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Leventhal & Puga

Colorado-based personal injury law firm with national practice

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Leventhal Puga Braley

Written by Leventhal Puga Braley PC

Published: December 4, 2016

LEVENTHAL & PUGA, P.C., is one of the nation’s premier personal injury and medical malpractice firms. The Denver-based firm provides legal counsel to those seriously injured as a result of negligence, medical malpractice, or defective products—handling a wide array of cases from trucking and aviation to insurance bad faith.

“We are devoted to helping people, and we pride ourselves on being able to improve our clients’ quality of life,” says founding and senior partner Jim Leventhal, a member of The Inner Circle of Advocates: An invitation-only induction of the top 100 trial lawyers in the U.S. “Trial lawyers make our community and our country safer. We put our clients’ interests first—helping people who desperately need our assistance.”

Leventhal & Puga’s attorneys have achieved multiple record verdicts and settlements in the fields of medical negligence and personal injury—providing necessary compensation to victims throughout the country.

Jim Puga is the current co-chair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice. In addition, we are pleased to welcome Bruce Braley, former Iowa Congressman, who joined Leventhal & Puga last year.

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