Thomas W. Henderson - Lawyer in Englewood, CO

Tom Henderson sued the insurance company for dishonesty and Table policyholders in getting the insurance company to pay what the insurance policy promises to pay Tom spent the first 20 years of his practice representing the insurance company, answering questions about whether the policy provided coverage for various claims he owed exclusively by the insurance industry He has spent the past 12+ years of his practice representing business policyholders pursuing claims for insurance benefits.

Tom uses his unusual background as a former insurance industry insider to his client's advantage because he knows where the weaknesses are and where the smoking guns are hidden, and how to structure his client's case to maximize the chances of getting the best insurance companies to pay. Tom represents both individual consumers and businesses in their pursuit of insurance claims. For consumers, this includes claims on automobiles, uninsured and underinsured drivers, homeowners, renters, liability, property, health, disability, and life insurance. For companies, this includes motor vehicles, liabilities, property, lost profits, directors and officers, occupational liability, and construction insurance claims. These claims can range from thousands to millions of dollars.

Tom has been selected by his peers to include in the best lawyers in America © 2013-2022 in the field of insurance law. Tom is also recognized as the People's Choice Best Insurance Lawyer and has been named Super Lawyers® every year since 2014. In 2019 and 2020, Tom was named Colorado's top Attorney of Insurance by 5280 magazine.

Tom has achieved great success in getting the insurance company to pay money for claims that had previously been rejected, and the insurance company has won many jury rulings for his clients in insurance malice cases, including getting a ruling that Tom contained punitive damages than they had previously offered. He is the chairman of the bad debt insurance division of the company's commercial litigation division, and in 2020/4 he was named co-chair of the newly established Business Interruption Task Force of the Colorado Court Lawyers Association. The task force is developing a strategy to pursue business interruption insurance claims in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr. Henderson's reputation as the premier insurance attorney in Colorado has made him a sought-after professional by the media. He was frequently contacted for comment by local and national news on insurance issues, and Tom was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Denver Post, Law Week Colorado, and Denver Channel 7-TV News. He also sued the insurer for dishonesty and accused the insurer of representing the policyholder of getting the insurer to pay what the insurance policy promises to pay.

Tom is negotiating a contract between the policyholder and the injured, known in Colorado as the Bashor or Nunn Contract. These contracts allow policyholders who have caused another injury, but whose insurers do not respect the obligation to protect or protect the policyholder financially, to escape the possibility of financial ruin, in return for assigning their right to go after their insurer.

Tom was admitted to practice in Colorado in 1987-10. He is a member of the Bad Faith Subcommittee of the Colorado Trial Bar Association, the Colorado Trial Bar Association, the American Justice Association, the American Bar Association, and the Denver and Arapahoe County Bar Association. Tom is chair of the Bad Faith Insurance Division of the company's Commercial Litigation department, co-chair of CTLA COVID-19 Insurance Response Task Force, co-chair of AAJ's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force Colorado Henderson was recently invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Colorado Bar Association on insurance issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic Tom is a co-chair of CTLA COVID-19 Insurance Response Task Force, co-chair of AAJ's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, Co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, Co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, Co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Task Force, Co-chair of CTLA's COVID Business Interruption Litigation Often asked to comment on insurance issues in the local and national media are lectures on the malice of insurance and insurance coverage to a group of policyholders.

After receiving a Bachelor's degree in history from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1983, Tom received a doctorate in Law from the University of Denver, Starm College, in 1987. When not practicing law, Tom enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons by skiing, camping, climbing the 14ers of Colorado, playing volleyball and golf. Tom also helps teach law classes at Arapahoe High School by helping students present mock trials twice during each school year.