Attorney Profile - Stephen Burg

Stephen J. Burg is a trial attorney at the law firm Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine, P.C. and the practice group leader of the firm's personal injury team. His practice is focused on representing victims of auto crashes, personal injury, trucking accidents, motorcycle collisions, product liability injuries, gas explosions, wrongful death, sexual assault, and harmful drug products.

Burg earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wyoming and his law degree from the University of Denver. He is admitted to practice in Colorado and in Arizona.

Notable Results

• $1,668,365.80 verdict, motorcycle crash, 2018 (Colorado). Law Week Colorado recognized Burg and co-counsel David J. Crough for a verdict obtained on behalf of a client who was riding his motorcycle in Highlands Ranch when a defendant turned in front of him, leaving the plaintiff with severe injuries requiring multiple surgeries. A Colorado jury returned a $1.3 million verdict in Moon v. Gooden; after expenses and interest, the final award was $1,668,365.80. The verdict far surpassed the defense's best settlement offer of $265,000. The firm reports this result.

Recognition

• Named a Best Lawyer in America and a Colorado Super Lawyer.
• Named a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" by the National Trial Lawyers; Denver's 5280 Magazine selected Burg as a "Top Lawyer" and the Face of Personal Injury Law Litigation since 2020.
• Voted a 2026 Top Lawyer by 5280 Magazine.
• Served as the 2018 president of the Top 40 Under 40, the National Trial Lawyers' collection of the country's top young trial attorneys.
• Admitted as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and named Law Week Colorado's "Compleat Lawyer."
• Recognized for a Top 10 Jury Verdict in the State of Colorado by Law Week Colorado, 2018; appointed by the Governor to the 18th Judicial District Nominating Commission, 2018.
• Named a "Recommended Attorney" by the U.S. Legal 500.

Community and Pro Bono Work

Burg serves on the Board of Directors for the Anti-Defamation League, the Colorado Judicial Institute, and ARC Thrift. He supports the Denver Health Foundation's Newborns in Need program and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and serves as an Associate Attorney for the ZRBG Pension Project, which is designed to ascertain pension benefits for Holocaust survivors.

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 2008 (Bar No. 39789)