Debra Sutton has spent her career in direct representation of corporations and insurance companies in matters of general liability, coverage and bad faith. She is among the attorneys who pioneered the defense of extra-contractual tort claims in Colorado. Debra also handles premises liability, products liability, automobile and personal injury liability claims.

Debra is a graduate of Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas, School of Law. She clerked for Chief Justice Erickson of the Colorado Supreme Court before beginning her civil practice. She became a partner in a mid-sized firm where she handled a broad range of litigation matters from insurance to products liability. Debra has served on Colorado Supreme Court Committees and the board of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and has been a lecturer on topics such as trial practice, insurance bad faith and premises liability. Ms. Sutton completed the Litigation Management Institute program hosted at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and is a certificate Litigation Management Professional by Claims & Litigation Management Alliance.

Debra’s professional memberships include the American Bar Association, Law Practice Management and Litigation, Tort and Insurance section, the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association (former Board Member) and the Defense Research Institute, Law Practice Management steering committee. She has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates, recognizing the many jury trials she has handled during her career. She is a member of Claims Litigation Management, RIMS, the National Restaurant and Retail Defense Association, and The Gavel.