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Zachary Charles ElsnerWrongful Death Attorney in Denver, CO
The Wilhite Law Firm
Wrongful DeathPersonal Injury
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Contact
Email
Phone
(720) 707-2478
Address
1600 Ogden Street, Denver, CO, 80218, US
Professional
About
Zach Elsner was born in Akron, Ohio in 1977. He has two young sons: Eli and Arlo. Zach has four older brothers, and spent his childhood playing sports and enjoying the outdoors with his family. He spent his high school years in Jackson, Tennessee, where he played soccer, basketball, and football. After high school, Zach moved to Colorado and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. During college, Zach had the opportunity to study abroad on scholarship in Italy in 1997 and in Sweden for the 1998 and 1999 school year. While abroad, he had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. In his free time, Zach began backcountry skiing, rock climbing, and mountaineering. After college, Zach moved to Seattle to pursue his law degree from Seattle University. While in law school, he served as an associate editor of the Seattle University Law Review, where an article he authored was selected for publication. Zach also had the opportunity to extern for a U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington. During his free time, he became an expert skier and mountaineer, climbing and skiing many routes in the North Cascades. He graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2004. After law school, Zach was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County in Seattle, Washington for seven years. During his tenure there, he conducted over sixty trials on charges including DUI, Theft, Animal Cruelty, Robbery, Rape, and Child Molestation. He also served on an auto theft task force where he worked closely with detectives to develop investigation strategies and to target specific groups of auto thieves. In 2012, Zach moved back to Colorado, where he joined the law firm of Bachus & Schanker as an associate attorney where he represented hundreds of clients on claims for personal injury, wrongful death, and sexual assault. He received many favorable results for his clients including a judgment of over $17.5 million in a wrongful death case and a judgment of $4.8 million in a sexual assault case.
About Wrongful Death Law
Wrongful death attorneys represent families who have lost loved ones due to the negligence of others. They seek compensation for the devastating loss. Common matters include fatal accidents, medical negligence deaths, workplace fatalities, product liability deaths.
Credentials
Education
2004 Seattle University School of Law JD - Juris Doctor 2000 University of Colorado - Boulder BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English
Recognition & Involvement
Awards
2026 Super Lawyers, Thompson Reuters 2025 Super Lawyers, Thompson Reuter 2024 Super Lawyers, Thompson Reuters 2019 Excellence in Civil Litigation, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center 2017 Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thompson Reuters
Publications
2013 Law Week Colorado Protecting Third Parties to Client's Funds 2013 The Lawyer's Logbook (Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America) Winning Your Case in Voir Dire 2012 Law Week Colorado Winning Your Case in Voir Dire 2004 Seattle University Law Review Rethinking Attorney Liens: Why Washington Attorneys are Forced into "Involuntary" Pro Bono
Associations
2013 - Present American Association for Justice Member 2012 - Present Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Member
Speaking
2025 The Ultimate Up-To-Date Guide to Handling the Civil Sexual Assault Case Premises Liability and Sexual Assault Cases 2019 Civil Justice for Victims of Sexual Harassment & Assault in the #MeToo Era Investigation and Discovery in Sex Assault Cases 2004 Ethics of Attorney Liens Ethics
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Updated: Jun 07, 2026