Attorneys

Scott D. Kumpf, Esq.

Managing Partner

Professional Experience

Mr. Kumpf graduated with honors from the J. Reuben Clark School of Law at Brigham Young University in 1992. Following graduation, he practiced in San Diego, California with the commercial litigation firm of Walton, Ottesen, Meads & Koler. He later joined San Diego’s oldest law firm, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, where his practice focused on commercial and business litigation, with an emphasis on employment law. He came to Colorado in 1998 to accept a position as general counsel for a Castle Rock-based manufacturer and distributor of dietary and nutritional supplements.

Royall E.S. Charsley, Esq.

Of Counsel

Professional Experience

After completing his education in Port Elizabeth South Africa, Roy Charsley was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 1980. Until 1982, he worked initially as State Advocate prosecuting criminal cases at all levels including appearances in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (South Africa’s highest court at the time). In 2000, Mr. Charsley moved his family to Denver where he accepted a position in the International Department of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. and later Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd.

David O. Hansen, Esq.

Partner

Professional Experience

Mr. Hansen graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1997. Before becoming a partner at Kumpf Charsley & Hansen, LLC he served as in-house counsel for a large privately owned residential home building and land development company in Colorado. Since that time Mr. Hansen has been an active trial lawyer in complex civil, personal injury, automobile collision, insurance bad faith, and premises liability cases in Colorado District Court, Federal District Court, and arbitration.

Robert E. Wells, Esq.

Of Counsel

Professional Experience

Mr. Wells has been litigating cases in Colorado courts for nearly 15 years. He has handled various matters from civil actions (commercial, real estate, title insurance defense etc) to domestic relations cases from the simple to the complex financial and custody issues (including parental alienation/estrangement). Mr. Wells handles appellate matters and has successfully challenged trial court rulings in appellate courts. Mr. Wells’ litigation training began as a law intern to Judge Angela Arkin during the Fall of 2003. Mr. Wells receives referrals from friends, colleagues, opposing counsel, opposing parties and family members of opposing parties.

Dane Torbenson, Esq.

Senior Associate

Professional Experience

Dane Torbenson is a Denver native, and grew up in the Park Hill neighborhood in east Denver. After attending Denver East High School, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre from the University of Colorado, Boulder. After a number of years as a starving actor, and jobs ranging from waiter to stuntman to private investigator to paralegal, Dane enrolled at the University of Denver College of Law, and received his J.D. in 1998. Dane began practicing criminal defense law at the law firm of Newell and Martens, and eventually became partner in the firm then named Newell and Torbenson.

Michael Sasin, Esq.

Of Counsel

Professional Experience

Michael earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University where he majored in International Relations with a minor in business.  He received his law, masters of business administration, and a masters of law in taxation degrees from the University of Denver.

Michael’s practice focuses on elder law, estate planning, probate, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicaid planning.  He has also practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and tax law.  After over 20 years in practice, Michael has learned to explain things in simple terms so clients leave informed, not confused.

Michael is admitted to practice in Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the U.S. Tax Court. In his free time he enjoys skiing, both downhill and cross-country, and has been known to do some Olympic weightlifting.

Of Counsel

Professional Experience

Mr. Hawkins graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2005.  After graduating, he practiced law in the Dallas, Texas office of Vinson & Elkins in the areas of finance and commercial real estate.  Following his time at Vinson & Elkins, Mr. Hawkins practiced in the Dallas, Texas office of Thompson & Knight in commercial real estate, with a focus on lending work.  Mr. Hawkins later moved inhouse to work for a client of the firm, Nuverra Environmental Solutions (f/k/a Heckmann Corporation).   After working in Nuverra’s offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Houston, Texas, he was promoted to Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and moved to their corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Mr. Hawkins later moved to Denver, Colorado in 2017 to accept a position as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Hillstone Environmental Partners before the company’s successful sale to a public company.  Since his time in Colorado, Mr. Hawkins has also successfully run a start-up residential construction company, building homes in southern Colorado.