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Curt Sullan was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1962, and grew up near Chicago. He graduated from Glenbrook North High School in 1980 and from the University of Maryland in 1984. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science, with a double minor in English and Philosophy. Mr. Sullan graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1988 with a Juris Doctor. While at the University of Denver, Mr. Sullan served on two law reviews and was a member of the Moot Court. Mr....
Jennifer Seidman’s practice focuses on representing homeowners and homeowner associations in construction defect and defective building products cases. Her work includes cases involving structural failures and foundation movement, water intrusion and building envelope failures, building product defects, and design professional errors. Ms. Seidman appreciates how confusing the legal process can be for homeowners and association board members and strives to help homeowners and homeowner a...
Joe Smith is a licensed attorney in Colorado and Florida and a Colorado licensed architect with over twenty-five years of architecture, construction law, construction defect litigation, and related insurance coverage and bankruptcy experience. Throughout his legal career, Joe has exclusively represented homeowners, homeowner associations, and building owners. From 2011 to 2014 Joe worked as a forensic architect at a Colorado consulting firm where he provided forensic services to private and p...
Leslie A. Tuft attended Stanford Law School, where she received the Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Award for excellence in legal research and writing and the Lawrason Driscoll Moot Court Award. While at Stanford, Ms. Tuft served as Co-President of Stanford’s Kirkwood Moot Court program (2000-2001). Ms. Tuft focuses her practice on construction defect litigation and related insurance issues and appeals. She has co-authored many articles and books concerning important construction defects, insurance...
Michael Menghini is a Shareholder in Burg Simpson’s Construction Defect Litigation Group. His practice focuses on representing clients with claims involving construction defects, construction products liability, association reserves, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation/non-disclosure and commercial litigation. His clients include community associations, such as homeowner associations and condominium associations, homeowners and business owners. Mr. Menghini has successfully repr...
Nelson is a native of Arvada, Colorado. His civil litigation practice focuses on appeals, business, insurance bad faith, and personal injury litigation. Nelson joined Burg Simpson in 2013 after several years running his own firm. He studied third-world history at Temple University (B.A., 1997) and United States history at New Mexico State University (M.A., 2000). Nelson earned his law degree at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D., 2007). He has practiced in Colorado trial cour...
Nick Fogel is the practice group leader of Burg Simpson’s workers’ compensation department, which has achieved Tier 1 status by US News and World Report (the highest-ranking available). His practice is devoted to those who have been injured while working on the job and in the line of duty. In this capacity, Nick has extensive courtroom experience handling a wide variety of matters. Nick’s practice focuses on the representation of law enforcement, firefighters, and first resp...
Mr. Katz joined Burg Simpson in September 2005 after six years with the New York law firm of Seeger Weiss LLP, in which he was a partner. Mr. Katz focuses his practice primarily in the areas of complex, pharmaceutical mass tort, and class action litigation including consumer protection, securities fraud, products liability, and commercial litigation. In addition to his varied professional experience, Mr. Katz is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery, class actions, and pharmaceutical lit...
Burg Simpson shareholder Stephan J. Marsh focuses his practice on Colorado workers’ compensation claims. As a workers’ compensation trial attorney, Mr. Marsh considers many factors when evaluating a case. He works to provide a fair and honest assessment of each legal matter and apply relevant laws to ensure full benefits. Mr. Marsh is a highly experienced lawyer and is uniquely qualified to help his clients obtain the best possible outcomes. Mr. Marsh has been selected by 5280 Mag...
Stephen Burg is a trial attorney at the law firm Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine, P.C. Mr. Burg’s practice is focused on representing victims of auto crashes, personal injury, trucking accidents, motorcycle collisions, product liability injuries, gas explosions, wrongful death, and harmful drug products. Mr. Burg has been recognized for his legal excellence both nationally and locally. He was named as a “Recommended Attorney” by the U.S. Legal 500. and has also been reco...
Tom Henderson focuses his practice on representing policyholders in suing insurance companies for bad faith and getting insurance companies to pay what the insurance policy promises to pay. Tom spent the first 20 years of his practice representing the insurance companies, answering their questions about whether the policy provided coverage for various claims, and even defending them when they were sued. He has spent the past 12+ years of his practice exclusively representing business insuranc...
Shelly D. Merritt is a sole practitioner in Boulder, Colorado. Her practice emphasizes estate planning, probate, and small business law with a focus on complex wealth preservation plans, including multi generational planning and business succession planning. Ms. Merritt graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting Degree, with honors, in 1987. She received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1991 and is a...
Halleh T. Omidi counsels clients on the various aspects of dissolution of marriage cases, including complex asset division, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, maintenance, paternity, post-decree modifications, appeals, and the like. Halleh is experienced in litigation as often it is necessary for a case to be litigated. In 2013, Halleh completed the Houston Family Law Trial Institute, an elite family law trial seminar. However, when litigation is not required, she negotia...
Ashley advocates for outcomes that enable families to make the smoothest possible transition during an otherwise stressful time of life. She is committed to seeking peaceful resolutions while also zealously advocating for her clients. Whether clients are going through a divorce, custody dispute, financial disputes, or any other family law matter, it is Ashley’s goal that her clients feel as though their issue has been resolved with dignity. While not all cases can be resolved outside of...
Elizabeth practices exclusively in family law, having served hundreds of clients during her tenure with their divorces, parenting, and child support cases. Elizabeth’s family law practice has focused on asset and business valuation, income valuation, complex divorce, parental responsibilities, child relocation, and child support matters, among others. Elizabeth speaks both Spanish and Italian and uses these skills to assist non-native speakers in navigating through domestic matters. Eli...
Erika Alese Gebhardt is an attorney licensed in Colorado, who offers clients efficient and effective representation and tailors her services to the unique needs of each individual client. Ms. Gebhardt's practice focuses exclusively on family law. Ms. Gebhardt’s clients have the added benefit of her experience in the areas of employment law, estate planning, and complex commercial litigation. Her previous experience in these areas provides her with a unique perspective and skill set, whi...
Meagan Moodie is a licensed attorney in Colorado, offering her clients practical and effective representation during complicated legal matters. Meagan focuses her practice on family law as an attorney, mediator, Child & Family Investigator, and Parental Coordinator/Decision Maker. Meagan handles a wide range of family law cases, from divorces and post decree modifications, to protection orders and collaborative divorces. She specializes in difficult cases such as those involving domestic ...
Bryan D. Biesterfeld graduated summa cum laude from the University of Denver, where he majored in Business Finance and minored in German. After a few years with a major oil company, Bryan graduated from law school at UCLA. Bryan focuses his practice on advising privately-held business-law and their owners with respect to mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and operation, sales, purchases and leasing of real estate, commercial real estate, private placements of securities, and wills, tr...
Douglas R. Ferguson received two B.S. majors in Business Finance and Business Marketing from the University of Utah in 1975. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1981, where he was the recipient of the University of Denver’s Award of Excellence in Securities Regulations. Doug’s practice emphasizes franchising; real estate and lending; securities; corporate, partnership, and limited liability company entities; and commercial and business law. ...
Jennifer prides herself on focusing on her clients’ needs, developing personalized solutions that help them navigate difficult situations such as divorce and child custody. Jennifer provides expert guidance and compassionate advice to individuals during an emotional and life-changing time. Jennifer provides a clear, efficient and reasoned approach to help clients move through the divorce process in a supportive way. First and foremost, Jennifer listens to her clients and identifies thei...
John W. O’Dorisio, Jr. is a managing and founding shareholder of the Denver-based law firm Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C. and he chairs the firm’s real estate practice department. He is the firm’s most experienced attorney in corporate and real estate law. John provides counsel in complex and significant commercial real estate transactions to developers and lending institutions. He works with commercial real estate credit facilities on workout deals, including renegot...
Louise Betcher Staab’s practice focuses on commercial leasing for both landlords and tenants, including the preparation and negotiation of complex long-term ground leases as well as office, retail and industrial leases including multi-tenant and single tenant triple net projects. Additionally, Louise represents commercial landlords in matters related to owning, managing and operating their properties, such as the preparation and negotiation of management agreements, broker listing agree...
Mr. Timmins has over 25 years of experience representing clients in connection with a wide variety of real estate transactions and land use matters. His experience includes representation of developers in all phases of the development process, from land acquisition through annexation, zoning, development agreements, subdivision, preparation of CCR's, marketing, construction, and sales in connection with projects ranging in size from large master planned communities to individual residential a...
Peter Moore is the Chairman of the Business Law Department and a member of the real estate practice group for Robinson, Waters and O’Dorisio. He serves as outside general counsel and corporate counsel for many local and regional businesses. Twenty years of experience as a commercial trial lawyer provides Peter with a unique perspective on his business practice and aids in his ability to structure deals and transactions in a way to minimize risk, avoid litigation, and efficiently achieve...
Steve works with clients on a broad range of business and transactional matters, including buy-and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other equity and debt financing, operating agreements, technology transactions, joint ventures, vendor and customer contracts and securities law compliance. He brings a hands-on, experience-based approach tailored to achieving each client’s specific business objectives. Steve also serves as outside general counsel and strategic advise...
Timothy Shea is an Equity Shareholder with Robinson, Waters & O’Dorisio, P.C. with an emphasis in commercial real estate. He is a member of the real estate practice group with a wealth of experience handling various commercial real estate transactions. Prior to joining Robinson, Waters & O’Dorisio, Tim authored an article published by the University of Denver Law Review entitled: The Constitutional Constraints on State Regulation of the Internet: ACLU v. Johnson, 78 Univ. ...
Tracy Ashmore is a shareholder at Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio, P.C. . She represents clients in competition law and business-law trials, with an emphasis on antitrust, commercial, real estate, and insurance coverage disputes. Ms. Ashmore also has many years of experience protecting the rights of consumers, lenders and developers. As an experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Ashmore is highly attuned to the potential costs and risks of litigation. While she enthusiastically takes cases to tri...
Catherine Puttmann, Esq. is a founding shareholder at Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb, PC. Ms. Puttmann received her B.A. in political science from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1994, and her J.D. in 1997 from the University in Houston. Ms. Puttmann is an experienced litigator and negotiator. She was a criminal prosecutor with the 18th Judicial District from 1999 until 2005 when she moved to private practice, specializing in family law. Ms. Puttmann is an advocate for alternative dispute r...
Courtney is an shareholder at Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC. Prior to joining SPAL, Courtney was an attorney at Hinds and Hinds Family Law and worked for the Honorable Angela Arkin and the Honorable Kerry Hada. Courtney has dedicated her professional career to helping families experiencing transition and conflict. Courtney handles complex domestic relations matters ranging from financial disputes to high-conflict child custody matters. Courtney gives each case the individual attention it deser...
David A. Lamb is a founding Shareholder and CTO of Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC. Prior to opening Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC, David practiced at a major family law firm from 2008 to 2010, and was a prosecutor at the Denver District Attorney’s Office from 2001 to 2008. He also worked, previously, at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell handling complex corporate and financial matters earlier in his career. David loves the practice of family law. He has focused most of his career on helping fa...
Megan is the President and CEO, as well as a founding shareholder of Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC. She is a seasoned attorney with an extensive background in family law. Megan served as a Deputy District Attorney, where she earned an appointment from District Attorney Bill Ritter to lead a juvenile federal grant program. Through the grant program she managed a team of professionals from multiple agencies and departments. Megan has litigated, mediated, and settled all types of family law cases...
Tanya brings a unique perspective to Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC through her extensive background as a Master of Social Work (MSW). Prior to graduating cum laude from DePaul University College of Law, Tanya spent eight years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker conducting custody evaluations and providing courtroom testimony of her custody findings and recommendations. Her experience gives her special insight into cases involving mental health and substance abuse issues, as well as complex d...
Ellen E. Stewart, the chair of the firm's Health Care Group, received her B.A. degree from the University of Colorado in 1977. Ms Stewart went on to receive her M.S. degree in Health Administration from the University of Colorado in 1979 and her J. D. from the University of Denver, College of Law in 1984. She is a member of the Denver Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, Health Law Section American Bar Association, Healthcare Financial Management Association (Fellow), American Health La...
After growing up in New York City and attending N.Y.U. Law School, Frank began his law career in 1976 at the Denver firm of Davis Graham & Stubbs. After a year in real estate, the focus of Frank’s practice became business litigation. Frank formed his own litigation firm in the mid 1980s. In 1989 Frank took to trial a real estate development case against a client of our firm. Frank prevailed in that trial, after which Mark Senn approached Frank about the possibility of joining forces...
Jim was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Economics in 1988. He attended the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and graduated in 1992. He was elected to Order of the Coif and was honored as the Valedictorian of his graduating class. Jim was voted the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award for 1992. In addition to receiving the Valedictorian Award for McGeorge School of Law, 1992, Jim has received many merit awards, i...
Jon is a member of the firm’s Corporate and Environmental practice groups, joining Senn Visciano Canges in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, he was a shareholder at both Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, where he served on the Executive Committee, and Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C., where he was chair of the Business Department and served as Chief Executive Officer of that firm for seven years. Jon serves as outside general counsel for many clients, including a grocery chain, a casino, a food bro...
Mr. Gruskin is a shareholder of the Denver, Colorado law firm of Senn Visciano Canges P.C. He received a BA in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his JD from the University of Denver College of Law. His practice primarily focuses on construction law, alternative dispute resolution and litigation (commercial and real estate). He is counsel for many construction industry clients, including owners (both public and private), developers, contractors, construction manage...
Matt Pluss is a member of the firm’s Real Estate practice group, joining Senn Visciano Canges in 2014 as a Director. Prior to joining the firm, he was a shareholder at both Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, P.C. and Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C. He focuses his practice on real estate and business transactions–including purchase, sale, leasing, financing, and management matters–and has assisted a variety of clients in the acquisition, management and disposition of raw land, commercia...
Mike Williams joined Senn Visciano Canges in 2013 as a Director. He has been practicing law for thirty years, the majority of which was with an old-line Denver firm. Mike’s practice is, in some fashion, connected to real estate. This includes extensive experience in commercial leasing and tenant relations, acquisition and disposition of office, industrial, retail and multi-family properties, representing real estate professionals in disputes before their boards or in litigation, and adv...
Riley was born in Aurora, Nebraska and had the good sense to move to Colorado when he was 2 years old. He graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2000. Riley received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law in 2004. He was admitted to the Colorado Bar in October 2004. He is a member of the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations, and is active in the Family Law Section and Young Lawyer’s Division. Riley is a member of ...
Harvey A. Steinberg, a managing partner in the Denver, Colorado law firm Springer and Steinberg, P.C., specializes in criminal law, white collar criminal defense, professional negligence law and personal injury law and appellate law. Mr. Steinberg has earned recognition as a skilled criminal defense trial attorney who has tried cases in federal, state and appellate courts, with reported cases. Over the course of a 30-plus year legal practice, he has regularly represented professional athletes...
Jeffrey A. Springer, a managing partner of Springer and Steinberg, P.C., in Denver, Colorado, specializes in criminal law, white collar criminal defense, commercial litigation, personal injury and product liability law, professional negligence law, family law and appellate law. He is admitted to the bar in Colorado, the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 18th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.A practici...
Dan is a passionate trial lawyer who focuses on complex business litigation, financial fraud and business torts, and professional liability. His clients range from individuals and small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. His experience includes litigation regarding breach of contract, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, embezzlement, intellectual property litigation, and appeals.He frequently serves as co-counsel or local counsel on ...
Kyle J. Martelon is a Partner and member of the Family Law and Civil Litigation Teams. A Colorado native, Kyle earned his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004 and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest academic honor society. In 2010, he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he graduated in the top 3% of his class and was inducted into the Order of St. Ives, an honorary sch...
As a founding member of Pollart Miller, Eric draws on over 20 years as practicing attorney to represent clients in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Nebraska. As litigation counsel and advisor, he supports and advocates for the interest and rights of his clients in their insurance and employment-related issues with an emphasis on defending workers’ compensation matters. Whether large national corporations or those with regional focus, Eric provides counsel to assist clients with risk assessme...
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Diana Sada started her legal career in Central Florida where she focused exclusively on representing homeowners and condominium associations in construction defect litigation. Prior to joining Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, Ms. Sada was a trial lawyer in both the civil and criminal arenas where she conducted numerous jury trials and tirelessly represented many clients and victims in and out of the courtroom. Ms. Sada heads Burg Simpson’s Florida construction defect group whe...
Edison McDaniels is a trial attorney with the Construction Defects Litigation Group at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine. Since joining the firm, Mr. McDaniels has focused his practice on construction defect law and construction products liability. He currently works with the team to represent homeowners and community associations. Mr. McDaniels has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association for inclusion in The Top 40 under 40 Association. A 2007 graduate of Virginia Tec...
Shareholder Jacob M. Burg’s practice is focused on personal injury litigation. Mr. Burg obtained his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. While at the University of Denver, Mr. Burg served as the Vice President of the Student Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Burg is currently a member of the Craig Hospital PUSH event planning committee and has been actively involved since 2018. Craig Hospital is a Denver-based hospital that is world-renowned as a premier center for spe...
Since the beginning of his legal career, Marc C. Johnson has focused exclusively on medical malpractice litigation. He has handled a wide range of cases including birth injuries, anesthesia injuries, cancer misdiagnosis, stroke misdiagnosis, heart attack misdiagnosis, and prenatal misdiagnosis. Prior to joining Burg Simpson, Mr. Johnson spent six years at a highly respected New Jersey law firm focusing exclusively on medical negligence claims. In 2015, the year before he relocated to Colorado...
Shane C. Fulton is an associate in Burg Simpson’s Personal Injury Litigation Department. He received a B.A. from Northeastern University in 2010 and graduated magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 2013. Prior to joining Burg Simpson, Mr. Fulton was a litigation associate at a national subrogation firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over the course of his career, Mr. Fulton has obtained significant recoveries for individuals and businesses damaged by fire, construction defects,...
Travis Riley is an associate in Burg Simpson’s Commercial Litigation Department. Mr. Riley focuses his practice primarily on complex business and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Burg Simpson, Mr. Riley was a litigation associate at a well-respected law firm in Texas, where his practice focused on construction defect and commercial litigation. Mr. Riley is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law and is a former Senior Associate Editor of the St. Mary’s Law J...
Heather Landauer is a Senior Associate at GEM Family Law. Heather is an experienced attorney, having practiced almost exclusively in family law since her admission to the Colorado State Bar in 2013. Heather is creative and insightful, assisting her clients to identify their goals such that she begins working with them on a strategy to achieve their desired outcome at the outset of her representation of them. Heather encourages her clients to keep the “big picture” in mind, and to ...
Emily Koekkoek represents clients in Colorado in cases of family law. In her attempts to make the transition through these issues as seamless as possible, she handles cases of divorce, child support, child custody, spousal support, protection orders, post-decree, mediation, property division, dependency and neglect, and nontraditional families. Ms. Koekkoek is a member of the Metro Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, the Colorado Bar Association and its family law section, and the Denver Bar ...
Jonathan Bereman joined Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC following six years in Chicago and working at two prominent family law firms in Denver, where he has become one of the most experienced and highly acclaimed young divorce attorneys. Jon has developed a reputation for guiding his clients through high conflict situations with a calm and reasonable approach with the goal of negotiating an advantageous settlement wherever possible. He is also an accomplished litigator who vigorously defends his...
Chelsea M. Augelli’s practice focuses exclusively on family law matters. Chelsea brings a breadth of experience in divorces, common-law marriages, complex financial matters, allocation of parental responsibility actions, parenting time disputes, post-decree child support and/or maintenance modifications, relocation matters, as well as drafting cohabitation or prenuptial agreements. She also has substantial experience with high conflict cases involving mental health and substance use iss...
Nicola began her career in family law at a large firm, where she was trained in handling high-asset and complex domestic cases. Nicola now contributes her trial and analytical skills to Wells Family Law, P.C., where she brings compassion and an understanding to her practice. Additionally, Nicola understands the courtroom is often the last place a client wishes to end up, so she is highly effective in guiding her clients through mediation and negotiation in order reach the most favorable outco...
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Mr. Matise’s legal experience includes all aspects of general civil practice with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, mass tort product liability litigation, special district and homeowner association law, and insurance coverage litigation. Mr. Matise has successfully tried over a dozen cases to a jury verdict or judgment and obtained several million dollars in settlements for clients. Mr. Matise has represented special districts and homeowners associations both as general cou...
Craig S. Nuss, the co-practice group leader of the Construction Defects department at Burg Simpson. His department has achieved Tier 1 status by US News and World Report (the highest-ranking available). Mr. Nuss is a Colorado native born in Brush in 1960. He obtained his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1982 and graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1988. Mr. Nuss begin his legal career the following year with a ...
Trial Lawyer David K. TeSelle is a Colorado and Arizona licensed attorney who has successfully tried numerous cases to jury verdicts in both state and federal court, as well as private arbitration. Mr. TeSelle was a lead counsel in 2019 on one of the largest personal injury jury verdicts in Arizona history ($58.5 million). He has also successfully battled the largest banks in the world including in litigation related to the 2008 economic collapse (the so-called “Big Short” cases) ...
Dave Hersh is a civil trial lawyer with the skill, passion, and experience to win your case. When your business or health is on the line, Dave is the advocate you want in your corner, fighting for you. For more than 35 years Dave has focused his practice on civil trial work. Dave thrives on handling complex civil cases, presenting them simply, effectively, and persuasively to a jury. Dave has tried well over 145 civil jury trials to verdict and has “tried” scores of civil arbitrat...
Holly Baer Kammerer currently focuses her practice on personal injury, products liability, and commercial litigation. She has practiced law since 1992 and has vast experience in litigation and all trial-related aspects of personal injury cases and business disputes. After moving to Colorado from Washington, D.C., she has also practiced in the areas of family law, collections, insurance, mass tort, recreational vehicle, equine, and appeals. Ms. Kammerer joined Burg Simpson in 1996 and became a...
James G. Heckbert focuses his practice on claims involving personal injury and wrongful death, ski injuries, auto and truck collisions, construction site negligence, medical malpractice, gas explosions, and defective products. In a distinguished career spanning four decades, Mr. Heckbert has secured eight jury verdicts in excess of $1 million. He has obtained numerous other settlements and judgments for amounts also exceeding $1 million. Mr. Heckbert is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Ad...
Mr. Connell focuses his practice on Colorado Workers’ Compensation claims and cases involving personal injury. Mr. Connell is a respected and experienced lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in the field. Mr. Connell has successfully handled thousands of claims on behalf of his clients. Mr. Connell has been recognized by his peers as a Best Lawyer in America every year since 2018. Avvo has awarded Mr. Connell with the highest rating of Superb (10.0), the highest attainable ratin...
Mari Perczak is the co-practice group leader of the Construction Defects department at Burg Simpson. She and her department have achieved Tier 1 status by US News and World Report, which is the highest-ranking available. Ms. Perczak has more than thirty years of experience as a Colorado trial lawyer and has successfully handled many large construction defect cases for Colorado homeowners and homeowner associations. In 2020, Ms. Perczak was lead trial counsel in a lengthy arbitration where she...
Michael Burg J.D. is one of America’s leading trial lawyers, a best-selling author, legal expert, and founding shareholder of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine. A legal champion for victims of corporate and individual malfeasance, negligence, overreach, and abuse, Burg began his career fighting for the underdog and has gone on to successfully litigate some of the country’s most high-profile cases of the past four decades. Under Burg’s leadership, Burg Simpson Eldredg...
Peter W. Burg J.D. is one of America’s leading trial lawyers and one of the country’s foremost legal experts handling claims for persons with traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries. Mr. Burg is a senior shareholder at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, a national trial firm known for fighting for victims of negligence, malfeasance, malpractice, and abuse that has secured over $1 billion in verdicts, settlements, and judgments on behalf of its clients. Over the course ...
Ron Sandgrund is a well-known trial lawyer and Colorado’s most prolific author of articles and books on Colorado construction and materials defect law and related insurance coverage issues. Mr. Sandgrund has extensive experience litigating construction defect, construction materials, product liability, multi-family community, class action, and insurance lawsuits, and he has argued many cases before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Ap...
Scott Eldredge is a named shareholder and has been practicing law continuously with the firm since his admission to the Colorado Bar in 1983. Mr. Eldredge’s legal practice focuses primarily on complex medical malpractice cases with a particular emphasis on birth injury cases. Mr. Eldredge is a long-time member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a long-time member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a nat...
Ezekiel "Zeke" Williams is a partner with Lewis, Bess, Williams & Weese P.C. in Denver, Colorado. He specializes in natural resources, environmental, oil and gas, and federal lands law and litigation. Zeke represents oil and gas companies, ski areas, landowners, and other entities. Zeke has considerable litigation and arbitration experience representing oil and gas companies, ski areas, energy developers, and others. He is an expert in federal lands law and litigation, and has considerabl...
Betty leverages extensive corporate finance and M&A transactional experience to guide companies through the entire corporate lifecycle, from formation through growth and planned exit. Her clients include established and emerging growth companies as well as venture capital and other private equity funds. She works with clients in a variety of industries, including software, technology, telecommunications, analytics, medical devices, healthcare, fintech and manufacturing. Betty regularly ac...
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Burg Simpson secured favorable results in 2021 and also strategically expanded to ensure its future and provide more personalized service to its clients nationw
