Partner Cathleen Heintz Joins Denver Office

Thompson Coe is pleased to announce the addition of Cathleen Heintz to the Insurance section at our Denver office. Cathleen brings more than 25 years’ experience in the Colorado and Rocky Mountain region representing clients in matters involving insurance coverage, bad faith, personal injury, construction defects, premises liability, professional liability, and commercial disputes.

Thompson Coe, with its extraordinary wealth of experience in the insurance industry, offers me the perfect environment to grow even further as a legal professional. My hope is to continue to draw on my special insurance background to the benefit of the firm and its clients.

— Cathleen Heintz

Prior to beginning her career in law, Cathleen worked in the claims and underwriting divisions of several major insurance carriers, which provides her with a unique understanding of the insurance industry and nuances of insurance coverage and defense litigation. In 2010, Cathleen testified and assisted with drafting modifications to the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act on behalf of the insurance industry.

Cathleen received her J.D. from Delaware Law School-Widener University, also attending the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in her final years of Law School. She served on the Editorial Board of the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, and also attended the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. Ms. Heintz earned her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and studied a year abroad at the Rheinische Friedrichs Universität in Bonn, Germany.