CHRISTOPHER R. DECKER
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Mr. Decker first began volunteering his time at the Colorado State Public Defender’s office working in Denver’s “Drug Court” while he was still in law school. Upon his graduation in 1995, he was hired as a Deputy State Public Defender. For more than a decade Mr. Decker continued to practice as a Deputy State Public Defender. He was assigned to represent indigent Defendants in various Colorado counties including Arapahoe, Adams, Colorado Springs, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teller.  During his years of service as a Public Defender he handled literally thousands of criminal cases ranging from D.U.I. to murder in the first degree. Mr. Decker has won numerous and significant trial verdicts for his appointed clients. He has won complete acquittals in cases charging sexual assault, first and second degree assault, drug possession and distribution, burglary, theft, menacing, witness intimidation, kidnapping and murder. He has also written several successful criminal appeals. Mr. Decker’s appellate work has been published in People v. Lewis, 975 P.2d 160 (Colo. 1999); and again in People v. Borland Robertson, 56 P.3d 121 (Colo. App. 2002).

Mr. Decker has achieved significant peer recognition for his tenacious work over the years. In 2001 he was honored with appointment to the Colorado Criminal Justice Act Panel of Federal defense attorneys. In that capacity he handled complex federal drug cases, bank robberies, and cases involving detained foreign nationals. In 2002, District Court judges in Arapahoe and Denver counties appointed Mr. Decker in the Capital Murder cases filed against Mr. Edward Brown. In these matters Mr. Decker’s client was considered for the death penalty in each of three Colorado jurisdictions, and in connection with four separate murders. Through extensive pre-trial investigation, litigation, negotiation, and other professional efforts, Mr. Decker and his co-counsel were able to secure coordinated plea agreements that ultimately saved the life of his client.

Mr. Decker has taught trial practice classes, lectured on Sexual Assault defense techniques, and conducted continuing legal education seminars for attorneys in Colorado. He is also a graduate of the National Criminal Defense College in Macon Georgia, which is taught and attended by America’s top defense lawyers. The specialized training he received at the NCDC Trial Practice Institute included exposure to the most advanced techniques of witness examinations, trial strategy and methods of persuasion. Mr. Decker has tried to verdict over one hundred cases and successfully settled thousands more.

By joining Steven R. Newell in his established Denver practice, Mr. Decker is now a part of a firm which is unrivalled in its specialized trial experience handling serious criminal charges in Colorado. Together, Newell and Decker deliver a superior level of commitment and expertise which yields positive results.

If you wish to discuss your criminal case with Mr. Decker confidentially and at no charge, please e-mail Mr. Decker: