Bio

LaMar Jost

LaMar is a trial lawyer with a national practice who has brought over 50 eight- and nine-figure cases to verdict across the country. In 2024, Law Week Colorado named LaMar a Top Litigator for consistently achieving outstanding results for his clients. LaMar has been lead trial counsel in 35 states, the District of Columbia, and tribal courts, and has built a reputation as a zealous advocate nationwide. In numerous trials, his clients have been dismissed or reached favorable settlements after opening statements.

LaMar focuses his trial practice on high-stakes medical malpractice and personal injury cases. He loves trial, medicine, and his clients. He treats every client with equanimity. LaMar is willing to try the toughest cases in the most challenging jurisdictions, including a recent eight-figure verdict against the Mayo Clinic in its hometown of Rochester, Minnesota, the first of any such victory in a medical malpractice case against that world-renowned institution.

To LaMar, trial practice is about compassion, empathy, and preparedness. Together with his highly regarded trial team, LaMar takes a comprehensive approach to learning the medical issues of each case so that he can challenge top experts on even the most specialized areas of medicine and expose negligence. He believes passionately in the jury system and that jurors are the bedrock of justice. It is through them that the medical-industrial complex is held accountable when patients deserve redress for negligence that has severely, and sometimes cruelly, injured them.

LaMar is licensed in over 30 jurisdictions across the United States. He teaches trial practice and medical liability courses nationwide. He has written two books and seven book chapters in the medical-legal field. LaMar serves on legal and public-interest committees, and he routinely presents on trial practice, the current state of healthcare claims, and medical malpractice. He is highly regarded and feared for his ability to try tough cases and win for his clients.

Clerkships

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Bobby R. Baldock, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Teaching Positions

• Faculty, ABA-ABOTA National Trial Academy
• Faculty, CBA-CLE
• Guest Lecturer, St. Mary’s Law School
• Guest Lecturer, University of Northern Colorado
• Adjunct Professor, Eastern New Mexico University

Legal Memberships, Activities, & Honors

• Colorado Super Lawyers, 2018–2025
• Law Week Colorado, Top Litigator, 2024
• Colorado Rising Stars, 2009–2017
• Best Lawyers in America, 2022–2026
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
• 5280 Magazine, Top Lawyer, 2015
• Denver Business Journal, Forty Under 40, 2015
• Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
• Colorado SOLACE Program, Chairman
• New Mexico Medical Review Committee
• Faculty of Federal Advocates
• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• New Mexico Bar Association
• Wyoming Bar Association

Books

• Deposing Experts in Medical Malpractice Cases (April 2023)
• Medical Records as Evidence (December 2017)

Book Chapters

• “Medical Malpractice,” Colorado Civil Claims: Elements, Defenses, and Sample Pleadings, 1st ed. (2019)
• “Witness Preparation Primer: Inviting a Witness to Provide Truthful and Favorable Testimony,” Mastering the Art of Preparing Witnesses (December 2017)
• “Deconstructing the Key Liability Expert: Strategy and Secrets for Successful Cross Examination,” From the Trenches: Strategies and Tips From 21 of the Nation’s Top Trial Lawyers (2015)
• “Commencement of the Action and Service of Process,” Colorado Methods of Practice, Chapter 26 (2014)
• “Civil Jury Trials,” Colorado Methods of Practice, Chapter 27 (2014)
• “Pleadings,” Colorado Methods of Practice, Chapter 28 (2014)
• “The Colorado Court System,” Colorado Methods of Practice, Chapter 23 (2014)

Articles

• “The Affordable Care Act and Colorado’s Collateral Source Rule,” Denver Law Journal (June 21, 2016)
• “Constitutional Law, The Commerce Clause in the New Millennium: Enumeration Still Presupposes Something Not Enumerated,” 1 Wyo. L. Rev. 195 (2001)

Personal Interests

Endurance sports: won a 200-mile ultramarathon in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains; completed the Lead Challenge in Leadville, Colorado, which includes a marathon, 50-mile run, 50-mile mountain bike race, 10k run, 100-mile mountain bike race, and 100-mile run in 8 weeks, all starting at over 10,000 feet of elevation; seven 100-mile ultramarathons; and numerous 100-kilometer and 50-mile ultramarathons, including the R2R2R ultra across the Grand Canyon and back.