Thomas W. Henderson IV
Arapahoe County Justice Center
Thomas W. Henderson, Esq., was admitted to practice in Colorado in October of 1987. He joined Burg Simpson directly out of law school, and has been a shareholder since 1994. Tom is the Chair of the Bad-Faith Insurance division of Burg Simpson's Commercial Litigation Department. Tom focuses his practice on representing policyholders in insurance litigation. Tom spent the first 20 years of his practice representing the insurance companies, answering their questions about whether the policy provided coverage for various claims, and even defending them when they were sued. Tom has spent the past 12+ years of his practice exclusively representing policyholders pursuing claims for insurance benefits owed by the insurance industry and suing the insurance companies for failing to timely and properly pay benefits owed. The policyholders Tom represents include individuals and businesses, small and large. For individual policyholders, the types of claims include auto, uninsured and underinsured motorists, homeowners, renters, liability, property, health, disability, and life insurance claims. For business policyholders, the types of claims include business income interruption, auto, liability, property, directors and officers, professional liability, and construction insurance claims. These claims can range from a few thousand dollars to millions of dollars. In April of 2020, was named as the Co-Chair of the Colorado Trial Lawyer Association's newly created Business Interruption Task Force, and is also a co-chair for Colorado of AAJ's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force. He is a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, the Bad Faith sub-committee of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, and the Denver and Arapahoe County Bar Associations. Tom is the newly elected President of the Arapahoe County Bar Association. Tom has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in 2013-2020 in the field of Insurance Law. Tom has also been recognized as a People's Choice Best Insurance Lawyer, and has been selected to Super Lawyers® every year since 2014. In 2019 and 2020, Tom was selected as a Colorado Top Lawyer in insurance by 5280 Magazine.
(06/20)
