At The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya, we understand the emotional, physical and financial burdens a serious injury or loss of a loved one places on the victim and the family. If you are coping with a personal injury or wrongful death of a family member or are faced with navigating the worker’s compensation system, we provide the compassionate and personal service to help relieve the anxiety and uncertainty you face. We work hard to get you results.

The various laws, procedures and deadlines that govern personal injuries, insurance companies and the court system are complex and demanding. We have a highly trained and experienced support staff of paralegals, technical support specialists, records administrators and client services specialists. Each staff member works with personal injury clients and the law every day, knows the requirements and timeframes, knows the court system, and is there to help you navigate through the process.

In the past, all of our legal team members have served with large law firms, and we understand the resources and knowledge these firms have to offer. We offer the same level of knowledge and experience as a large firm, but add the personal, compassionate attention that you expect from a smaller firm.

Kelly James

Kelly has more than 20 years of legal experience, most of it in personal injury law. He has worked for two Denver-area law firms, and was an adjunct instructor of criminal justice and paralegal programs at Pioneer Pacific College in Oregon. Before moving his family to Colorado, Kelly was an attorney in Florida. There, he practiced public protection law and was a civil and criminal litigation attorney. Kelly started his legal career as an intern at the Ohio Public Defender Commission researching and drafting death penalty appeals. Following graduation he was an assistant state attorney in Florida.

Carina Delmerico

Carina is a senior/litigation paralegal who joined The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya in August 2009. Carina has more than 10 years of paralegal experience and has been assisting law firms in the areas of personal injury, premises liability and worker’s compensation since 1999. She has worked for law firms in California, New Mexico and Colorado and has broad knowledge and understanding of the practice of law. Carina continues to expand her experience through research and education.

Juli Sedivic

Juli is a paralegal who joined The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya in June 2010. She has extensive legal experience and in the past 25 years has worked for a number of Denver law firms, including a number of personal injury attorneys. For the past 11 years she was self-employed as a consulting paralegal. At The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya, Juli is responsible for assisting attorneys in organizing and managing client cases, preparing documentation for insurance demand letters, and preparing for trials.

Petra Chytilova

Petra is from the Czech Republic, and has been in Colorado for almost 24 years. She is responsible for opening case files and establishing liability, overseeing insurance matters during medical and rehabilitative treatment, handling medical payments insurance matters and case liens, and closing case files after settlement. In addition to her paralegal certificate, she has a math degree. She is the first and last person to handle each client’s case for The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya.

Cheryl Kwiatkoski

Cheryl performs accounting, personnel and administrative management responsibilities, and has been with The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya since May 2007. Following settlement of cases, she reviews all paperwork, and reconciles and prepares final disbursement agreements, issue payments and provides support documentation for funds that are to be disbursed. Cheryl also oversees payroll and personnel functions, and manages the firms’ finances and reporting functions.

Donna Dunhill

Donna is the firm’s front desk legal secretary, and joined The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya in August 2009. She has extensive experience working for personal injury law firms, and also has worked as a technical recruiter of information technology staff. Her sales and marketing expertise, coupled with her organizational skills, equip her well for the demands of answering phones, greeting clients and being the initial face and voice of The Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya.