About Melanie Sulkin

Melanie Sulkin was born and raised in Suburban Chicago and attended Northern Illinois University for her undergraduate where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of Delta Gamma and a founding member of the Mock Trial Team, which made her decide to become a plaintiff-side attorney. She moved one state to the East to attend Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana, where she graduated Cum Laude. During the summer of 2014, she interned at a plaintiff-side civil rights firm where she gained experience in civil litigation. She also interned at the Prosecutor’s Office in Indianapolis, where she gained valuable courtroom experience. Ms. Sulkin also participated in Moot Court and served as Secretary in the Labor and Employment Law Society.

After graduating in May 2016, Ms. Sulkin moved to Colorado and worked as a personal injury litigation attorney at a firm in Westminster, Colorado. Ms. Sulkin was responsible for everything from filing the complaint to pre-trial matters. At Bachus & Schanker, LLC she works in mass torts and Pharmaceutical and Medical Device litigation. In her free time, Ms. Sulkin likes to spend time with her family, friends, and cat, eat, work out, and go on hikes.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$27.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #6

A Weld County jury awarded $27.6 million to a family whose newborn daughter developed E. coli sepsis and meningitis after nursing staff failed to notify a physician despite documented signs of infection, leaving her with permanent brain injury and cerebral palsy.

Weld County District Court, Colorado (19th Judicial District) · 2022Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$21 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2020 · #16

A Missouri federal jury awarded Mary Bayes $21 million after her Biomet M2a-Magnum metal-on-metal hip implant failed catastrophically, requiring seven revision surgeries and leaving her with permanently constrained hip function.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · 2020Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law
J.D., 2016
Northern Illinois University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado, admitted 2016

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$67.35 Million Colorado Record for Infant Brain-Damaged When Surgeon Tied Off Aorta in Heart Surgery
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$16 Million Verdict for Electrocuted Flooring Worker, Colorado's Largest Premises Liability Award
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$9.3 million · Jury Awards Lincoln Railcar Repairer $9.3 Million After BNSF Crane Accident Left Him With Spine Injuries
Dormer Harpring Denver Personal Injury Lawyers
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$4 million · Federal Jury Awards $4 Million After Saguache County Jail Staff Ignored Inmate's Suicidal Warnings
The Wilhite Law Firm
The Wilhite Law Firm
$4.51 Million Verdict After Homeowner Abandons Ladder, Fracturing Worker's Spine

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.