Derek Blass joins Zupkus & Angell with a background in community development and strong district affiliation. With Zupkus & Angell Derek works primarily on construction defect litigation, insurance defense and personal injury cases. He also conducts discovery, drafts motions and works closely with the firm's clients.

Derek's diverse background and desire to be involved in the community allowed him to be awarded with the First Annual DU Schimberg Diversity Scholarship for academic excellence and community involvement. His commitment to the study of law enabled him to receive one of only fifteen positions for a clerkship through the highly selective Colorado Pledge to Diversity 1L Summer Clerkship Program at the University of Denver's College of Law.

Previous to joining the firm, Derek worked as a law clerk for a large local law firm, conducting research, authoring motions for summary judgment and analyzing appeal issues.

While attending the University of Denver's College of Law, Derek was president of the Latino Law Student Association where he worked diligently to bring the National Latino Law Student Conference to Denver for the first time ever. He successfully secured numerous well-known speakers including the president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.

Derek is bilingual in Spanish and English.

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