Jim Leventhal’s Awards
Barrister's Choice Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer - Plaintiff, 2018, 2019, 2020
Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year 2016, Law Week Colorado, 2016
2016 Top Lawyers in Denver, 5280 Magazine
2015 Top Lawyers in Denver, 5280 Magazine
Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year 2013, Best Lawyers in America
Best of the Bar, Medical Malpractice, Law Week Colorado, 2009
Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year – 2010, Colorado, Best Lawyers in America
Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year, Law Week Colorado, 2010, 2011, 2012
Best Lawyers in America – 1992 to Present
Colorado Super Lawyers® – 2006 to present
Top 50 Lawyers in State of Colorado, Colorado Super Lawyers®
Best Personal Injury Lawyer 2010 - Editor’s Choice, Law Week Colorado
Best of The Bar Award – Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice – Colorado 2005 Denver Business Journal and Denver Bar Association
Kenneth M. Kripke Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
Jim Leventhal’s Memberships
The Inner Circle of Advocates - Status active
CTLA (Colorado Trial Lawyers Association)
- Board of Directors 1987–2016
- Co-Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee 1998 to present
- Past Speaker, Seminars and Conventions
- Speaker, Birth Trauma 2013
- Speaker, Litigation at Sunrise 2013
- Speaker, CTLA Summer Convention almost every year except 2012
American Association for Justice
- AAJ Speaker Advanced Medical Negligence Seminar, Scottsdale, AZ 2013
- AAJ Co-Chair Advanced Medical Negligence Seminar, Co-Chair, 2016 Denver, Colorado
- Past Co-Chair, Medical Negligence Information Group, AAJ Chair, “AAJ’s Advanced Medical Trials Skills College,” October, 2009
ABA (American Bar Association)
CBA (Colorado Bar Association)
DBA (Denver Bar Association)
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
AAJ (American Association for Justice, formerly American Trial Lawyers Association)
- Board of Governors 1998 – present
- Editor, Professional Negligence Newsletter 2008–2009
- Chair, Professional Negligence 2011, 2012
- Co-Chair of the AAJ Exchange 2011 to present
- Presidents Club (ATLA)
- Leaders Forum (ATLA)
- Chair-Elect Professional Negligence Litigation Group 2009–2010
- Past Co-Chair, Medical Negligence Information Group
- Chair, AAJ’s Advanced Medical Trial Skills College October 2009
- Co-Chair of Advanced Medical Legal Skills College, Denver 2016
- Speaker Rules of the Road Seminar, Napa, California 2017
- Speaker AAJ Convention July 2017
- Past Speaker, ATLA/AAJ National Conventions
- Moderator and speaker, Professional Negligence Program 2012
Jim Leventhal’s Practice Areas