David P. Hersh

Areas of Practice

• Civil Litigation

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David P. Hersh focuses his practice on civil trial work and complex commercial litigation. Admitted to practice before the Colorado and Wyoming Supreme Courts, as well as numerous Federal Courts, Mr. Hersh has tried well over 130 civil jury trials to verdict throughout the United States. Mr. Hersh has served as lead counsel in both state and federal courts throughout the United States in a substantial number of complex commercial litigation cases as well as a number of catastrophic personal injury cases, including cases involving claims for paraplegia/quadriplegia, brain injury, severe burns and disfigurement, and limb loss.

As co-chairman of Burg Simpson’s Commercial Litigation Department, Mr. Hersh has hands-on responsibility for all types of commercial trial work. Mr. Hersh handles cases concerning business dissolution, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder derivative actions, breach of contract, protection of confidential business information, management disputes, and other business disputes. Mr. Hersh handles disputes relating to all sorts of corporate structure including corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and the like.

Mr. Hersh has consistently been recognized as an exceptional attorney who has attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Mr. Hersh has achieved the highest rating from his peers for quality of legal work, professionalism, and ethics by receiving an AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Hersh has consistently been selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer in the area of commercial litigation for several years. Since 2008, Mr. Hersh has also been selected to appear in each edition of Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Magazine, a national publication of highly successful commercial law trial lawyers.