Background
Vaksdal Smith, Diane was born on April 29, 1958 in Joliet, Illinois, United States.
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Diane Vaksdal Smith
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University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 1980). University of Denver College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Career
Worked at Burg & Eldredge, Professional Corporation (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Insurance Defense, General Civil Trial Practice. Commercial Construction, Corporate, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Product Liability, Lender Liability, Banking and Sports Law. Appeals.
Admitted to the bar, 1984, Colorado.
1985, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States. District Court, District of Colorado. Member, Colorado Judicial Institute, 1995.
Law Clerk, Honorary Karen South. Metzger Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1987-1988.
Magistrate Judge, Seventh Judicial District, 1996. Member, 25 Colorado Law, 12 71 Denver Law Review 1, 6, Lincoln Quarterly 3.
Member: College of Business Administration Ethics Committee, 1995. Grievance Committee, 1995-1997.
Legal Fee Arbitration Commission, Doctor of Business Administration, 1995-1997.
Member: Denver, Colorado and American Bar Associations. Burg & Eldredge, Professional Corporation, takes great pride in its reputation for both excellence and cost effectiveness. The shareholders and senior associates specialize in substantive areas of the law in order to provide clients with the greatest expertise in managing claims and litigation.
In this regard, the firm"s representative clients include a broad base of insurance companies, self-insureds, lending institutions, corporations, manufacturers, developers, contractors and private individuals.
Burg & Eldredge, Professional Corporation, also represents insurance carriers directly in a number of capacities. Individual lawyers specialize in areas such as commercial insurance matters, first-party losses, bad faith litigation, errors and omissions liability, coverage analysis, umbrella and excess claims, and matters involving personal lines insurance.
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Membership
Member, Colorado Judicial Institute, 1995. Law Clerk, Honorary Karen South. Metzger Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1987-1988. Magistrate Judge, Seventh Judicial District, 1996.
Member, 25 Colorado Law, 12 71 Denver Law Review 1, 6, Lincoln Quarterly 3.
Member: College of Business Administration Ethics Committee, 1995. Grievance Committee, 1995-1997.
Legal Fee Arbitration Commission, Doctor of Business Administration, 1995-1997. Member: Denver, Colorado and American Bar Associations.
