Todd A. Travis

Todd started trying cases in 1994, the same year he walked out of DU Law. His first stop was the partnership at Bahr, Kreidle & Travis, P.C. By 1998, he’d hung his own shingle. He’s been a sole practitioner and small-firm trial lawyer ever since. Not because he couldn’t work at a bigger shop. Because he doesn’t want to.

The reason is simple. At a big firm, cases get assigned to associates. Clients talk to case managers. The attorney whose name is on the door might never read the file. Todd built his practice on the opposite idea: you hire him, you get him. He reads every medical record. He takes every deposition. He stands up in every courtroom. That’s been the deal for thirty years, and it hasn’t changed.

Today, Todd practices alongside his son Jordan at Rampart Injury Lawyers, operating out of Castle Rock and serving injured people across Colorado’s I-25 corridor. The firm is small on purpose. Todd has never been interested in running a settlement mill. He’s interested in winning trials.

What Todd Works On

Todd has spent his career on cases where the injuries are serious and the insurance companies fight hard. That means trucking collisions with multiple defendants, catastrophic brain injuries, wrongful death claims, and insurance bad faith disputes where the carrier won’t pay what it owes. His practice areas include:

• Trucking accidents – semi-truck, 18-wheeler, tractor-trailer, and commercial vehicle collisions involving FMCSA regulatory violations and multi-party liability
• Car accidents – rear-end, intersection, head-on, hit-and-run, drunk driving, and distracted driving crashes
• Motorcycle accidents – collisions involving left-turn violations, lane-change negligence, and road hazard failures
• Wrongful death – claims filed on behalf of surviving families under Colorado’s wrongful death and survival action statutes
• Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) – concussions, diffuse axonal injuries, and long-term cognitive impairment from vehicle collisions
• Spinal cord injuries – paralysis, herniated discs, and catastrophic spinal trauma
• Insurance bad faith – claims against insurers who delay, deny, or undervalue legitimate claims in violation of Colorado law and industry standards
• Pedestrian and bicycle accidents – crosswalk, intersection, and road-sharing collisions
• Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) claims – first-party coverage disputes and UM/UIM arbitration

A Lawyer Other Lawyers Learn From

One of the ways you measure a trial lawyer is by asking whether other trial lawyers listen when they talk. Todd has been a regular presenter at Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) seminars and conventions since 1996. His topics tell you what he cares about: insurance bad faith, motions practice, medical record protection, and subrogation strategy. Here’s a partial list:

• CTLA Annual Convention – Protective Orders for Medical Records and Battling Insurance Companies (2011)
• CTLA Annual Subrogation Seminar – Tricks of the Trade: The Absolute Practical Guide (2011)
• CTLA Blockbuster Auto Seminar – Confidentiality of Client Medical Records & Protective Orders (2010)
• CTLA Annual Subrogation Seminar – Using the New Law in Your Practice (2010)
• CTLA Annual Subrogation Seminar – Real Life Colorado Experiences (2009)
• CTLA Motions & Evidence Made Easy – Top Ten Motions You Must Have (2007)
• CTLA – Litigating the Bad-Faith Claim (2003)
• CTLA – Effective Resolution of Clients’ Claims with Insurance Companies (1998)
• CTLA – Current Issues & Topics in Insurance Bad Faith: A Plaintiff’s Perspective (1996)

Todd also published Documentation for Patient Injuries in an Auto Collision through the Colorado Chiropractic Association (2016), and serves on subcommittees and task forces focused on automobile accident litigation and insurance claims practices. Fellow Colorado trial attorney Donald Banovitz put it this way in a peer endorsement: Todd’s reputation for aggressive advocacy is well-deserved, and his motions practice is frequently referenced and adapted by other plaintiff’s lawyers across the state. (Source: Avvo Profile – Todd A. Travis).

How Todd Tries Cases

There are firms in Colorado that measure success by volume: how many cases signed, how fast they settle, how many ads they run during the morning news. Todd measures success differently. He asks one question: did the client get full, fair compensation for what happened to them? If the answer requires a trial, he tries the case. Todd has been a member of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America since 2014. That membership tells you something about the complexity of the cases he takes on. Trucking cases involve federal regulations, electronic logging data, corporate safety policies, and defense teams backed by commercial insurance carriers with deep pockets. Todd knows this world because he’s been fighting in it for decades. Todd has also adopted AI-powered legal technology into case preparation. In one multi-defendant trucking collision, Todd used document intelligence tools to surface contradictions in defense expert testimony during a live deposition, citing specific dates, clinics, and Bates-stamped page numbers from the medical record in real time. That case moved from a $700,000 insurance offer to a $3 million settlement. In another matter, AI analysis helped uncover overlooked evidence that moved a $25,000 case to $250,000. (Source: Supio Case Study – Travis Legal Offices). That’s what thirty years of trial experience looks like when you pair it with modern tools. The preparation gets sharper. The cross-examination gets tighter. And the insurance companies know they’re not dealing with someone who’s going to fold at mediation.

Why People Hire Todd

Look, most people have never hired a lawyer before. They’re scared. They’ve got medical bills piling up, they can’t work, and they don’t know whether the insurance company’s offer is fair or insulting. They need someone who will be straight with them. Todd built his practice on three words: respect, response, results. That’s not marketing copy. Clients at Rampart get direct access to their attorney. Not a voicemail tree. Not a case manager reading from a script. Todd picks up the phone. He explains what’s happening in the case, what the next step is, and what the realistic outcomes look like. If there’s bad news, he says so. If the insurance company is being unreasonable, he says that too. Former clients describe Todd as aggressive, honest, and personally invested. One client review noted that Todd’s team made them feel like their best interest was his best interest. A peer endorsement from another Colorado attorney described Todd’s clients as being treated like family, not like file numbers. (Source: Avvo Reviews – Todd A. Travis).

Outside the Office

Todd is a Colorado native who lives in the Castle Rock area. Outside of the courtroom, he trains disability service dogs. That’s not a throwaway line on a bio page. Training a service dog takes patience, consistency, and the willingness to show up every single day for an animal that depends on you. If that sounds familiar, it should. It’s the same approach Todd takes with his clients.