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Marc Patoile’s practice focuses on complex litigation, where he brings a law and business based education, which includes an M.B.A., and a diverse range of courtroom experience to these matters. Mr. Patoile has developed a regional reputation as a trial lawyer handing family law and criminal matters. He also practices in equine law matters and civil litigation.
He has first-chaired over 100 trials to juries and the courts in domestic, criminal and civil matters. He has also served as a mediator and court-appointed special master, in addition to having a background in collaborative law, which affords him a unique perspective on settling complex matters.
Mr. Patoile is the past President of the Douglas-Elbert County Bar Association, where he also served as Vice-President and Treasurer. He has served on to the Colorado Board of Governors and serves as an alternate Municipal Court Judge. Mr. Patoile was the prosecuting attorney for several years in Monument, Colorado and has been a Special Prosecutor in Castle Rock and Greenwood Village, Colorado. He has been previously appointed by federal and local courts to handle a wide variety of trial matters.
The firm was chosen as the Best of the Best 2007 Law Practice and as the 2008-Douglas County's Finest Attorneys. Mr. Patoile has been chosen as the Best of the Best 2009 Attorney, by the readers of the Douglas County News-Press and the Castle Rock News Press.
Mr. Patoile has achieved the highest possible ranking in the Martindale-Hubbell attorney rating system:
EDUCATION
• University of Denver (B.A., 1992; M.B.A., 1995;
J.D., 1995)
HONORS & AWARDS
• Phi Alpha Delta
• American Jurisprudence Award, Alternative
Dispute ResolutionBAR ADMISSION
• Colorado
• U.S. District Court, Colorado
• Tenth Circuit Court of AppealsCOMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• Municipal Court Judge (Alternate),
Castle Rock, Colorado
• Special Master, Douglas County District
Court, Colorado
• Assistant City Attorney, Greenwood Village,
Colorado (1995)
• Clean Air Transit Company (Board of Directors
1997-2000)
• Castle Rock Merchant's Association/Downwtown
Castle Rock (Board of Directors 2006-Present)
• Douglas/Elbert/El Paso County Low Pay/Slow
Pay List, MemberPUBLICATIONS
• Continuing Legal Education presenter on Equine
and Equestrian Law
• Horse Connection Magazine, Legal Lead
Columnist
• The Chronicle of the Horse, Correspondent
• Covertside, Correspondent
• In and Around Horse Country, Correspondent
• Maverick Press, CorrespondentPROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Assistant Town Attorney/Prosecutor,
Monument, Colorado, 1997-2000
• Special Prosecutor, Castle Rock, Colorado
• Douglas-Elbert County Bar Association
(Secretary, 1998-1999; V.P., 1999-2000;
President, 2000-2001)
• Metro Volunteer Lawyers (Board of Directors
1998-1999)
• El Paso County Bar Association
• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
• Colorado Bar Association (Board of Governors
2000-2002; Family Law Section Member)
• American Bar Association
