Vito A. Racanelli
Meet Vito Racanelli, Attorney At Law
Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Vito Racanelli is a Colorado Workers’ Compensation Attorney with more than 20 years of experience and a rare inside perspective on how insurance companies handle workers’ compensation claims. Vito focuses exclusively on workers’ compensation law. He represents injured workers across Colorado who are dealing with denied medical treatment, wage loss, delayed benefits, MMI disputes, and insurance company resistance after a work injury.
A Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Who Knows How Insurers Think
After earning his law degree from the University of Colorado in 2004, Vito built his career representing insurance companies and employers in workers’ compensation cases. For over two decades, he worked inside the defense system, litigating claims, reviewing medical records, evaluating causation disputes, and advising insurance carriers on exposure, strategy, and settlement.
After years of defending employers and insurance carriers, Vito gained rare insight into how insurers:
- evaluate workers’ compensation claims
- deny or delay medical treatment
- challenge work-related causation
- approach maximum medical improvement (MMI)
- decide when to settle and when to fight
Vito Racanelli was named a partner at the insurance defense firm where he had previously worked in 2012, and later served as an adjunct professor of workers’ compensation law at the University of Colorado.
Now Representing Injured Workers
After 20 years on the defense side, Vito made a deliberate decision to represent injured workers. He joined Kaplan Morrell to leverage his institutional knowledge to help working Coloradans navigate a system that can become confusing and overwhelming after an injury.
Vito understands that most injured workers are not looking to file lawsuits or create conflict. They are looking for:
- medical care that has been denied or delayed
- wage replacement when they cannot work
- clear answers about their rights and options
- protection when the system stops working
His background enables him to anticipate insurance company defenses, identify weak denial rationales, and advance claims efficiently and strategically.
Practical, Clear, and Focused Advocacy
Vito approaches workers’ compensation cases with a practical mindset. He focuses on resolving problems, restoring benefits, and helping clients make informed decisions at each stage of the claim. Clients benefit from working with an attorney who understands both sides of the system and uses that insight to protect their rights and financial stability.
He works closely with the Kaplan Morrell team to ensure injured workers receive clear guidance, responsive communication, and strong advocacy when medical treatment or benefits are placed at risk.