Heather A. Salg, Partner

Heather A. Salg is a Partner in our Litigation Practice Group who has tried over 60 trials and arbitrations to verdict. She primarily defends insurance companies and their insureds, as well as large self-insurers in Federal Court and District Courts throughout Colorado. Her primary goal as an insurance defense trial attorney is to develop the relevant facts as quickly and economically as possible, provide an early and accurate assessment based on the facts and law, resolve matters as soon as they can be resolved, and zealously defend those cases if necessary, before a jury.

Ms. Salg has been a presenting speaker in Colorado and nationally regarding the defense of bad faith claims. She has presented and written about evidentiary problems associated with the reasonable value of medical expenses (“billed v paid”), Premises Liability, and best claim handling practices. She has written articles for the Colorado Lawyer and Claims Management Magazine. She has been a faculty presenter for the ABOTA Masters in Trial Program, and she is a Continuing Legal Education speaker for the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, and the National Business Institute.

In 2013 Ms. Salg was invited to be a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an organization with a primary mission of preserving the constitutional vision of equal justice for all Americans and our civil justice system. ABOTA is an invitation-only organization consisting of lawyers who have tried a minimum of 20 civil jury trials to conclusion.

Ms. Salg has been AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 2009. She was named as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2012 and has been named a Super Lawyer annually since 2014.  She has been repeatedly listed as a Top Lawyer by 5280 Magazine, named to the Super Lawyers’ lists of Top 50 Women attorneys in Colorado, and the Colorado Super Lawyers Top 100 list of Colorado attorneys.

Ms. Salg is an active member of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (“CDLA”). She has repeatedly chaired professionalism events that are co-sponsored by the Colorado Defense Lawyer’s Association and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association at Mock Trial events for the Colorado Bar Association and Denver University Law School. She is also an active part of the community judging events for DECA, Speech and Debate.

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Sturm College of Law, University of Denver	J.D.	Law School	1998
University of Denver	M.B.A.		1998
Fort Lewis College	B.A.	Political Science	1993

State / Court	Date
Colorado	1999

• Colorado Bar Association
  Denver Bar Association
  Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  Council on Litigation Management
  Colorado Defense Lawyer’s Association, Board of Directors, 2010-2012; General Liability Committee Chair, 2016
  Colorado Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); 2013-present

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Lawyer 2016, 2017, 2018
  AV, Preeminent – Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, Since 2009
  Colorado Super Lawyers: Rising Star 2012, Super Lawyer 2014-2023
  Colorado Super Lawyer: Top 50 Women List 2017,2018, 2023
  US News & World Report Best Lawyers in America: 2022-2023

• Wilson v. Marchiondo, 124 P.3d 837 (Colo. App. 2005)
  Daugherty v. Allstate Ins. Co., 55 P.3d 224 (Colo. App. 2002)
  Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 53 P.3d 740 (Colo. App. 2002)
  Nordin v. Madden, 148 P.3d 218 (Colo. App. 2006)
  Geiger v. American Standard Ins. Co. Of Wisconsin, 192 P.3d 480 (Colo. App. 2008)
  Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. v. Mid-Century Ins. Co., 214 P.3d 489 (Colo. App. 2008)
  Volunteers of America Colorado Branch v. Gardenswartz, 242 P.3d 1080 (Colo. 2010) (assisted with amicus brief)
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Crossgrove, 276 P.3d 562 (Colo. 2012)
  Colo. Ins. Guar. Ass’n. v. Sunstate Equip. Co., LLP, 2016 COA 64 (April 21, 2016)
  Grippin v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2016 COA 127 (Sept. 8, 2016)
  Peden v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 841 F.3d 887 (10th Cir. 2016)

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