Overview
Heather Perkins is a member of the firm’s executive leadership team and a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer who litigates complex disputes in federal, state and arbitration proceedings. She has deep experience in commercial, franchise and distribution, trade secret, and product liability matters, and advises major clients in the health care, medical device, fitness, food and beverage, manufacturing, and agribusiness industries. She also counsels her clients on litigation risk management, including risk assessment and exposure.
Heather has also successfully sought and defended against motions for preliminary injunction or other interim emergency relief on behalf of franchisor and manufacturing clients.
Related Legal Services
Related Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Colorado
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Clerkships
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Hon. Edward W. Nottingham, 1998-2000
Education
University of Colorado Law School
J.D. Dean's List, Order of the Coif, Law Review (associate editor) (1998)
University of Colorado Boulder
B.S. cum laude, Dean's List (1993)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
News
Other Perspectives
- Validity and Effectiveness of Post-Termination Non-Compete Clauses
Panelist, International Distribution Institute, June 2023 - Litigating in the COVID Era
Co-presenter, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2021 - 2019 Annual Developments
Co-presenter, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2019 - Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments, 2019
Co-author, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2019 - Enforcing System Standards – A Franchisor’s Prerogative?
Co-author and presenter, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October 2018 - Caught in a Trap: Dealing With Customer and Patron Claims Under the TCPA and ADA Against Franchisors and Franchisees
Co-presenter, ABA Forum on Franchising, 2017 - Judicial Update
Co-presenter, International Franchise Legal Symposium, 2017 - Is This Really the End? Dealing With Renewal and Nonrenewal of Franchise Relationships
Co-presenter, International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, 2015 - Franchising & Distribution Currents
35 Franchise Law J. 105, Summer 2015 - Defendants Need Proactive Perspective
Law Week Colorado, February 2014
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
Professional Associations
- University of Colorado Boulder — Law Alumni Board Member, 2024-25
- American Bar Association — At-Large Member, Forum on Franchising Governing Committee, 2021-present
- The Franchise Lawyer — Editor-in-Chief, 2016-19
- Franchise Law Journal — Associate Editor, 2015-16; Articles Editor, 2014-15
Civic Activities
- Legal Aid Foundation — Board of Trustees Chair, 2021-present (Vice Chair, 2019-21; Member, 2016-19)
- Mile High Montessori — Community Leadership Board
Firm Leadership
- Executive Leadership Team, 2023-present
- Board Member, 2020-23
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Management Board, March 2018-20; Denver Office Leader, 2013-18
Honors
- Chambers USA — Colorado, Litigation: General Commercial, 2020-25
- Best Lawyers® — Commercial Litigation, 2023-25; Franchise Law, 2023-25 (Lawyer of the Year, 2025)
- 5280 Magazine — “Top Lawyer,” 2025
- Franchise Times — Legal Eagles, 2022, 2025
- Colorado Women's Bar Association Foundation — 'Raising the Bar' Honoree, 2022
- Colorado Super Lawyers — Civil Litigation: Defense, 2016-25
- Martindale-Hubbell — Peer Review Rating: AV® Preeminent
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020-23
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2017, 2015, 2019