Attorney Profile
Michael’s entire legal career has been representing injured victims
Michael grew up in Alabama not far from the famous Talladega racetrack. He attended undergraduate education at Emory University in Atlanta where he received degrees in Psychology and Philosophy. Next, he attended Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, graduating in 2005. Shortly after graduation, he came to Colorado in 2006. Michael started this legal career working for 4 years at a mid-sized personal injury law firm in Denver. For the following 12 years he worked for one of the largest personal injury firms in the front range before founding Born & McCaffrey with his partner Peter McCaffrey.
Michael has represented well over a thousand injury victims in his career. He has litigated 500 court cases. He has tried cases in counties all over Colorado. He has briefed and argued appeals in the appellate courts. This experience ultimately led to him leaving the big firm life to form Born & McCaffrey in order to provide a more client centered and personal representation than a large law firm is able to provide.
When Michael is not working, he enjoys many of the typical Colorado activities. In addition to hiking and skiing, he enjoys gardening his herb garden, cooking Sunday dinners, spending time with his family, SEC football in the fall, and walking his dog in the park.
Born and Mccaffrey did a spectacular job handling my case. I was completely unequipped to handle anything of this sort on my own and Michael did an amazing job at communicating to me what exactly was happening during each step of the process while making sure I was well prepared. I feel so much better having this all behind me and can’t thank the firm enough for their countless hours of work and negotiation on my behalf. — A. Hernandez
I recently had the opportunity to work with my attorney on a car accident case, and I am incredibly impressed with the outcome. Overall, I would highly recommend my attorney Peter to anyone in need of legal assistance for a car accident. Their professionalism, dedication, and knowledge made a challenging situation much more manageable, and I am grateful for their hard work and commitment to my case. — V. Cano
Mr. Born has been great with my case from the first phone call! Very knowledgeable and prompt when returning calls with answers to my questions. I never felt like I was just another case; he provided individualized care and gave me the information I needed to know the next steps to assure the best result for my injuries! — J. Cruz
I had an accident about almost a year ago and the fault insurance didn’t want to pay the entire bill. It’s been amazing working with them I really didn’t have to worry about a thing. Got everything settled and didn’t have to pay anything out of my pocket. Thank you very much to these gentleman!! — A. Gomez
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