counsel. My family fortunately and gratefully chose the right attorney; Mr. Eric Voogt and I offer this testimony from my experience and the results gained.

- Kym A. Schure

In representing a national mortgage lender, we retain local counsel in every jurisdiction to resolve disputes. Eric is a trusted advisor and our ‘go-to’ attorney in Colorado . He is a thorough, thoughtful, and responsive attorney who delivers great results at a great value for our mutual client.

- Unknown

Mr. Voogt has represented my family for the past eight years. During that time period, Mr. Voogt has skillfully, honorably and successfully represented us with compassion and expertise. As a lay person in legal issues, these attributes proved invaluable as we faced the challenges of potentially facing financial ruin against seemingly insurmountable opposition. It is without reservation that I offer my personal letter of reference.