Burg Simpson Shareholder Appointed to Arapahoe County Bar Association Board of Directors

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Jun 15, 2010, 11:43 ET

DENVER, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., is delighted to announce that shareholder David Hersh has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Arapahoe County Bar Association. Mr. Hersh has also been selected to chair the association's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee. As Chairman of the CLE Committee, it will be Mr. Hersh's responsibility to oversee preparation and delivery of educational programs designed to promote competence and professionalism among the organization's membership. Both roles are for a one-year term.

Speaking of his appointment Mr. Hersh said, "I am honored that my fellow members have seen fit to appoint me to the Board of Directors. There are many challenges facing the legal profession nationally and in Colorado. I intend to work closely with my fellow directors and the CLE Committee to promote Arapahoe County as not only a center for legal excellence but a unique place to practice law."

Kerry Jardine, managing shareholder said, "David is a stalwart of the local legal community and everyone at Burg Simpson congratulates him on yet another prestigious appointment. We are very proud of David, his work and his support of numerous legal service groups. He is a credit to his profession."

Earlier this month, Mr. Hersh was elected as Chair of the Membership Development Committee for the Colorado Judicial Institute (CJI).

David Hersh is a shareholder in the Denver office of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C. Mr. Hersh practices in a number of substantive areas of civil trial law, all involving complex issues of liability and damages. 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.

Mr. Hersh is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States as well as in Colorado, Wyoming, and a number of Federal Courts. With offices in Denver, Cody, Cincinnati and Phoenix, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., is a firm of award winning trial lawyers with more than 30 years' experience in obtaining justice for individuals and their families seriously injured by the careless or intentional actions of others.

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