Established in 1976 by founding shareholder Michael S Burg, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. is one of the country’s leading plaintiff trial firms.

This award-winning firm currently has over 60 attorneys in 7 locations. The firm has offices in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Florida. All of the lawyers at Burg Simpson, 25 of whom have been named Best Lawyers for 2019, are passionately committed to protecting the legal rights of injured individuals seriously harmed as a result of the negligence of others. The firm has an extraordinary track record, having successfully represented tens of thousands of clients over the last 42 years. In the process, the firm has secured more than $1bn in verdicts, settlements and judgments on behalf of its clients and has obtained more than 200 individual recoveries in excess of $1m.

Attorneys in Burg Simpson’s Wyoming office include former US Senator The Honorable Alan K Simpson (R-Wyoming) and his son, Colin M Simpson, the managing partner of the Cody office. In 2010, Alan K Simpson was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Co-Chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility. As prominent members of the local community, Burg Simpson attorneys recognize that they have an important role to play inside and outside of the courtroom. The firm supports a variety of charities and non-profit organizations and is committed to its mission to be ‘Good Lawyers, Changing Lives.’ 

Burg Simpson is a national leader in pharmaceutical mass tort litigation. Founding shareholder and past President of The National Trial Lawyers, Michael S Burg leads the team. Federal judges have selected Michael and his team to lead numerous high profile litigations over the past 4 decades. Michael was the co-lead counsel in the Yasmin/Yaz birth control litigation and assumed leadership positions in other multi-district litigations involving Ortho Evra and Zyprexa. Burg Simpson shareholder Peter W Burg was appointed co-lead counsel in the Gadolinium-based contrast agents multidistrict litigation, and Seth A Katz is a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the DePuy ASR hip replacement multidistrict litigation. Janet G Abaray is also a prominent figure on the Burg Simpson mass tort litigation team. 

Few firms can match Burg Simpson’s ability to try catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. Michael Burg's son, Mr. Stephen Burg  now leads the personal injury department and works closely with attorneys Holly Kammerer and Peter Burg.

When workers are injured on the job, Burg Simpson's workers compensation team helps people navigate the complex process between filing a claim and earning full benefits. Practice leader, and Burg Simpson shareholder, Nick Fogel skillfully leads the Workers' Compensation team.

Burg Simpson handles all types of medical malpractice cases in every state in the U.S. Over the last 40-plus years the firm has developed a stellar national reputation for the quality of its work, and the medical malpractice team continues to thrive under the expert leadership of named shareholder, Scott Eldredge.

Burg Simpson represents Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized corporations and family-owned businesses, as well as individuals in complex commercial litigation. Burg Simpson's commercial practice group is headed by Michael S Burg, David P Hersh and David K TeSelle. The firm is at the forefront of litigation involving bond fraud and alleged collusion between the rating agencies and investment companies following the 2008 collapse of the worldwide financial markets. Burg Simpson represents private and institutional investors.

Burg Simpson is also a recognized leader in the area of construction defect litigation, representing individual homeowners and homeowner associations. Under the skilled leadership of Mari Perczak and Craig Nuss, the construction defect team holds builders accountable to make sure that homeowners do not have to suffer from the consequences of living in poorly constructed homes. In 2013, the construction defect team delivered the largest jury verdict in the state of Colorado, and in 2018, David P. Hersh and the team secured one of the largest verdicts in Teton County, Wyoming.

Kerry N. Jardine is Burg Simpson's Managing Partner.

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