A native of New Jersey, Pete Spiessbach graduated from the University of Colorado in 1981 and received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992. Mr. Spiessbach joined the firm as a law clerk in March 1992 and later became an Associate in 1995. Mr. Spiessbach primarily handles cases in the areas of catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, personal injury, construction defects and copyright infringement of building designs. Mr. Spiessbach also handles the firm's appellate practice. He enjoys playing golf in his spare time. He is married and has two sons.
Gary Palumbo joined Bayer & Carey in 1975 and is one of the firm’s shareholders. Born in upstate New York, Mr. Palumbo graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1972. He graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1975 and was admitted to the Colorado Bar the same year. Mr. Palumbo has been an active trial lawyer, representing insurance companies and their policyholders throughout the entirety of his career. His practice focuses on the defense of personal injury, wrongful death, defamation, employment discrimination, and construction defect cases. Mr. Palumbo is a member of the Notre Dame Club of Denver, the Notre Dame Club of Vail, and is a lifetime member of the University of Colorado Alumni Association. His pastimes include skiing, mountain biking, whitewater kayaking, and golf.
Employment Litigation
Sexual Harassment
Bayer & Carey handles cases across the areas of general liability, automobile liability, wrongful death, construction defect, copyright infringement, sexual harassment and abuse, premises liability, product liability, toxic tort, and environmental litigation.
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Construction Litigation
Mr. Weeber’s practice includes representing insurance companies and their insureds throughout Colorado in personal injury and construction defect litigation.
Property Damage
Matthew Weeber was born in Texas and raised in Colorado. He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2005, and from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2009. Mr. Weeber worked at the firm as an Associate from 2010 to 2016 and rejoined the firm in 2020, primarily handling issues in the areas of personal injury, property damage, commercial litigation, and construction defect.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Kleger joined Bayer & Carey in July 2023. Born in Baltimore and raised in New Jersey, Mrs. Kleger graduated with Honors in Economics with a B.A. from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, in 1983. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1986 and was admitted to the Maryland Bar the same year. In 1987 Mrs. Kleger was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. After gaining substantial experience in insurance defense litigation in Maryland and D.C. from 1986 through 1994 (and obtaining admission to the Colorado State Bar in 1993) Mrs. Kleger relocated to the Denver Metropolitan area in 1994 where she continued to be an active trial lawyer, representing insurance companies and their policyholders, primarily “in house” with various insurance carriers. Her practice focuses on the defense of personal injury cases. Her pastimes include knitting, cross-stitching, reading, bird-watching and going to the opera (and other live music events) with her husband, Scott, to whom she has been married since 1988. They have an adult son and daughter-in-law.
Having evolved out of a multifaceted legal practice focused on insurance defense, corporate litigation, family law, personal injury defense, estate planning, and worker’s compensation, our firm now emphasizes the representation of insurance companies and their policy holders in civil litigation and appellate work. We have also retained the personality of a general practice firm, delivering skillful representation of our clients in fields of business litigation, government, labor and employment, and state and local taxation.
Many small businesses face annual sales taxes and property taxes. In 1992, the Colorado constitution added the taxpayer bill of rights, commonly referred to as “TABOR,” which changed the tax law. Bayer and Carey will share years of expertise and work to minimize your tax burden and help you maintain your cash flow. Bayer and Carey focuses on litigation on a variety of issues, including sales and use taxes and real and personal property taxes, including commercial property valuations, property classifications, and exemptions. An experienced attorney will prepare your position for trial and defend it on subsequent judicial or appellate review.