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"Pooch alive after
Breck blast"
– Denver Post
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Yamaha Rhino ATV Rollover Accidents
and Injuries
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Global settlement with Eli Lilly and Company regarding its product Zyprexa negotiated by a plaintiffs' attorney group including members of Burg Simpson.
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Our Offices
40 Inverness Drive East
Denver, CO 80112
Phone: 303.792.5595
Fax: 303.708.0527
WYOMING OFFICE
Phone: 307.527.7891
Fax: 307.527.7897
OHIO OFFICE
Phone: 513.852.5600
Fax: 513.852.5611
DALLAS OFFICE
Phone: 972.934.1313
Fax: 972.231.3983
ARIZONA OFFICE
Phone: 602.508.6040
WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE
Phone: 202.544.7600
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Peter W. Burg |
Peter Burg's practice focuses on complex litigation in a wide range of substantive areas. Mr. Burg has developed a national reputation as a trial lawyer handling cases in the construction field, product liability, personal injury, and mass tort litigation.
Mr. Burg also has substantial experience representing commercial clients in "bad faith" litigation, first-party property, arson, fraud, and other complex commercial matters. Many of Mr. Burg's recent practice activities have included brain trauma, construction defect, and product defect matters.
Mr. Burg is a frequent lecturer and speaker within the legal community and the business community at large. Presentations have included topics such as: Litigating Head Trauma Cases; Insurance Bad Faith; Fire, Fraud and Arson; and Managing Personal Injury Litigation. Mr. Burg was a contributing author to the book Litigating Head Trauma Cases. More recently, Mr. Burg was a presenter for Pharmaceutical Torts 101 at the Arapahoe County Bar Association and for the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations' CLE on Pharmaceutical Torts Cases in Colorado. Mr. Burg was recently was named to the Board of Directors for Craig Hospital and he is a member of the PUSH for a Cure Committee; Craig Hospital assists with research for traumatic brain injury patients.
Mr. Burg recently argued before the Judicial Panel for Multi-District Litigation concerning consolidation and coordination of cases involving nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and gadolinium-based contrast dyes. Mr. Burg has now been appointed as Co-chair of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee and the Executive Committee for the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liability Multi-District Litigation. Mr. Burg was appointed to these leadership positions by The Honorable Dan A. Polster, federal judge presiding over the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liability Multi-District Litigation in the Northern District of Ohio. The PSC reports directly to Judge Polster, and is responsible for conducting pre-trial proceedings on behalf of all plaintiffs who have cases in the MDL. Mr. Burg has also been elected Co-Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Gadolinium Litigation Group.
Mr. Burg has achieved the highest rating from his peers for quality of legal work, professionalism, and ethics by receiving an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Selected as a Super Lawyer for 2006, 2007 and 2008, Mr. Burg has again been recognized as an exceptional attorney who has attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers represent an elite top 5% of the practicing attorneys in Colorado who are selected by peer review.
Peter Burg has been selected by members of the national legal community as one of the 2009 Best Lawyers in America for Mass Tort Litigation; Mr. Burg was also selected in this category in 2008. Best Lawyers publishes a book each year listing those individuals who are recognized as professionals who continue their education in an effort to stay current in their chosen profession and continue to distinguish themselves among their peers. The book is considered to be, professionally, the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Mr. Burg was chosen as a member of this distinguished group because he has displayed an exemplary commitment to his profession, his community and to his clients.
Mr. Burg has recently been recognized as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society established to reflect the new face of the American bar. Membership is limited, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers and is by invitation only. Membership includes placement of a maximum of 3,500 Fellows, who are selected and invited into Fellowship after being evaluated on effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation and trial work, along with ethical reputation.
Practice Areas
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Defective Drugs, Medical Devices,
Defective Products and Diseases - Securities
- Catastrophic Injury
- Construction Law
- Construction Defects
- Professional Liability
- Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- J.D.,1980, University of Denver College of Law
- B.A.,1976, University of Michigan
- Pomona College, 1973-1976
Honors / Awards
- Past Faculty of Federal Advocates
- Recipient, Edward M. Sait Prize in Government
- Member, Board of Directors, Arapahoe County Bar Association
- Member, Judicial Liaison Committee, Arapahoe County Bar Association
- Fellow Emeritus of the Arapahoe County Bar Foundation
- Member, Judicial Liaison Executive Council, Colorado Bar Association
- Co-Chair, Plaintifs' Steering Committee and dPlaintiffs' Executive Committee in the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liabiilty Multi-District Litigation in the Northern District of Ohio
- Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for Bextra and Celebrex Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Multidistrict Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America, 2008 and 2009
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Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Arapahoe County Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Faculty of Federal Advocates
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
