Heather A. Salg Englewood, Colorado
| Shareholder, since
January 1, 2006 Associate, since 1999 | |
| phone | 720-875-9140 |
| fax | 720-875-9141 |
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Heather A. Salg grew up in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and attended Ft. Lewis College, in Durango, graduating cum laude in May of 1993. After taking two years off to work for the Aspen Skiing Company in the winter and as a river rafting guide in the summer, she attended graduate school from 1995-1998, simultaneously obtaining a J.D. from the Denver University Sturm College of Law, and an M.B.A. from the Denver University Daniels College of Business. During that time she also worked as a Federal Legal Intern for the U.S. Department of Defense in Golden, Colorado. Since being admitted to the bar in 1998, Ms. Salg has been a civil defense trial lawyer. She has substantial trial and arbitration experience defending a wide variety of cases and clients. She defends automobile personal injury, premises liability, civil rights and general negligence cases all along the front range, on the western slope and in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Ms. Salg's particular areas of expertise are in premises liability and closed head injury cases. She is experienced in litigating wrongful death, environmental, dram shop act, bad faith and fraud claims. Ms. Salg also briefs and argues cases in front of the Colorado Court of Appeals. In July, 2010, Ms. Salg was appointed to the Colorado Defense Lawyer's Association Board of Directors as an Ex-Officio Board Member.
Outside the civil defense practice, Ms. Salg enjoys skiing and spending as much time as possible in Colorado's great outdoors with her husband and their two young children.

Published Cases:
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
- Areas of Practice:
- Insurance Defense
- Appellate Research and Writing
- Certification/Specialties:
- AV-Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2009
- Bar Admissions:
- Colorado, 1998
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1999
- Education:
- University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado,
May, 1998
J.D.
Honors: Recipient, Award for Scholastic Excellence in Real Estate Seminar - University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, Denver, Colorado,
1998
M.B.A. - Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado,
1993
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Political Science
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Faculty for the ABA Section of Litigation / Legal Services Training Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2007
- Served as a Judge in the Hoffman Cup Competition, DU Law School, 2007 & 2009
- Scoring Panelist for the Regional Tournament in the 25th Annual CBA High School Mock Trials
- Presenting Speaker on Premises Liability Issues at the Colorado Bar Association CLE 2010 Annual Tort Law Update
- Presenting Speaker at the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association Biomechanics CLE in November, 2011
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Colorado Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
- Ex Officio Appointed Board Member
- Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
- CLE Committee Member; Listserve Committee Member
- Defense Research Institute
- Council on Litigation Management
- Past Employment Positions:
- United States Department of Energy, Legal Intern, 1997 - 1998














