Dane combines the courtroom skills developed over 25 years as a trial attorney with the empathy developed through as many years of helping clients through some of the most difficult times of their lives.  Successfully navigating the legal system requires negotiations that recongnize that litigation is seldom the best option as well as the ability to bring client's cases to trial when necessary.   

 

Dane Torbenson is a Denver native, and grew up in the Park Hill neighborhood in east Denver. After attending Denver East High School, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre from the University of Colorado, Boulder. After a number of years as a starving actor, and jobs ranging from waiter to stuntman to private investigator to paralegal, Dane enrolled at the University of Denver College of Law, and received his J.D. in 1998. Dane began practicing criminal defense law at the law firm of Newell and Martens, and eventually became partner in the firm then named Newell and Torbenson. In 2003, Dane decided to broaden his practice to include other areas of the law, and joined the firm of his law school classmate and trial and appellate competiton partner Randy Corporon for nearly a decade.  Dane has also worked with the Law Office of Alexandra White, and The Law Center with primary emphasis on family law and criminal defense litigation. In 2021, Dane was excited to join Kumpf, Charsley & Hansen where he currently practices. Dane's most frequent areas of practice include complex family law cases, criminal defense, contempt charges, and dependency & neglect.

 

Dane has frequently been involved in Denver Theatres as both an actor and a fight choreographer over the last 30 years, but his favorite role is as father to two amazing children adopted from China in 2005 and 2007.  Dane is a member of the Speaker's Bureau for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, and is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, and the Colorado LGBT Bar Association. He lives with his wife and family in Denver, Colorado.

 

Specialties: Family Law, Criminal Defense.