Bloch & Chapleau, Cates, Ongert was recently recognized and awarded the Readers’ Choice Best of Vail Valley Law Firm for 2022-2023. The Vail Daily presents the award after asking its readers to vote for the best local businesses in multiple categories. We received the most votes in the inaugural year for the Law Firm category. According to founding partner Joseph Bloch, “We pride ourselves in providing the highest quality legal services...

The law firm of Bloch and Chapleau, LLC is pleased to announce that attorney Matt Dolan recently relocated with his family to the Vail Valley from Denver to work exclusively in our Edwards and Frisco offices. A life-long Coloradoan, Mr. Dolan is a graduate of Colorado State University and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Matt has been a litigation attorney at Bloch & Chapleau for over five years...

Moses Marquez (13), suffered a broken clavicle and several other injures after he was injured by a hit-and-run skier at Beaver Creek ski resort. Marquez shared his story with Channel 7 news in hopes of finding the person responsible for the hit-and-run incident. Says Marquez, "I was just skiing, like your regular day, and the guy just came out of nowhere. I didn't have time to move because he was going...

For Immediate Release The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Trent Ongert of Bloch & Chapleau Cates Ongert Attorneys at Law has been selected for inclusion into its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Colorado, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field.  Membership in this exclusive organization is by invitation only and is limited to the...

800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} Tragically, on November 30, 2021, a 72-year old male skier was killed in a collision with a snowboarder at Eldora mountain.  While deaths caused by other snow riders are not common, Colorado’s ski areas can do much more to...