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 involving product liability, personal injury, and mass tort litigation. Mr. Burg 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 was 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 2006-2011, 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. Mr. Burg has also met the standard of excellence for selection as one of the American Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Peter Burg has been selected by members of the national legal community as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Mass Tort Litigation, 2008-2011. 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 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. Mr. Burg serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law; his current course offering is Mass Tort Litigation: Disasters, Multidistrict Litigation, Consolidators, Class Actions. What are they? How do you handle them? Peter W. Burg, senior shareholder of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., has been appointed Chair of the Craig Hospital Board of Directors; Mr. Burg previously held the position of Vice-Chair. Based in Denver, Colorado, the Craig Hospital is world renowned as a premier center for specialty rehabilitation and research for people with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. Honors / Awards · Top 100 Attorney, The National Trial Lawyers · 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, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee and Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liability 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, 2008-2011 · Colorado Super Lawyer, 2006-2011 (Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products) Professional Affiliations · The National Trial Lawyers · Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) · American Bar Association · Colorado Bar Association · Denver Bar Association · American Association for Justice (AAJ), Chair, Gadolinium Litigation Group · Arapahoe County Bar Association · Faculty of Federal Advocates · Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America |