





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 large Denver insurance defense firm focusing on construction defect and personal injury claims. His career is now focused on representing homeowners and homeowner associations in construction defect cases.
In the past three decades, Mr. Nuss has handled more than 70 civil jury trials in Colorado state and federal courts. He has taught many education courses on construction defects and trial tactics.
Mr. Nuss’s distinguished credentials include being recognized by Martindale-
Hubbell with top Preeminent® AV rating and being a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a prestigious and invitation-only international trial lawyer organization. He has also been selected by his peers as a Colorado Super Lawyer® every year since 2007. Additionally, Mr. Nuss has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and 5280 Magazine as one of Denver’s Top Lawyers. Mr. Nuss is currently serving as a trustee of the Colorado Bar Foundation which is the charitable arm of the Colorado Bar Association
5280 Magazine Top Lawyer, 2016 - 2021
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Civil Plaintiff, 2014-2017, 2020
Selected to Colorado Super Lawyers®, 2007 - 2021
Selected to Best Lawyers® in America, 2019-2021
AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Recipient, David Bernard Foundation Aviation Law Award
Treasurer, Phi Alpha Delta, 1986
U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1989
Colorado, 1988
Arizona, 2017
New Mexico, 2017
J.D., University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, 1988
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, 1986
David Bernard Foundation Aviation Law Award, 1988
B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1982 (Business Administration)
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member, 2003-Present
Colorado Bar Association, Member, 1988-Present
Arapahoe Bar Association, Member, 1995-Present
Editor in Chief, University of Denver School of Law Transportation Law Journal, 1987
"How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in Colorado," National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education, 2004
"Defending Minor Impact Cases," Colorado Claims Association, 1999
Trial Academy Instructor, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009
Trial Academy Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), August 1999