Mr. McDermott is a Shareholder in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Litigation Group. Based in the firm’s Denver office, Mr. McDermott has 25 years of experience handling all types of commercial litigation matters, including securities litigation.

Mr. McDermott represents public and private companies, their officers and directors, issuers of securities, investment banks, broker-dealers, auditors and others in litigation, including securities and corporate governance disputes. Additionally, he represents companies and individuals in litigation involving antitrust, real estate, banking, software, trust and probate, natural resources and most other commercial areas. Mr. McDermott also represents clients in regulatory investigations by state and federal agencies and self-regulatory organizations such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA and state securities regulators.

Mr. McDermott has represented entities in multimillion-dollar class action cases in state and federal courts. In late 2006, he served as lead trial counsel for numerous entities and individuals in a securities fraud trial brought by the Colorado Securities Commission. In this case, the judge ruled in favor of Mr. McDermott’s clients.

Mr. McDermott conducts internal investigations for companies and also represents individuals in such investigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McDermott was the chair of the litigation department at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP in Denver. In 2008 Chambers USA again selected Mr. McDermott as one of Colorado's top trial attorneys.