About Abraham Hutt

Abe Hutt has been a trial lawyer in Denver since 1984. He handles criminal, civil and administrative cases, including professional license matters, although his primary emphasis has been on criminal defense. He has represented clients in the trial courts of all of Colorado’s 22 judicial districts, as well as the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for Colorado. He has represented attorneys, judges, teachers, physicians, nurses, veterinarians, pilots, dentists, stock brokers and real estate brokers in disciplinary proceedings concerning their professional licenses. He successfully defended the writer Hunter S. Thompson on DUI and assault charges, and won dismissal of all charges against a City of Aspen building inspector charged with criminal homicide following the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of 4. He has defended criminal cases for public defenders, elected district attorneys, judges, legislators and other public officials. He has won acquittals or dismissals in cases of first degree murder, sexual assault, distribution of drugs, child abuse, embezzlement and DUI. He has negotiated favorable plea bargains in every kind of criminal case from capital murder to speeding tickets.

He is a frequent teacher around the country on the subject of trial tactics and on DUI defense. He has been on the faculty at both the University of Denver and University of Colorado Schools of Law, is a member of the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College headquartered in Macon, Georgia and is a frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education Seminars throughout the United States. He is ranked among the top 75 all time best speakers by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Lectures and Publications. Cross Examination, National Criminal Defense College, Advanced Cross Examination Program; Cross Examining Police Officers, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,; Cross Examining on Roadside Sobriety Tests, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, NACDL, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Winning Motor Vehicle Hearings, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, 2007, 2009, 2011,2013,2016, 2018, 2020, 2022; Jury Selection Techniques, Wisconsin Public Defender’s Office, NACDL, CCDB. CLE lecturer on DUI defense, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Annual Trial Practice Institute. Co-author: “Colorado County Court Judge’s DUI Benchbook,” 1990 – 2022 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, CLE, Inc. Author: “DUI-DMV Update”.