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Louis L. Galvis

Louis L. Galvis

Salty Galvis is the managing attorney of the firm's Colorado office. Salty's practice primarily focuses on defending both single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits and arbitrations brought under federal and state consumer protection and commercial statutes, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Notable Cases/Work

  • LaRonda Phox v. NCO Financial Systems, Inc., USDC WD MO No. 4:14-cv-00073-DGK and 8th Cir. Ct. App. No. No. 15-1002 (Obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant relating to claims under the FDCPA and FCRA.
  • Leon v. State of Colorado, et al., Denver County Dist. Ct. No. 2014cv30568 and CO Ct. App. No. 2014CA1669 (Successfully defended with a motion to dismiss in the District Court of Denver County, Colorado and in the Colorado Court of Appeals a wrongful death, negligence and breach of contract case). Successfully defended in jury trials and appeals in Louisiana and Texas multiple catastrophic personal injury and death cases arising in the context of electric-utility facilities during ten years as Assistant General.
  • Successfully defended in jury trials and appeals in Louisiana and Texas multiple catastrophic personal injury and death cases arising from occurrences on and with electric-utility facilities during ten-year stint as Assistant General Counsel - Litigation for Entergy Services, Inc., the professional services subsidiary of Entergy Corporation (at the time one of the largest fossil-fuel and nuclear energy companies in the United States). Fortner, et al. v. Erhard Fitzsimmons, PC, Attorney, et al., El Paso County Dist. Ct. No. 2014CV000488 and CO Ct. App. No. 2015CA1892 (Successfully defended with a motion for summary judgment a professional (legal) malpractice, breach of contract and negligence case). Collins v. Diversified Consultants, Inc., et al., USDC D CO No. 15-cv-02115-RBJ-NYW and U.S. 10th Cir. Ct. App. No. 17-1446 (Successfully defended in a jury trial an FDCPA and FCRA case).

Publications and Lectures

  • Authored Chapter 32, "Maritime Products Liability" in the treatise, Products Liability by Frumer & Friedman.
  • Lectured extensively at continuing legal education seminars regarding numbers aspects of civil litigation, and appeared on radio and television programs discussing legal topics of interest to the public.

Affiliations

  • ACA International

Contact Information

Montrose Office
65010 Solar Road
Montrose, Colorado 81403

Direct: (970) 223-4420
Cell: (970) 218-9086
Office: (970) 218-9086
Fax: (877) 334-0661

Email: lgalvis@sessions.legal


Education

  • Undergraduate: Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Tulane University in New Orleans, 1973-1977
  • Law School: Tulane University School of Law, 1977-1980

Admissions

  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, December 17, 1980
  • State of Louisiana, April 16, 1982
  • State of Texas, March 12, 1993
  • State of Colorado, June 27, 2001
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1982
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, D. Colorado, 2007
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 1982
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Texas, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Michigan, 2012
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 1985
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District, Texas, 2007
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District, Texas, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 1987
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Michigan, 2012
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Pennsylvania, 1980
  • U.S. Supreme Court, October 7, 1985

FOUNDED IN NEW ORLEANS, WE NOW SERVICE CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION

  • California

    San Diego

    1550 Hotel Circle North
    Suite 260
    San Diego, California 92108

    T: (619) 758-1891
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    Montrose

    65010 Solar Road
    Montrose, Colorado 81403

    T: (970) 218-9086
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  • Florida

    Tampa

    3350 Buschwood Park Dr.
    Suite 195
    Tampa, Florida 33618

    T: (813) 890-2460
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  • Georgia

    Atlanta

    56 Perimeter Center East
    Suite 150 PMB 1070
    Atlanta, Georgia 30346

    T: (678) 539-6030
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  • Illinois

    Chicago

    205 N. Michigan Ave.
    Suite 810
    Chicago, Illinois 60601

    T: (312) 578-0990
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  • Louisiana

    Metairie

    3838 N. Causeway Boulevard
    Suite 2800
    Metairie, Louisiana 70002

    T: (504) 828-3700
    F: (504) 828-3737

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  • Michigan

    Brownstown Township

    22845 Sylvan Ave.
    Brownstown Twp, Michigan 48134

    T: (313) 351-2165
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  • New Jersey

    Flemington

    3 Cross Creek Drive
    Flemington, New Jersey 08822

    T: (908) 237-1660
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    New York

    180 Riverside Blvd
    #302
    New York, New York 10069

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    Philadelphia

    5 Canton Circle
    Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940

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    Dallas

    900 Jackson Street
    Suite 440
    Dallas, Texas 75202

    T: (214) 741-3001
    F: (214) 741-3098

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