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A little-recognized quirk of producing a monthly magazine is that, to satisfy the schedule of the printing press and make it to newsstands on time, we write and edit our stories weeks in advance and hope our words are still relevant when issues reach readers. It’s early December as I type this, and the news that the omicron variant has reached the United States—including Colorado—is ubiquitous. We all knew it was only a matter of time before delta gained a so-called variant-ofconcern sibling, and maybe, right now, we’re just relieved that scientists don’t think this highly mutated version is more deadly than other known variants. But relief isn’t the same thing as hope or excitement or whatever it is that a new year once engendered in us, and I wonder if that swell of optimism is something we can recapture for 2022. I pray it is. Not just because we’ve compiled a list of “42 Things To Do In Colorado In 2022” (page 34) that we want you to be enthusiastic about experiencing, but also because, if anyone out there feels as I do (see: “Two Years Of Solitude,” page 42), it’s simply time to find a path that leads out of the malaise wrought by 2020 and 2021. There’s no way to divine the course of omicron. There’s also no epidemiological crystal ball that can foretell if a pi or rho or sigma variant is coming. And there’s precious little we can do anyway, except mask up, get vaccinated, and encourage others to do so, too. The lack of control is both difficult and maddening. But perhaps it can also be freeing? That notion is something I’ve been noodling on as I think about what 2022 will look like. Can I just let go? Can I stop being scared? Sad? Indignant? Can I find a reason to be cheerful about the year ahead? I hope so. And I hope you can, too. Here’s to a very happy new year.
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One of the 42 things you should do in 2022? Go see Marjorie Park’s Victorian Diorama.
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”Not having room to include paddleboarding the Slate River caused a lot of angst. It’s gorgeous, but boarders have to commit to a long float between access points.” TRAVEL ITINERARY
“I plan to make a beeline for Snowmass’ Anderson Ranch Arts Center to learn from (read: take selfies with) its world-renowned artists.” EDITOR’S PICK
”The Juneteenth Music Festival and Black Pride Colorado collaboration is only getting better, and it offers summer fun for everyone.”
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Concerted Effort Marin Alsop, the first woman to helm a major American orchestra, returns to Denver for an encore this month. When Marin Alsop steps onto the stage at Boettcher Concert Hall this month, it will be a reunion: The Colorado Symphony is where Alsop made her name nearly 30 years ago as the symphony’s first female music director and conductor. Denver has a long history of women in classical music, starting with Antonia Brico, who founded what’s now the Denver Philharmonic in 1948, and JoAnn Falletta, the music director of the defunct Denver Chamber Orchestra from 1983 to 1992. Nevertheless, across orchestral music as a whole, women remain underrepresented among the genre’s leadership. After Alsop completed her tenure at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this past August, there were exactly zero women in charge of the 25 biggest orchestras in the United States. That’s despite Alsop’s efforts to bring gender equity to conducting through the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, which she co-founded two decades ago to train and support female conductors. As Alsop continues her advocacy, you can see the talent that has made her a legend as she leads the Colorado Symphony for three days starting on January 7.
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The National Western Center is known for its annual stock show, but the Elyria-Swansea complex is now leaning into education, courtesy of Colorado State University’s new on-site campus, CSU Spur. Visitors will be able to explore—and be inspired by—each of the campus’ three themed buildings, the first of which, Vida, opens just in time for this month’s stock show. —BARBARA URZUA
The 122,000-square-foot Hydro building will house water research and education efforts, including helping K–12 students understand how humans might better conserve the precious liquid. In one exhibit, kids will turn dials to hypothetically direct H2O to different operations, such as a farm, factory, or home; the exercise illustrates the difficult decisions people must make when distributing the vital resource. Plus, the water quality lab run by Denver Water, which does thousands of tests each year to ensure the city’s water is safe, will move from southwest Denver to Hydro. Lab experts will explain the testing processes to visitors and allow them to run simple experiments to determine if samples are clean or not.
VIDA Opens: January 2022 Focus: Animal and human health Whether you’re observing a doctor guiding a patient through equine-assisted therapies or watching a horse walk on an underwater treadmill to rehabilitate an injury, Vida allows you to see humans and animals alike on their journeys to health. CSU’s Temple Grandin Equine Center, which uses horses to help individuals with physical and emotional disabilities, has an outpost here, and an on-site clinic provides subsidized care for smaller furry friends. Witness a dog getting his teeth cleaned, for example, and ask questions of veterinarians. Dumb Friends League will oversee the vet services, which CEO and president Dr. Apryl Steele says will take the mystery out of what happens at the vet hospital, so it’s “out in the open for people to get excited about.”
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TERRA Opens: April 2022 Focus: Food and agriculture Spur’s Terra building will show visitors the connections between farming, the environment, and the food they eat. Staff at the greenhouses and vertical gardens will explain the sustainable techniques used to grow your favorite salad’s ingredients, and chefs in the teaching kitchen will demonstrate how to make said salad during cooking classes. A program examining the effectiveness of green roofs, the act of growing vegetation on top of buildings, is expected to open in the spring as well. According to Jennifer Bousselot, the CSU assistant professor leading the research, guests will be able to tour Terra’s green roof and learn how it can help keep Denver cool in the summer while also absorbing excess rainwater. “Green roofs will help cities become more livable,” Bousselot says.
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PUFF, PUFF, PASSED Two more significant cannabis laws set to take effect this month.
SENATE BILL 56 Although concentrates may be dangerous to young people’s mental health, the state Legislature also recognizes that there are school-age children who rely on that form of cannabis to treat a range of maladies, including seizures. The Colorado Department of Education has said that students can take nonsmokable forms of marijuana as medicine at school—as long as they come with a doctor’s note—but the specifics on what is and isn’t legally OK
New Green Deal The straight dope on Colorado’s updated cannabis concentrates restrictions.
FOLLOWING THE WEED LIMIT Previously, medical marijuana customers could purchase up to 40 grams of cannabis concentrates, which can contain more than 90 percent THC, a day. Starting this year, people older than 21 can acquire only eight grams of retail or medical product per business day. Those ages 18 to 20, who must have medical marijuana cards to legally buy cannabis, are restricted to two grams and will need two physicians from different practices—as opposed to the one required before 2022—to approve their medical cards.
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For years, health care professionals have been noticing a correlation between high-THC cannabis and mental health issues such as depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia. HB 1317 requires doctors to perform a mental health screening along with a physical exam before certifying medical cannabis use for patients younger than 21. The new law also mandates that if doctors approve use, they must also provide a daily authorized quantity, a maximum recommended concentration level, instructions for use, and a recommended product.
Colorado was already restricting how much concentrate customers could buy in one day. In practice, though, dispensaries couldn’t prevent “looping”—when customers hit every store on the block, buying the maximum allowable amount of lessexpensive medical marijuana at each stop and often selling it on the black market. Per HB 1317, dispensaries that sell medical cannabis must now use Metrc, a software system they were already required to have to track inventory, to find out if customers have purchased their daily limits.
have been a bit hazy. SB 56 aims to bring clarity to the issue, requiring school boards to put policies in place that allow for storage, possession, and administration of medical cannabis by school employees. It even protects nurses and school staff who administer cannabis from being prosecuted or sued.
HOUSE BILL 1301 Colorado was among the first states to legalize pot, but if (when?) the U.S. government follows suit, the Centennial State will have to adjust its regulations to meet Uncle Sam’s framework. In anticipation of federal legalization, HB 1301 tasks the Marijuana Enforcement Division, the state’s licensing authority, with reviewing rules and tax laws to determine how the agency can help Colorado cannabis cultivators succeed should the country open up for interstate commerce.
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Many of us still picture the business of marijuana getting done in dime bags. But cannabis is a $1.9 billion industry in Colorado—and the pot teens are illegally consuming today is way stronger than the schwag you once bought under the bleachers. This past legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed a number of cannabisrelated measures. The most prominent, House Bill 1317, enacts stricter regulations on retail and medical marijuana concentrates, the high-THC products that research suggests could harm young people’s developing brains. With HB 1317 going into effect on January 1, we examine how the law changes buying, prescribing, and selling. —MARGARET JACKSON
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GEAR priority, and the most sustainable garment is one that stays in use for as long as possible. The highest-quality outerwear producers are in Asia. Asia also manufactures all the recycled materials, so, even if we had domestic sewing, we’d have to import all the fabrics, insulations, and fasteners.
As the former director of sustainability for Smartwool, Robin Hall spent her days ensuring her company produced planet-friendly apparel. When Smartwool moved to the Front Range a few years ago, she decided to stay in Steamboat Springs and co-founded Town Hall, the sole kids-only brand of technical apparel based in the United States. With Town Hall’s debut line hitting the market this past fall, we sat down with Hall to talk about producing gear for little adventurers, how she’ll compete against giants like Patagonia, and why clothing shipped from China can qualify as sustainable. —KELLY BASTONE
A new Colorado company tackles childrens gear—and the challenges of making it sustainable.
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past, parents haven’t wanted to spend the money on nice kids apparel. But with COVID-19, people haven’t been able to travel on airplanes, so they are spending more time with their kids outside and focusing on buying better, higherquality kids gear. We also see that really outdoorsy parents don’t want to go home early because their kid is cold or uncomfortable, so they’re also investing in better kids clothes.
Why did you decide to manufacture in China? Wouldn’t it be more sustainable to make products stateside? It might, if the United States had the right equipment to produce waterproof clothing and a skilled workforce that could make them durable enough to last. Sustainability is our number one
How will you compete against established brands like the North Face? Bigger brands have paved the way for us, because when they switch to more environmentally friendly manufacturing methods, they move mountains that we can’t. I think people are hungry for new and interesting brands and small businesses.
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So what makes Town Hall clothing sustainable? As much as 90 percent of the carbon footprint created by apparel companies comes from turning raw materials into finished product, according to Utah State University—so, by using recycled content, we significantly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Our Mountain Town Winter Jacket ($180, pictured) is more than 95 percent recycled. It would be 100 percent, except our order was too small to get recycled wrist gaiters, zippers, and Velcro. We’ve mostly eliminated individual plastic packaging and hang tags. We also care about social sustainability, so we chose a factory with gold-level certification from WRAP (Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production), an organization that monitors factories’ ethical and environmental standards. And we purchase carbon offsets so that we’re not just carbon-neutral but carbon-positive. Some people criticize carbon offsets as an easy out—you just write a check to excuse your harm—but by funding local environmental efforts, we think we can achieve real benefit.
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Exercise more? Meh. Save money? Been there, failed at that. Eat healthier? Never a bad idea. But when 2022 begins, try a resolution a bit more satisfying than any promise to cut carbs: Give back to your community in a way that suits your values and abilities. —ETHAN PAN WHICH SOUNDS MOST FULFILLING?
Forming new relationships.
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THE CENTER ON COLFAX Studies show that people ages 60 and up thrive when they maintain social relationships, but that can be tough for folks who have a difficult time leaving their homes. The Center, a Denver nonprofit serving the LGBTQ community, connects older adults with young queer people and allies for friendly phone chats once per week.
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HEADWATERS PROTECTORS Without city-run trash removal, residents of Denver’s homeless encampments lack an easy way to dispose of garbage. Every Sunday since July 2020, Headwaters Protectors volunteers have filled that gap by collecting waste while also distributing water bottles and, when the weather turns colder, gloves and jackets. Send a message to @headwatersprotectors on Instagram to join them.
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Yes. AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTER According to the Colorado Department of Human Services, more than 1,000 Afghan refugees have resettled in Colorado since September, and many of them need support. If your weekdays are free, you can help refugees navigate RTD routes or provide transportation to the many appointments (such as Social Security) they have to attend soon after arriving in the United States.
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VIBE TRIBE ADVENTURES Denverite Jessica Newton launched this nonprofit, originally named Black Girls Hike, in 2017 to encourage Black women in Colorado to access the outdoors. Recently, Newton expanded her mission to all people of color (men included) and their allies across the country. Volunteer adventure guides lead hikes through national parks and teach members-only classes on snowsports, wilderness survival, and wildlife conservation.
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED Colorado’s leading provider of adaptive recreation connects people with physical and mental disabilities with high-octane adventures. You can teach skiing or snowboarding, but the NSCD also needs rock climbers and paddlers to instruct within the cozy confines of indoor gyms during winter.
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Fresh Meat Pitmaster Aaron Gonerway’s barbecue is a delicious blast from his past. For Aaron Gonerway, the smell of a wood fire conjures memories of visiting family in Clarksville, Texas, where he learned the art of smoking meat from his late Uncle Glen. “My uncle had a rusty smoker with no thermometer,” he says, “but he made some awesome barbecue.” As an adult, Gonerway’s desire to replicate the flavors of his childhood inspired him to perfect his own backyard cooking methods. Then, the uncertainty of the pandemic gave the aspiring pitmaster the push he needed to quit his full-time gig as the operations supervisor at Arapahoe County Fairgrounds to start Plates by the Pound BBQ in November 2020. Gonerway sold fire-kissed fare out of his home until September 2021, when he debuted a storefront in Aurora, which offers catering throughout the week but serves takeout on Saturdays. Get there by 10:30 a.m. (the restaurant opens at 11 a.m. and usually sells out by 1:30 p.m.) to order tender ribs, juicy pulled pork, and brisketloaded baked spuds paired with sides such as creamy, dillrelish-laced potato salad and smoked-turkey-studded baked beans. Like his uncle, Gonerway is proud to offer simple, gently sweet sauces and refuses to give his barbecue a regional style label like Texas or Carolina. “To me, it’s just barbecue,” Gonerway says. “I cook what I like to eat. I cook what I grew up eating.” —PATRICIA KAOWTHUMRONG
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WHAT’S HOT From top: The Ponti, Cabrón Carbón’s quesabirria tacos, and Urban Village Grill’s bone-in lamb chops
or paneer-filled dumplings set atop creamy tikka masala gravy and lamb chops plated with colorful droplets of beet and carrot purées inspired by the hues and motifs of Mani’s native Chennai, India. Expect each course to be delivered by the chef himself—especially if you request the three-course $49 tasting menu. For an interactive experience, reserve a patio table with a built-in grill to cook your own house-marinated meats.
TOP TACOS Cabrón Carbón Taqueria & Galería, Golden Triangle
In a city bursting with cool taquerias, Cabrón Carbón stands out for its playful, festive vibe. The four-month-
Where We’re Eating REIMAGINED MUSEUM CUISINE The Ponti, Golden Triangle
Since 2004, the restaurants in chef Jennifer Jasinski’s Crafted Concepts family—Rioja, Stoic & Genuine, Bistro Vendôme, Ultreia, and now-closed Euclid Hall—have satiated Denverites’ appetites for everything from imaginative Mediterranean plates to oyster house specialties. As of this past November, visitors to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) can also taste Jasinski’s culinary influence at the Ponti, a finedining restaurant inside the freshly renovated Martin Building. With the help of chef de cuisine Ben Love, Jasinski oversees a menu of light, fresh lunch dishes prepared
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with ingredients such as seasonal vegetables, ancient grains, and sustainably sourced proteins that won’t weigh patrons down as they stroll among the DAM’s exhibits. For a gallery-hopping intermission, feast on juicy king salmon nestled on a bed of Thai black rice, dill, and coconut curry amid works by Gio Ponti (the primary architect behind the original building) and other artists.
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When Urban Village shuttered in May 2021, fans of chef Charlie Mani’s upscale Indian fare were devastated. Thankfully, Mani debuted version
2.0—Urban Village Grill—in Park Meadows Mall in October. There, he resurrected cult-favorite dishes such as Kale Moong Dal Chaat (lightly fried kale topped with sprouted lentils and cilantro purée) and Not Your Grandma’s Butter Chicken (chunks of tandoorigrilled meat in a tomato-yogurt curry). He also introduced new creations, including chicken-, beef-,
old fast-casual spot—open until 3 a.m. for late-night noshes Thursday through Saturday—is the latest concept from Francisco Cuevas and Camelia Robles. (The married restaurateurs also own La Machaca de mi Amá in Aurora and multiple metroarea outposts of El Coco Pirata.) They partnered with Robles’ cousin Fidel and his wife, the masterminds behind Federal Boulevard’s Cilantro, to bring the day-to-night eatery to life on Broadway. In the dining room, black-light-lit paintings by creatives from Mexico line the walls while meats—for tacos, quesadillas, and papas asadas (loaded baked potatoes)—cook on a vertical rotisserie and charcoal grill in the exposed kitchen behind the counter. Try the Carbón Margarita and quesabirria, house-made corn tortillas stuffed with cheese and tender beef that are even better paired with a rainbow of sauces from the salsa bar.
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On the menu this month: tandoori-fired goodness, chef-prepared museum bites, and mouthwatering tacos. —PATRICIA KAOWTHUMRONG AND RIANE MENARDI MORRISON
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Minor Imposition An unintended interpretation of a state statute is enabling adolescents to reject mental health treatment.
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aria’s 14-year-old daughter, Anabel, started having nightmares in the fall of 2020. She had spent the previous summer living with her father who, Maria says, emotionally and physically abused the teenager. As Anabel’s sleep patterns deteriorated further that winter, Maria pleaded with her child to visit a mental health professional to discuss the abuse. Anabel refused. Maria, who asked that her family’s real names be withheld to protect her daughter’s privacy, called psychologists anyway, but none would see Anabel—not without obtaining the minor’s permission first. In 2019, the Colorado Legislature passed a law aimed at expanding adolescent access to mental health care. Many mental health professionals, however, interpret a portion of that statute to say children must consent before they can be treated, even if their parents believe care is necessary. Anabel could have been admitted to an inpatient facility without her permission if she’d been deemed an imminent threat to herself or others. But the teenager’s symptoms hadn’t escalated to that point.
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Not until early 2021, that is. “She took some knives from the kitchen,” Maria says. “She was crying in pain, saying, ‘I don’t want to live. I don’t want to be alive. This is too painful.’ ” Maria called Colorado Crisis Services, which sent an emergency response team to her house. But after Anabel was no longer an imminent threat, she still refused to see a therapist. No matter how hard she tried, Maria couldn’t convince her daughter to get help. ON APRIL 16, 2019, Dafna Michaelson Jenet approached the podium inside the Colorado House of Representatives, pulled the microphone close to her mouth, and braced herself against the wooden plinth. For three years, the Commerce City Democrat had been trying unsuccessfully to pass legislation that would make mental health services more accessible to young people. Her third proposal, she believed, was her most balanced attempt yet. The resulting Youth Mental Health Education and Suicide Prevention Act was personal to Michaelson Jenet. “This bill is for my son,” she said to those in the chamber. When he was nine years old, Michaelson Jenet’s son attempted suicide. He survived,
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The Youth Mental Health Education and Suicide Prevention Act was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis on May 16, 2019. “With mental health, we have a fragmented set of programs, caregivers don’t know how to access the services that are available, and the programs are so limited that many don’t have
DR. CHRISTIAN THURSTONE only found out standard procedures would be changing when his employer began preparing to meet the law’s mandates. As the director of Denver Health’s behavioral health sciences department, Thurstone oversees the adolescent psychiatry inpatient unit at the hospital, where children ages eight to 21 who are suffering severe mental health crises are treated. Often, teenagers are admitted to an inpatient unit like the one at Denver Health under 72-hour stays, called mental health holds, or “M-1 holds.” This means an authorized health professional or law enforcement officer has determined that the child meets one of three criteria: suicidal behavior, homicidal behavior, or grave disability caused by mental illness. After three days, if the patient is no longer exhibiting those symptoms, state law forces facilities such as Denver Health to discharge the child or adolescent. In the past, Thurstone appealed to guardians if he believed minors would benefit from
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and it became Michaelson Jenet’s mission to improve mental health treatment for children in Colorado. “It’s not only for my son. It’s for your sons. And for your daughters.... I don’t know about you, but I would give my child access to anything in the world—anything in the world—that would prevent his death.” The bill wasn’t only born of Michaelson Jenet’s personal tragedy. Colorado was in a crisis: Between 2007 and 2020, the number of deaths by suicide among 10- to 19-year-olds in the state more than doubled. A provision of Michaelson Jenet’s legislation would lower the age of consent in Colorado, making it legal for children as young as 12 years old to access mental health services even if their parents opposed it. Research has shown minors often avoid mental health treatment because they don’t want their secrets shared with their parents. So, along with lowering the age of consent from 15 to 12, Michaelson Jenet’s bill would make it illegal for providers to disclose a minor’s information to their parents unless the teens granted their consent or were exhibiting severe symptoms, such as suicidal ideation. “Our children deserve confidentiality that may lead to saving their lives,” Michaelson Jenet said.
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and was unable to reach the patient’s regular therapist. “Without their input, I made some medication changes that [the therapist later] questioned and, you know, didn’t think were a great idea,” Thurstone says. When the hold was over, Thurstone had to release the patient. The Youth Mental Health Education and Suicide Prevention Act doesn’t explicitly state that an adolescent can refuse mental health treatment. However, the statute does require providers to procure a signed document from
the minor indicating they are voluntarily seeking treatment. Some in the mental health community—notably the Colorado Psychological Association (CPA), a statewide professional organization—have interpreted that to mean children ages 12 and older can refuse services. Dr. Julie Jacobs, a psychologist and the CPA’s legislative chair, paints a hypothetical picture of a child desperately needing care that both parents consent to. “Then the therapist puts this piece of paper in front of the kid and says, ‘Sign this thing [to indicate] you’re
That risk includes the possibility of therapists losing their licenses.
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voluntarily here,’ and the kid says ‘no,’ ” Jacobs says. “Well, then, that therapist, if they’re managing risk, is potentially not going to see that kid.” That risk, Jacobs says, includes the possibility of therapists losing their licenses to practice in the state. (A spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies would neither confirm nor deny whether any providers were currently being investigated for violating the law.) Despite these hurdles, Thurstone understands that Michaelson Jenet’s legislation has the potential to reap huge benefits. “I’ve done some focus groups of adolescents and then a big literature review about why adolescents do not seek treatment,” Thurstone says, “and the number one thing that adolescents say is confidentiality.… [The issues the statute is causing] are minor compared to the big steps forward that this bill created.” ALTHOUGH SOME MENTAL HEALTH professionals believe the legislation forces them into inaction, there are others—including the state’s largest school district—who argue they are trapped between conflicting laws. Denver Public Schools (DPS) employs more than 360 school psychologists and school social workers, along with its teachers and principals. And, according to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), those school-based psychologists must alert parents or guardians when their children seek mental health services from DPS providers. (This does not apply to the 18 school-based clinics in the district operated by Denver Health.) In other words, Colorado’s Youth Mental Health Education and Suicide Prevention
L AW Act says those ages 12 and older are entitled to confidentiality, and federal law says they aren’t. Conceivably, violating FERPA could expose the district to a lawsuit; not adhering to the state statute doesn’t carry a clear consequence. So for the time being, DPS has chosen not to change its procedures to meet the stipulations of the Colorado law. Michaelson Jenet plans to begin the process of tightening loopholes in the statute by meeting with the CPA’s lobbyist in early 2022. She hopes to pass a so-called “cleanup bill” in the coming months that will include language specifying that Coloradans ages 12 and older cannot refuse mental health treatment when their parents and a therapist agree it’s in the youths’ best interest. “I think this is the first of a bunch of steps,” Jacobs, the CPA’s legislative chair, says, “but it’s a really good one.” The confusion surrounding the interpretation of Colorado’s Youth Mental Health Education and Suicide Prevention Act is indicative of a larger problem, Michaelson Jenet adds. During her five years at the state Capitol, she says she has learned that if she doesn’t track her legislation after it’s been passed, there’s a possibility the law won’t fix what it was supposed to. So, in addition to the cleanup bill, Michaelson Jenet has proposed a separate measure to the Legislative Audit Committee, which she chairs, to establish a department whose sole job would be to track enacted laws and report back to the General Assembly. Michaelson Jenet believes she has the votes to get the legislation passed, but she also knows a bureaucratic overseer might not be enough. “Ultimately, until a law goes to court and a judge makes a ruling based on what they think the intent was,” Michaelson Jenet says, “you’re subject to interpretation.” Waiting for the courts wouldn’t have worked for Maria, who, in the end, felt she had no choice but to take a drastic step: Maria lied and told Anabel that to get the emotional support dog she wanted, she was required to see a psychologist. “I’m not proud [about lying]. I don’t recommend it,” Maria says. “But I also don’t want my kid to start using drugs or die by suicide.” Maria is optimistic that Michaelson Jenet’s cleanup bill will provide more options for parents like her. “I’m hopeful that I can have a voice, that I can be part of the treatment of my kid,” Maria says, “and execute my authority as a parent. Because we are here to protect our kids.” m Spencer Campbell is 5280’s features editor. Email feedback to letters@5280.com.
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Nearly two years cocooned in our homes have made us wishful for the adventure and entertainment we once took for granted. Fortunately, while we’ve been hiding out, classic Centennial State attractions, from mountaintops to rooftops, have been transforming themselves, making the old new again, in anticipation of our return.
Clockwise from left: Deep powder at Snowmass; Ain’t Too Proud comes to the Buell Theatre; Paco Sanchez Park; new galleries at the Denver Art Museum; Cloud Ladder in Estes Park
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Snowmass Finally Glows Up
Aspen is known as the playground of the rich, while neighboring Snowmass is where families go for a “bargain” ski holiday. But capital investments of $600 million over the past six years have given a Botox-like injection—including chic lodges, elevated dining, and a new entertainment complex—to a beautiful village that just needed a little lift.
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adult: those without children but with sidekicks in tow. The breezeway connecting the hotels means you’re never too far away from whichever vibe you like best. marriott.com; wildwoodsnowmass.com IRON CHEFS
The Japanese concept of “kaizen,” or continuous improvement, is exactly what Brent Reed, owner of Kenichi Aspen and Izakaya Carbondale, had in mind when he opened the newest addition to the Snowmass food scene
this past December. While Reed’s Aspen location of Kenichi is a beloved hangout with world-class sushi, it’s the exquisite architectural details—40-foot ceilings, private booths separated by gorgeous shoji screens—at the Snowmass outpost that make eating at Kenichi a feast for your eyes as well as your mouth. At your table, delectable plates of Japanese-sourced mackerel and sea bream cozy up alongside sashimigrade Colorado bass. Far Eastern flavors
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A $40 million investment from Atlantabased High Street Real Estate Partners and Zurich-based Acron Group transformed the old Westin Snowmass Resort and Wildwood Snowmass hotel into two new luxury properties: Viewline Resort Snowmass and Wildwood Snowmass opened in December. Both resorts, perched midmountain, offer upscale digs inspired by midcentury design and history. But Viewline’s ski-in, ski-out experience feels more Aspen-like with its private ski and bike concierge. Its other amenities, like Lupine Spa’s ayurvedic facial and massage treatments, fine dining at Stark’s Alpine Grill, and a kids club ($25 per hour per child) to entertain your offspring feel similarly high-rent. Wildwood’s 151-room, neon-hued lodging isn’t lowbrow by any stretch, but its groovy ’60s feel, more affordable pricing (starting at $229 per night versus $711 at Viewline), and double-over-queen bunk beds cater to a specific genus of young
spice up American fare in hot plates like Asian baby back ribs, braised beef short ribs with a Koreanstyle chile pepper glaze, and seared duck breast with yuzu orange glaze and scallions. kenichiaspen.com BODY AND MIND
Snowmass has a novel way to work the muscles that both skiers and the ski-averse can appreciate. The new Snowmass Fitness Room offers coreshredding classes of varying levels of intensity: from yoga and Pilates to barre and Brazilian jiujitsu. Located on the lower level of the Snowmass Village Mall, Snowmass Fitness Room’s dropin day passes provide an opportunity to learn take-downs for $25, while mat Pilates, barre, and yoga classes start at $30. snowmassfitnessroom.com
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Feet of elevation gained on the Cloud Ladder, Estes Park’s newest via ferrata, which debuted in August 2021. Fixed by Kent Mountain Adventure Center into the Deville rock formation on the northern part of the Twin Sisters peaks, the Cloud Ladder is billed as the steepest via ferrata in North America. You’ll be hard-pressed to dispel that claim (or maybe just scared speechless) after your guide leads you up a 90-degree initial ascent, across two sky bridges, and eventually to a 30-foot, 110-degree overhang. The adventure center recommends visitors have some climbing or via ferrata experience, so it might be worth a trip to your local climbing gym before clipping into the Cloud. $174 per person for a group of four or more; kentmountain.com
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Clockwise from top: Fireworks over Snowmass; Viewline Resort’s lobby; ceramics from Anderson Ranch’s Circle of Fire event; schussing Snowmass’ slopes
From top: Twowheeled fun on the Palisade Plunge; climbing Cloud Ladder
New acres of skiable terrain in Beaver Creek Resort’s McCoy Park. The bowl, geared toward beginner and intermediate skiers and riders, is sliced with 17 groomed and gladed alpine skiing trails, offers fresh vantage points of the Sawatch Range, and boasts a new high-speed quad lift that means you’ll get your Epic pass’ worth of extra runs. beavercreek.com
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Anderson Ranch Arts Center was founded in 1966 by artist Paul Soldner, who revolutionized ceramics by bringing new textures and color effects to a 500-year-old Japanese art tradition called raku. That cultural cache is why this center—which offers multiday workshops for all ages and abilities, free lectures, and artist-in-residence programs—is visited year-round by creators with impressive CVs; this spring, expect to meet renowned photographers Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Sama Alshaibi. And efforts to expand access got a boost this past November when the nonprofit received an anonymous gift to fund a three-year initiative focused on Latino engagement, including teacher training and a visiting artists series. That, and an already robust scholarship program for any aspiring Georgia O’Keeffes, means it might be time to break out your watercolors. Winter workshop registration opens January 3; andersonranch.org
Feet of descent over the course of the rugged 32-mile Palisade Plunge, a new mountain-biking-only trail atop the Grand Mesa’s west flank that opened this past July. The grueling point-to-point route ribbons its way through a dazzling landscape of dense aspen groves, volcanic boulder fields, and desert terrain along Whitewater Creek and the Colorado River. Beginners beware: This remote backcountry challenge requires advanced skills and proper provisions; consult the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association to be sure you’ve packed the appropriate supplies and have accurate maps. copmoba.org
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When the Denver Art Museum reopened its Lanny and Sharon Martin Building this past October, the museum made clear its ambition to be a preeminent culture hub. We spoke with curators about three exhibitions in the refreshed venue—and why they’re so excited to share them with the world.
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“Gio Ponti designed everything from spoons to skyscrapers—and all the things in between. I’m always thinking, I’d love to have that in my home or I’d love to have that flatware. Ponti was always someone of his time and, simultaneously, timeless. Looking at many of the objects on view, they look like they could have been done yesterday, or, you know, 10 years or even 20 years ago. There’s a current quality that’s very of-themoment in my mind.” —Darrin Alfred
GIO PONTI: DESIGNER OF A THOUSAND TALENTS Opened in 1971,
the 210,000-square-foot Martin Building was designed by famed Italian architect Gio Ponti and is his only work in North America. But to call him a mere architect would belie the breadth of his creativity, says Denver Art Museum (DAM) curator of architecture and design Darrin Alfred. Beyond the building itself, on view will be objects from the museum’s architecture and design collection, including a desk, an armchair, flatware, and ceramic dinner plates designed by Ponti.
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“For the first time, we created this mix of art from the ancient Americas but also [included] contemporary works. We make big statements, too, like including a work called “Afro Charlie” by an Afro-Dominican artist named Jorge Pineda that relates to the African influence in the Americas. Those voices counterbalance the European part of the history.” —Jorge Rivas Pérez
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REVISIÓN: ART IN THE AMERICAS The DAM’s world-class collection of Latin American art made the decision to display this exhibit (open through July 17) on the Martin Building’s first floor a no-brainer. As the Frederick and Jan Mayer curator of Latin American art, Jorge Rivas Pérez says the difficult part was selecting artifacts that reflect the diverse, contested, and overlapping histories of a region that stretches from the Bering Strait to the Southern Cone. The exhibit begins with objects highlighting pre-Columbian connections to the land, weaving together history and contemporary issues related to colonialism and exploitation, as well as belonging and displacement. SUITED: EMPOWERED FEMININE FASHION This striking arrangement of more than 30 designers examines how the suit revolutionized the female wardrobe—and pushed gender boundaries. Among looks by Halston, Givenchy, and Chanel, a contribution by Yves Saint Laurent most excites Florence Müller, the Avenir Foundation curator of textile art and fashion. It’s a gender-bending photograph of models Gia Carangi and Robin Osler in a 1979 issue of Vogue France, where the former is dressed in a slinky evening gown and the latter in a chic YSL tux.
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“Saint Laurent saw that it was not only interesting to dress women in pantsuits but [to do so] with a new attitude. Traditional representations of femininity—makeup and high heels—could also be powerful. By mixing masculinity and femininity, he explored a new vision of women as not only mothers but also as women in business and an active part of society.” —Florence Müller James Florio Photography/Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum (3)
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The Sun’ll Come Out The Denver Center for the Performing Arts returns with nostalgic Broadway musicals sure to lift our spirits, and local shops help you dress for the occasions.
TOOTSIE March 29 to April 10, the Buell Theatre
Denverites love a good ’80s melodrama. (Thanks, Dynasty.) This story about out-ofwork actor Michael Dorsey reinventing himself as Dorothy Michaels to snag a role in a musical (how meta) will have us all asking: Where can I find a red sequined dress in my size? Dress the Part: Scout Dry Goods and Trade is the perfect place to snag inexpensive, secondhand, shimmery ’80s frocks. For that wavy ginger bob you’ve been dying to rock, head to Coco Coquette Denver’s wall of wigs. ilovescout.com; coco-coquette-denver.myshopify.com PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL
August 2 to 14, the Buell Theatre
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Get lost again in the enchanted land of broken dreams—i.e., the 1990s—as sex worker Vivian charms titan of business Edward. The original score, written in part
by Bryan Adams (yup, that Bryan Adams), doesn’t upstage all the cheesy romance you came to see. Dress the Part: Cherry Creek North is Denver’s answer to Rodeo Drive, where Vivian begins her ascent into high society. Not visiting the personal stylists at the A Line Boutique while shopping in the district? Big mistake. Big. Huge! cherrycreeknorth.com AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS October
25 to November 6, the Buell Theatre
These crooners of R&B are likely responsible for many of us being conceived, but this show delivers more than baby-making music: It follows the quintet’s rise out of Motor City and into music history. Dress the Part: Hit up Boss Vintage, a Broadway classic for old-school suits and party dresses. bossvintage.com
A Wrinkle In Time
Research has found that periods of stress—such as, say, a global pandemic—can distort our perception of time. But one person’s time warp is another’s vacation. Stay at these three Colorado hotels and revel in bygone eras while also relishing the bright spots of 2022.
ESCAPE TO: THE ’50s STAY: Opening this month, the Thompson Denver in LoDo combines mid-century modern aesthetics with a distinctly Colorado feel (think: clean lines but plenty of saddle leather, too). Its most desirable amenities, however, are the unobstructed views of downtown and the foothills from the rooms’ floor-to-ceiling windows. Rooms starting at $299 per night; hyatt.com EAT: Doo-wop your way into the Original, a new 1950s-inspired diner in nearby McGregor Square that serves plates of hearty Americana like the Reuben’s Cousin Rachel, a pastrami and Swiss cheese sandwich bolstered by caraway sauerkraut. Don’t leave without sharing one of the boozy milkshakes—like the Salty Jim, with bourbon, salted caramel, vanilla ice cream, and two straws—with your steady. theogdenver.com PLAY: Indulge your fantasy for midcentury digs at the Kirkland Museum’s Returning Wright: Repatriating Two Martin House Windows (March 3 through mid-April), a farewell tour for two art glass windows acquired by Kirkland when the Wright-designed Martin House—a Buffalo, New York, dwelling—fell into disrepair. After 23 years, the windows will return home in 2022. In June, Wright’s obsession with tiny details will loom large in Frank Lloyd Wright Inside the Walls, a display
highlighting accessories from roughly a dozen of Wright’s buildings from around the world that were already a part of the museum’s permanent collection. kirklandmuseum.org
ESCAPE TO: THE ’20s STAY: Although the Oxford Hotel first welcomed guests in 1891, it transformed its decor from Gilded Age glam to an art deco extravagance worthy of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel in the 1930s. For the second year in a row, patrons can swing into the Jazz Age with a 1920s-themed package (starting at $5,000 for two people) called the Bee’s Knees, which offers one night in the presidential suite; dinner for two at the Oxford-attached Urban Farmer steak house; private mixology classes focusing on Prohibition-era cocktails; two luxury spa treatments; and a $2,000 shopping spree at the Vintage Label at LoDo’s Dairy Block. theoxfordhotel.com DRINK: According to liquor historians (yes, they’re a thing), the golden age of cocktails began in the 1860s and peaked right after Prohibition ended in 1933. But a revival of the art of mixology arrived last January in the form of the L. Located on South Broadway, the L is the brainchild of Alex Lerman and Adam Hodak, both alums of Larimer Square’s Green Russell speakeasy. The veteran barkeeps are reintroducing Denver to what
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cocktails should taste like, with drinks such as the El Camino, with avocado-oil-infused mezcal, watermelon and lime juices, aloe, celery bitters, black pepper, and a puckering dash of manzanilla sherry. theldenver.com PLAY: Dazzle jazz bar’s Bread & Jam program was a lifeline for artists struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paid jam sessions doubled as connection points to mental health services and a food pantry. It’s now morphed into Late Night Sessions, bimonthly gigs for local musicians to hone their crafts by playing alongside nationally renowned touring artists. Of course, groupies are allowed ($5 to $10)—as are continued cash and food pantry donations. dazzledenver.com
Above: The Red Barber’s lush rooftop space is like your backyard, but better.
Higher Ground
Colorado boasts no more classic pastime than ogling the Rocky Mountains. These Front Range bars serve up new views and spectacular sips.
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Last April’s opening of Sloan’s Lake Brewhouse represents the further expansion of Fort Collins’ Odell Brewing in Denver. We’re cool with the spreading empire because the beer is good, the ownership is two-thirds female, and its new location has a rooftop. A trifecta of views—the Rockies to your west, downtown to the east, and the iconic lake below—go great with 16 house brews on tap. odellbrewing.com
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A former flour mill and feed store, the Golden Mill food hall opened this past April and, along with tasty bites, gave downtown Golden its first rooftop bar. Tucked along the western edge of the metro area, the foothills loom larger, the sky is somehow bluer, and the sound of nearby Clear Creek reminds you you’re not in Denver anymore. Ditto for the smaller winter crowds and dedicated parking. thegoldenmill.com
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STAY: The Western Hotel in Ouray is slated to open later this year, once renovation of the 16-room boutique lodging is complete. Denver-based Zeppelin Development made the $2.5 million purchase in December 2020, securing the property and the architectural goodies still inside. The 131-year-old building’s historical charm includes a hand-carved bar, original tin ceilings, and stained-glass windows, all of which the new owners plan to fold into an updated interior design scheme. While the grand opening is TBD, guests can expect a trendy restaurant with locally sourced eats as well as a day spa. thewesternouray.com EAT: History and dinner are a perfect pairing at the Outlaw, Ouray’s oldest eatery. The 1908 building housed a saloon and gentlemen’s clothing store before becoming a restaurant. Patrick Hurtt joined Outlaw’s kitchen in July 2021 and plans to spice up the surf and turf cuisine with Southern flair. Outdoor seating added in 2020 is available for those who prefer their dinners with a side of mountain majesty. outlawrestaurant.com PLAY: San Juan Scenic Jeep Tours’ newly custom-fitted fleet is perfect for passengers viewing the San Juans. See the wildflowerand-waterfall paradise that is Yankee Boy Basin or, for those with more nerve, bounce over Black Bear Pass, known as one of the state’s most dangerous backcountry routes. Half-day tours from $69 per adult, $138 for a full day; sanjuanscenicjeeptours.com
Colorado Springs’ Red Leg Brewing Company anchors an $8 million, 14,000-square-foot facility that opened in July 2021 and boasts views of Pikes Peak from its second-story rooftop bar. The taproom is currently pouring 20 offerings, but the Stanley-Marketplace-esque hall (which will eventually be known as the Garrison) plans to add more tenants—including Nekter Juice, Criterium Bicycles, Sasquatch Cookies, Oliver’s Deli, and Taco Q—later this year. redlegbrewing.com
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The Red Barber, a new-in-August patio atop RiNo’s Catbird Hotel, is everything you wish your backyard setup could be. That is: comfortable and cleverly designed, with an ambience that nurtures a party. A vaguely island-y indoor-outdoor bar serves boozy frosé; local bands or DJs deliver tunes from the amphitheater; cornholers let bags fly on a grassy lawn; and cozy fire pits chase away the chill as patrons snuggle close to watch Denver’s skyline light up the night. theredbarber.com Steamboat Springs’ Back Door Grill expanded into Fort Collins in March 2021, becoming a favorite of Colorado State University fans and, oddly enough, Cheeseheads cheering for Green Bay. The 4,113-square-foot sports bar boasts 22 flat-screens and a tiki bar rooftop with misters and overhead canopies, making it the perfect spot to enjoy $10 pitchers of PBR or a fishbowl of the Angry Aggie, a tart cocktail that will take the sting out of a CSU loss. thebackdoorgrill.com
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Mixed Greens
More than a century after Denver Mayor Robert Speer unveiled his ambitious City Beautiful plan, the Mile High City still aspires to achieve his dream, as these recently completed parks projects show.
RiNo ArtPark has risen from its industrial past to become a green gathering spot for a diverse set of cultural endeavors. The park, which opened in September 2021, employs recycled materials from the old concrete plant that sat north of the South Platte River to create large-scale sculptural features that blur the line between art and playground. This oasis of vegetation is the new front lawn to the latest branch of the Denver Public Library as well as the RedLine Contemporary Art Center’s satellite operation, which has open-to-the-public artist studios. Greenwood Village’s Marjorie Park reopened last June after a three-year closure for renovations that included the reopening of the beloved Victorian Diorama, a 30-year-old exhibition space for local artists making modern and contemporary art. Jodi Stuart, a 2021 artist-in-residence at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, became the first artist to display fine art in the revamped space this past November. Created using a 3D pen (which is similar to a glue gun), her ambiguously shaped, amoebalike sculptures are up to 30 inches in diameter. Stuart’s work, and that of other artists the museum’s residency program supports, is aimed at elevating the art experience for adults as well as kids.
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Paco Sanchez Park
39th Avenue Greenway is easily the best part of an urban planning project meant to protect North City Park and other nearby low-lying areas from stormwater flooding. Completed last November at a cost of $77.5 million, the 1.6-mile-long greenway diverts floodwaters but also connects the Cole and Clayton neighborhoods between Franklin and Steele streets, creating a pathway to run, bike, and relax on the large swings installed along the park’s western edge. Paco Sanchez Park’s $13 million renovation has delivered on the Re-Imagine Play concept Denver Parks and Recreation announced back in 2017. The main playground structure, completed in September 2020, is a vertical jungle gym of sorts modeled after a 1950s microphone—an homage to the park’s namesake, who started the city’s first Spanish-language radio station. A peek inside inspires wonder in kids, who are faced with a mazelike space with nearly 50 different ways to climb to the top of the 30-foot-tall complex. At an elevation of 5,415 feet, Inspiration Point Park is one of the few places to take in a full view of the Front Range—from Pikes Peak to Longs Peak—on a clear day. But the 112-year-old park’s overlook was uninspiring due to deterioration. Last year, the city added structural reinforcement as well as accessiblitiy features and a new play area.
Collaboration Redux A calendar of events for enjoying the second iteration of the partnership between Black Pride Colorado and the Juneteenth Music Festival. 2021’s Black Fantasy ball
Last year’s first-of-its-kind alliance between Black Pride Colorado and the Juneteenth Music Festival resulted in a summer weekend of both reverie and reflection. If you hadn’t gotten vaxxed in time to enjoy local funk band Grand Alliance or strut your stuff at the Black Pride Gala, put that immunity to good use this year by planning to attend these celebrations of Black heritage and Black queer culture. blackpridedenver. com; juneteenthmusicfestival.com JUNE 16 The inaugural combo celebration this past June opened with a drag show at Tracks nightclub. And—yas, queen—this year will follow suit. (Time and location are still TBD.) Last year, you needed $20 at the door, so have a few bills handy. JUNE 17 In the afternoon, tune in to the State of Black Colorado community discussion that ends with food and live music. Then, channel your inner dandy or diva at the second annual Black Pride Gala at the Denver Botanic Gardens. JUNE 18 Black Pride Colorado is mixing it up this year with a new family picnic event. Although details were fuzzy at press time, it’s likely that the fete will be held near the Juneteenth Street Festival in Five Points. The Juneteenth R&B Summer Kick Off is an evening to lift every voice and sing. Tickets go on sale in May. JUNE 19 Praise the Lord—and bottomless mimosas—at the gospel brunch presented by Black Pride and hosted by the legendary Juicy Misdemeanor. OCTOBER 1 Black Pride will glam up your fall calendar with its second Black Fantasy Weekend vogue ball. So get snatched, sissy that walk, and come ready to slay. m
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T W O Y E A R S O F S O L I T U D E I was lonely, and then I was really lonely. Even so, as the pandemic drags on, I’m not sure I want to be around almost anyone. BY LINDSEY B. KING I L L U S T R AT I O N S B Y A N U J S H R E S T H A
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had double sliding glass doors that opened onto a small balcony. I don’t recall ever using the tiny outdoor space, but I do remember well the way the late afternoon sun baked two rectangular sections of carpet just inside those doors. At 22, I didn’t have enough furniture to fill even a 600-square-foot place, which was just as well since I didn’t have any friends or family to tuck into the armchairs that should’ve occupied that empty expanse of rug. I did have a bed my parents had given me for my cross-country move and a cut-rate couch from Furniture Row, but neither was inviting for a nap. Instead, I often chose to curl up on the sun-warmed floor and let the polyester fibers soak up the tears as I fell asleep. I was alone a lot when I first moved to the Mile High City in early September 2001. I was hired at this magazine on September 10, and I was by myself, cruising north on I-25, when the job offer came in. My happy shriek had no audience. Less than 15 hours later, when four passenger planes flew into the dark annals of history on the day that would come to be known as simply 9/11, there was no one with me to watch the towers fall. That’s how it is when you’re on your own. Good news, bad news, banal news—it’s all blunted when you look around to find there’s no one to experience it with. It wasn’t that I didn’t have anyone; I had followed a very nice man more than 1,400 miles from the suburbs of Atlanta to the Front Range. He was all I had, but the long hours he spent in medical school meant that, while we were here in this new city together, we were still often apart. I don’t think I ever told him how I’d sometimes wake up on the floor, disoriented that darkness had fallen, and wonder if I’d always feel so lonely. As I write this, the calendar on my phone says it’s September 12, 2021. Twenty years have passed since I first learned what solitariness can do to a person. Living through the past 20-some months has been a brutal reminder.
drivers or drunken football game attendees who deserved the impending excoriation. Otherwise, he could’ve been mistaken for a philanthropist, in the truest sense of the word. He stopped on the side of the road to help an elderly couple with a flat tire; he gave $500 to a handyman who said he just couldn’t get his life on track; and he planned and helped pay for one last vacation for an old friend who was dying. That is to say nothing of how, as a father, he has always exuded affection. When my brother and I were little kids, he got on the floor to play with us. He gave us ginger ale when our bellies hurt; coached our sports teams; invented games on beach vacations; and made our friends laugh. Now that we’re adults, he gives us advice about work, plays with my brother’s two kids, and still makes our friends laugh. Also, after nearly 46 years of marriage, he still loves our mom. My dad educated us about typical and notso-typical things as we grew up—including how to have a sixth sense for muggers, how to make almost any DIY project dangerous, and how to make English muffin pizzas in the toaster oven. He, along with my earnest, compassionate, and kind-spirited mother, explained that you should only buy things if you can afford to pay for them, that having experiences is always better than having things, and that there were no limits on what we could
i figured t h e day i came home from work to find that very nice man’s closet empty would be the loneliest I’d ever been. After more than 16 years of marriage and more than 22 years together, I imagined that day— February 10, 2019—would feel like those movie scenes where the main character stands in the middle of her house and there is no sound except for the soft ticking of an old grandfather clock. I wasn’t far off. August 12, 2019, the day the divorce was finalized, was D E S P I T E K N O W I N G T H AT a loneliest-day contender, too, as was September 6, the I, T O O, A M F L A W E D, I H A V E date we sold our quirky little bungalow in Washington Park. October 4, November 16, November 30, December BEEN LESS SUCCESSFUL 25, February 2, 2020—they all delivered powerful forlornness for different reasons. Yet, it was a text from my IN GIVING GRACE. still-protective, still-loving ex-husband on March 12, 2020, that made me realize no matter how removed I’d felt over the previous year, a tiny virulent life form was about to not only kill millions of people worldwide but also force a measure of isolation I hadn’t even imagined. “Hey Linz…. I don’t think my hospital (or any U.S. entity) is taking this [coronavirus] seriously do if we worked hard enough. They also made enough. You may wanna consider telecommuting and stocking up for a short time it clear that there are certain people—someindoors…. If this goes south, I’ll be living at the hospital…. Fingers crossed that times family, more often friends—for whom our state government starts a general quarantine. We don’t have enough ventilators.” you do anything, no questions asked. It’s curious, then, that despite all this wh en i was i n h igh scho ol , my dad once said that “we’re born alone, we live imparted wisdom and goodness, the most alone, and we die alone.” At the time, I didn’t know he was channeling Orson Welles impactful thing my dad taught me, using or that he omitted the second half of the filmmaker’s famous quote from Someone to plenty of compelling real-life examples, is that Love, but the line struck me. Although I’d been an acolyte of my dad’s misanthropy other people are almost always far less intelfor 16 or 17 years by then, I’d never really connected the idea that generally disliking ligent, far more inept, far less ambitious, and far or distrusting other people ultimately could lead to feeling unaccompanied in this life. more annoying than you imagine they could I’ve always found my father’s outspoken disdain for humanity mostly contrabe. In short, my dad was a dispenser of cynidictory to the way he interacts with those around him. His “Hey, pals” and “Look, cal humor long before Twitter and Instagram Jacks,” delivered in a faint Manhattan brogue, were mostly reserved for inconsiderate made it cool to hate on people.
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While his observations have been, with rare exceptions, spot-on, they are also a master class in how to foment loneliness—that is, if you let them guide whom you allow into your world, as I have in many ways. It should be said that my dad, despite his bluster about everyone being a “moron” or a “schmuck,” has far more friends than I do. Funny, loyal, generous, and imperfect, my dad has, it seems, been able to forgive the foibles and peccadillos of individual humans while saving his vitriol for humanity at large. Despite knowing that I, too, am flawed, I have been less successful in giving grace. It’s not that I don’t like some, even many, people. There are some for whom I would do anything, no questions asked. It’s just that I’m selective about whom I’d spend more than, say, a half hour with. I don’t do well with those who don’t ask others about their lives and instead drone on about theirs. I can’t handle bravado or arrogance. Obliviousness, flightiness, and laziness are nonstarters. Even the mildest whiff of entitlement irritates me. The antiscience set gets on my very last nerve. The list goes on. But here’s the thing: When you’re predisposed to thinking that you’re going to dislike everyone, you often do, making it less likely that, as Welles continued, “only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” It’s also
far more crushing when any one of those very few people you’ve allowed into your life, and depended on to not feel alone, makes a decision that exposes the illusion, leaving you even more certain that relationships are simply constructs that temporarily obscure the fact that we are, indeed, alone. some t imes i wo uld just walk .
For miles. I’d escape my new place and the citywide stay-at-home order and wander through idyllic Denver neighborhoods. I tasted other people’s dinners in the air, listened to kids litigate the colors of sidewalk chalk, saw the abandoned yardwork someone left for another day. I could also feel the stares, hear the unasked questions as I once again ambled past my new neighbors’ front porches. Is that her again? Do you think she’s OK? Should we wave? Say hello? They never did say hello. Not that I wanted them to, of course. I knew they wondered why I strolled past their bungalows and boxy scrapes night after night, by myself. Sometimes I wondered that, too. Six months after we sold our house, when we were all told it was no longer safe to go out in public, I found myself in a 700-square-foot apartment on South Broadway. Like many people, I bought surgical masks, latex gloves, a Bluetoothenabled thermometer, and loads of pantry staples. I told my family, all of whom live on the East Coast, to do the same. And like everyone else’s, my world shrunk. A nook in my kitchen became my office. A weekly trip to Sprouts Farmers Market, just across the street, served as both entertainment and a stressor. After roughly eight Zoom happy hours, I, along with the rest of America, realized what a shitty replacement they were for the real thing. As weeks, and then months, passed and the anchors on the nightly news began explaining how people were forming “quaranteams” with neighbors and nearby family, my brain wormholed back to my first year in the Mile High City. As a longtime Denverite, I had friends, even a few close friends—but they all had significant others and families of their own to protect and isolate with. I could almost feel the fibers of that sun-warmed carpet pressing against my cheek again. This time I knew for sure I’d wake up alone, though, so I decided to walk instead. JA N UA RY 2 0 2 2
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Napping has its advantages: namely, unconsciousness. Walking gives one time to think. Letting your mind wander, especially post-divorce, is ugly business. It gets uglier still when you haven’t spoken to a person, face-to-face, in days. I’ve found the voice in your head will agree with everything you say, whether it’s true or not. You could’ve just gone to those happy hours he wanted you to go to. You could’ve tried harder to get to know his friends. You expect too much of people. You make things that are supposed to be fun miserable. You weren’t pleasant around his family. You are negative and cynical—a lot. You can be judgmental and stubborn and antagonistic for no reason. You did abandon intimacy. You gave up someone who loved you, who wanted you. Now you wake up alone, spend many days alone, eat dinner alone, watch TV alone, walk alone, go to bed alone—and probably deserve to. I didn’t just think about the end of my marriage, though. As I walked past other people’s homes, where they too were hiding from a novel sickness, I pondered loneliness itself. Not just because I was lonely, but also because, strangely, so many other people were alone and lonely at the exact same time as me. loneli ness is not a medical diagnosis, although maybe it should be. At times, it feels like it might kill you. In the past 22 months, I’ve caught myself staring—at nothing—for 20 or 30 minutes before I can shake away the stupor. I often stand in my living room, looking around for something, anything, to do that’s not work. I talk to myself, and not like little reminders, but full-on conversations. I melted down one day not too long after the Boulder King Soopers shooting when I realized that if I were ever shot and killed in a random place, no one would know I had been there, because no one ever knows where I am. My financial adviser recently told me I needed to designate someone local as my medical power of attorney, and I teared up when I realized I didn’t have anyone. I have a recurring dream about being lost but no one comes to find me. In real life, my brain gets stuck on the fact that even when we’re allowed to travel to far-flung places again, I won’t have anyone to go with. I have middleof-the-night arguments with myself where I disregard the realities of the pandemic and convince myself that the other side of the bed is empty and my social calendar
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is barren because I’m simply intolerable, much in the same way I’ve labeled so many others throughout my life. The truth is, having too little contact with other people is antithetical to healthy human existence. An increased risk of premature mortality has long been linked to social isolation. In Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, coincidentally released in April 2020, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy explains the physiology. Chronic loneliness, Murthy writes, causes persistent stress, which increases inflammation that damages tissues and blood vessels, sometimes causing cardiovascular illness and death. It can also interfere with the immune system and sleep cycles and make conditions like high blood pressure and obesity more likely. It affects mental health and can lead to depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. For those who’ve experienced genuine feelings of detachment—and several surveys in Colorado and across the country suggest many people have since March 2020—it’s easy to see why the American prison system uses solitary confinement as one of its most extreme forms of punishment. In moments when I can get out of my own head, I know how very lucky I am. The pandemic has delivered the suffering of
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separateness in varying and often unequal ways. People of color have lost loved ones in wildly disproportionate numbers. Those in long-term care facilities, often the elderly, were isolated from everyone for more than a year, in some cases, and often succumbed to the virus having not seen a family member’s face in far too long. Hospitals implemented rules disallowing visitors for any COVID19-positive patients, meaning many millions died without being able to hold the hand of someone they loved as they drew their last labored breaths. By comparison, my seclusion could seem quaint, even vacationlike to some. I’ve had people tell me my setup—that is, single, childless, and with a good job that allows me to work from home—is the holy grail of pandemic life. I get it, so I try not to talk about it. The insight imparted by online therapy sites suggests, however, that my relative good fortune doesn’t make my sadness any less valid or any less real. Ditto for anyone else who has found themselves taunted by the silence, beat down by the boredom, craving human touch, exhausted from the mental strain, and generally wishing there were someone with whom to experience the good news, the bad news, and the banal news. What my solitariness did make me wonder, though, was whether I possibly needed to—and actually could—re-evaluate my position as a staunch disliker of people.
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was so desperate for interaction—to laugh at something other than a rerun of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives—I would’ve RSVP’d with enthusiasm to a baptism or even, dear god, a gender-reveal party. But then things changed: The vaccine was ready, and humanity quickly reminded me my dad had been right all along. On March 23, 2021, the first dose of the Moderna vaccine activated my immune system against the virus. Ironically, it also inoculated me against the very reason one gets an immunization: the desire to be around others. I may have been a lifelong misanthrope, but I think I’ve always wanted to believe in the basic decency of humans. Somewhere deep in my brain, I had sequestered a small reservoir of optimism that people could be smart, rational, kind, unselfish, respectful, and loving. Faced with a global calamity, humans might, a voice in the recesses of my mind told me, step up. I was wildly wrong. But it wasn’t (just) the faceless—maskless—masses who stole that sliver of idealism so many of us had been clinging to by refusing the vaccine. I felt most robbed by friends and family who surprised me with their beliefs and choices. These were people I had thought would not only want to protect their loved ones but also be willing to sacrifice personal preference for the greater good. I never imagined people I loved would be so indifferent to those who were more susceptible to the virus. I thought my family and friends would want us to all be able to be together again. I figured they’d hold each other to account when it came to getting vaccinated. I assumed they’d honor the efforts of all health care workers, but especially those of my ex-husband, who had indeed lived at the hospital and worked on a front-line intubation team putting coronavirus patients on those precious few ventilators. He was not as surprised or angry or disheartened or embarrassed as I was when I told him about the people he once spent time with. It wasn’t that he had expected it from them—he hadn’t—but that, as a physician, he’d seen it over and over and over again. In the hospital, which had become an intense microcosm of the world around it, he’d become inured to a reality in which hypocrisy, illogicality, willful ignorance, and disregard for others was both obvious and pervasive. It was the first time since we met, as teenagers, that he seemed as disenchanted with people as I had always been. I did not feel vindicated; just very, very sad.
i w i ll t u rn 43 on January 24. That’s old enough to know that we spend much of our lives creating illusions that relieve some of the suffering of being human. The illusion we are always busy. The illusion that our jobs are important. The illusion we are happy in our relationships. The illusion that we know what we’re doing with our lives. The illusion that we are who we wanted to be. The illusion that we are not alone is no different, really. Except it’s more difficult to delude yourself when you’ve made dinner for one for 40 days in a row or a once-in-a-century pandemic changes the way we connect with the people who were once part of our daily lives but no longer are. FAC E D W I T H A G L O BA L Maybe my dad was just being pragmatic when he shortC A L A M I T Y, H U M A N S M I G H T, changed Welles’ quote. Maybe he already knew that love and friendship, because they can be ephemeral, are not powerful A VOICE IN THE RECESSES OF or reliable enough to obscure the inconvenient truths that we are alone and that no one else can truly change that. Still, M Y M I N D T O L D M E , S T E P U P. as the pandemic wears on and 32 percent of Coloradans (and 39 percent of Americans) have yet to get fully vaccinated and research suggests that loneliness has become yet another public health problem, I wonder if it would be better for all of us who are lonely to consider that maybe Although few likely used that phrase before Welles was being more instructive than fatalistic. Interpreted another way, Welles March 2020, for many of us it’s more or may have been trying to say that love and friendship, despite their impermanence, less been a lifelong strategy. I’ve essentially are the only things that matter because they are the only things that assuage lonelispent my adult years avoiding any engageness. Maybe he was saying the illusion is worth it? ment that I didn’t absolutely want or need After the past two years, I’m not sure what to think. However, I do know this: I to attend. This includes block parties, profesworry that it is becoming easier to be alone, to give up on the illusion, and to think sional networking functions, the neighbor’s it’s OK—even preferable—that even though I can now afford to have furniture, it’s kid’s graduation celebration, and a plus-one rare anyone ever sits in it. m invite to a friend’s cousin’s wedding. Yet, during the first 10 months of staying at home, I Lindsey B. King is the editor of 5280. Send feedback to letters@5280.com. f o r m i s a n t h ro p es , a g lo b a l
pandemic, despite the crushing tragedy, would seem to have an upside: social distancing.
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DENVER’S TOP LAWYERS BY KIM HABICHT & AJ VICENS
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHAEL WARAKSA
MORE THAN 500 OF THE VERY BEST ATTORNEYS IN THE MILE HIGH CITY—AND BEYOND.
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T’S SIMPLY A FACT OF LIFE that even the least litigious among us will be in need of a lawyer at some point. When you find yourself in that position, though, navigating the complicated legal world can be overwhelming, especially when you consider that the law has been split into dozens of categories: Everything from criminal law to bankruptcy to insurance necessitates specific expertise. That’s why we put together Denver’s Top Lawyers 2022, our eighth annual list of the best attorneys in the region. To compile the list, we first invited attorneys in the seven-county metro area to vote for the peers they respect most in 50 legal specialties. Survey responses in hand, we then did weeks of reporting to get an on-the-ground perspective: Who are the best litigators? The finest contract writers? Who’s been quietly building a name for herself? Who’s been coasting on an outdated reputation? Based on those interviews and our survey results, we assembled the following list of the most skilled attorneys around town.
AGRICULTURAL/RURAL Justin D. Cumming
LEWIS ROCA 1630 Welton St.,
Suite 200A Denver 80202 303-623-9000 lewisroca.com
Stacy Guillon
AEGIS ADR 4348 Woodlands Blvd.,
Suite 125 Castle Rock 80104 720-689-1021 aegisadr.com
Kent Holsinger
HOLSINGER LAW 1800 Glenarm Place,
Suite 500 Denver 80202 303-722-2828 holsingerlaw.com
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SPENCER FANE 1700 Lincoln St.,
Suite 2000 Denver 80203 303-839-3800 spencerfane.com
Russell Sprague
CLINE WILLIAMS WRIGHT JOHNSON & OLDFATHER 215 Mathews St.,
Suite 300 Fort Collins 80524 970-221-2637 clinewilliams.com
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Leland Anderson
JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP 1601 Blake St.,
Suite 400 Denver 80202 303-572-1919 jaginc.com
Robbie M. Barr
BARRADR 1777 S. Harrison St.,
Suite 1504 Denver 80210 303-579-1188 barradr.com
Joe Epstein
AB CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES
216 16th St., Suite 600
Denver 80202 303-355-2314 crs-adr.com
Ann Frick
JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP 1601 Blake St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-572-1919 jaginc.com
L. Tyrone Holt
THE HOLT GROUP 1675 Broadway, Suite 2100
Denver 80202 303-225-8500 holtllc.com
Gary Jackson
JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP 1601 Blake St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-572-1919 jaginc.com
Joan McWilliams
MCWILLIAMS MEDIATION GROUP P.O. Box 6216
Denver 80206 303-830-0171 mcwilliamsmediation.com
James S. Miller
JAMS 410 17th St., Suite 2440
Denver 80202 303-534-1254 jamsadr.com
Kathryn E. Miller
LITTLETON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 1901 W. Littleton Blvd.,
Suite 100 Littleton 80120 303-798-2533 ladrmediation.com
Larry Naves
JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP 1601 Blake St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-572-1919 jaginc.com
Gordon “Skip” Netzorg
SHERMAN & HOWARD 6 75 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
Richard Rotole
ROTOLE, ROTOLE, BLANCHARD 400 S. Colorado Blvd.,
Suite 590 Denver 80246 303-399-1600 rrbl.net
ANTITRUST Timothy Beyer
Katayoun “Katy” Donnelly AZIZPOUR DONNELLY
BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 4100
Denver 80203 303-861-7000 bclplaw.com
2 373 Central Park Blvd., Suite 100 Denver 80238 720-675-8584 kdonnellylaw.com
Dylan M. Carson
Todd Drake
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH 1144 15th St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-607-3500 faegredrinker.com
Karma Giulianelli
BARTLIT BECK 1801 Wewatta St.,
Suite 1200 Denver 80202 303-592-3129 bartlit-beck.com
Tom McMahon
HERSHEY DECKER DRAKE 10463 Park Meadows
Drive, Suite 209 Lone Tree 80124 303-226-1669 hersheydecker.com
Robert T. Fishman
RIDLEY MCGREEVY WINOCUR 303 16th St., Suite 200
Denver 80202 303-629-9700 ridleylaw.com
Marcy Glenn
JONES & KELLER 1675 Broadway, 26th Floor
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-573-1600 joneskeller.com
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Katie Reilly
Lynn C. Hartfield
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Jeffrey F. Roberts
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH 1144 15th St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-607-3500 faegredrinker.com
Todd R. Seelman
LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 4000
Denver 80203 720-292-2002 lewisbrisbois.com
APPELLATE Kendra N. Beckwith
MESSNER REEVES 1430 Wynkoop St.,
Suite 300 Denver 80202 303-623-1800 messner.com
Nelson Boyle
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Sean Connelly
CONNELLY LAW 3200 S. Cherry Creek Drive,
Suite 720 Denver 80209 303-302-7849 sconnellylaw.com
LAW OFFICE OF LYNN C. HARTFIELD 387 Corona St., Suite 617
Denver 80218 720-588-0571 eichnerlaw.com
Kathleen A. Lord
LORD LAW FIRM 1544 Race St.
Denver 80206 303-394-3302
Paige Mackey Murray
PAIGE MACKEY MURRAY 3269 28th St.
Boulder 80301 303-763-0281 appealscolorado.com
Stephen Masciocchi
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Elizabeth C. Moran
NIXON SHEFRIN OGBURN DREW 5619 DTC Parkway,
Suite 1200 Greenwood Village 80111 303-773-3500 nixonshefrin.com
Blain Myhre
BLAIN MYHRE P.O. Box 3600
Englewood 80155 303-250-3932 blainmyhrellc.com
Dean Neuwirth
SPENCER FANE 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 2000
Denver 80203 303-839-3800 spencerfane.com
TOP LAWYERS 2022 Marsha Piccone
FOX ROTHSCHILD 1225 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-292-1200 foxrothschild.com
Shannon W. Stevenson
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Arthur Lindquist-Kleissler
LINDQUIST-KLEISSLER & COMPANY
9 50 S. Cherry St., Suite 418 Denver 80246 303-691-9774 alklaw.com
James T. Markus
MARKUS WILLIAMS YOUNG & HUNSICKER 1775 Sherman St.,
BANKING
Suite 1950 Denver 80203 303-830-0800 markuswilliams.com
Deborah L. Bayles
Matt McCune
STINSON 1144 15th St., Suite 2400
Denver 80202 303-376-8400 stinson.com
Kevin Kelly
LEWIS ROCA 1630 Welton St., Suite 200A
Denver 80202 303-623-9000 lewisroca.com
Christian Otteson
OTTESON SHAPIRO 7979 E. Tufts Ave.,
Suite 1600 Denver 80237 720-488-0220 os.law
Erin Simmons
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Shawn Turner
HOLLAND & KNIGHT 1801 California St.,
Suite 5000 Denver 80202 303-974-6660 hklaw.com
BANKRUPTCY Stephen Berken
BERKEN CLOYES 1159 Delaware St.
Denver 80204 303-623-4357 berkencloyes.com
Jeffrey Brinen
KUTNER BRINEN DICKEY RILEY 1660 Lincoln St., Suite 1720
Denver 80264 303-832-2400 kutnerlaw.com
Brent Cohen
LEWIS ROCA 1630 Welton St., Suite 200A
Denver 80202 303-623-9000 lewisroca.com
MCCUNE LEGAL 6635 S. Dayton St.,
Suite 320 Greenwood Village 80111 303-759-0728 mccunelegal.com
Michael J. Pankow
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Tara Salinas
SALINAS LAW GROUP 501 S. Cherry St., Suite 1100
Denver 80246 303-825-0197 salinaslawgroup.com
CIVIL LITIGATION Michael S. Burg
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE
40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Carolyn Fairless
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Hubert Farbes Jr.
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Hugh Gottschalk
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
David Hersh
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE
40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Kenzo Kawanabe
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St.,
Suite 500 Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Michael O’Donnell
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St.,
Suite 4500 Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Thomas J. Overton
THE OVERTON LAW FIRM 602 Park Point Drive,
Suite 230 Golden 80401 303-832-9249 overtonlawfirm.com
Erica O. Payne
ZUPKUS & ANGELL 789 Sherman St., Suite 500
Denver 80203 303-894-8948 zalaw.com
Daniel Reilly
FENNEMORE 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 2400
Denver 80203 303-291-3200 fennemorelaw.com
Katie Reilly
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
John Walsh
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
Daniel A. Wartell
CIANCO CIANCO BROWN 1660 Lincoln St., Suite 2000
Denver 80264 303-451-0300 colo-law.com
Mark Williams
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION Matthew Cron
RATHOD MOHAMEDBHAI 2701 Lawrence St.,
Suite 100 Denver 80205 303-578-4400 rmlawyers.com
Timothy P. Fox
FOX & ROBERTSON 1550 Larimer St., Suite 1113
Denver 80202 303-951-4164 foxrob.com
Erica Grossman
HOLLAND, HOLLAND EDWARDS & GROSSMAN 1437 High St.
Denver 80218 303-860-1331 hheglaw.com
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1437 High St.
Denver 80218 303-860-1331 hheglaw.com
Darold Killmer
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
David A. Lane
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Faisal A. Salahuddin
SALAHUDDIN LAW FIRM 4535 Raleigh St.
Denver 80212 303-974-1084 fas-law.com
Mark Silverstein
Michael O’Donnell
COLORADO FREEDOM FUND 2701 Lawrence St.,
Elizabeth Wang
RATHOD MOHAMEDBHAI 2701 Lawrence St.,
Suite 100 Denver 80205 303-578-4400 rmlawyers.com
Sara Neel
ACLU OF COLORADO 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 350
Denver 80203 303-777-5482 aclu-co.org
Mari Newman
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
Sarah Parady
LOWREY PARADY LEBSACK 1490 N. Lafayette St.,
Suite 304 Denver 80218 303-593-2595 lowrey-parady.com
Aurora L. Randolph
ALR CIVIL RIGHTS 9888 W. Belleview Ave.,
Suite 2129 Denver 80123 303-968-1703 alrcivilrights.com
Siddhartha Rathod
RATHOD MOHAMEDBHAI 2701 Lawrence St.,
Suite 100 Denver 80205 303-578-4400 rmlawyers.com
Amy F. Robertson
FOX & ROBERTSON 1550 Larimer St., Suite 1113
Denver 80202 303-951-4164 foxrob.com
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Rebecca Wallace
Denver 80203 303-777-5482 aclu-co.org
Andrew McNulty
Qusair Mohamedbhai
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
ARNOLD & PORTER 1144 15th St., Suite 3100
Suite 121 Denver 80205 720-263-0111 aclu-co.org
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
ACLU OF COLORADO 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 350
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Peter Koclanes
LOEVY & LOEVY 2060 Broadway, Suite 460
Boulder 80302 720-638-0924 loevy.com
Laura B. Wolf
SPARK JUSTICE LAW 1312 17th St., Suite 569
Denver 80202 303-802-5390 spark-law.com
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Fred Baumann
LEWIS ROCA 1630 Welton St.,
Suite 200A Denver 80202 303-623-9000 lewisroca.com
Carolyn Fairless
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St.,
Suite 4500 Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Franz Hardy
GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI 555 17th St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-534-5160 grsm.com
David Hersh
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Kenzo Kawanabe
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Denver 80202 303-863-1000 arnoldporter.com
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Daniel Reilly
FENNEMORE 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 2400
Denver 80203 303-291-3200 fennemorelaw.com
Meshach Y. Rhoades
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE 4643 S. Ulster St., Suite 800
Denver 80237 720-200-0676 armstrongteasdale.com
Byeongsook Seo
SNELL & WILMER 1200 17th St., Suite 1900
Denver 80202 303-634-2000 swlaw.com
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YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIST, ANSWERED.
Which attorneys did you survey? All licensed attorneys in the seven-county metro area were welcome to participate in our survey, which went live on 5280.com in May 2021. We reached out to more than 17,700 licensed attorneys actively registered with the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel and connected with local bar associations to make sure we received a strong response to the peer-reviewed ballot. How did you ensure that big law firms didn’t stuff the ballot box? Good question! In order to vote, attorneys had to register with their work email addresses and Colorado attorney registration numbers. We monitored IP addresses to make sure one person wasn’t voting for everyone in a firm. We checked out any suspicious votes—and tossed them if necessary. Were the results from the ballot the only data you used to create the list? No. To supplement the online ballot results, we did what we do best: research. We made many, many phone calls, spent hours mining the internet for
Maral J. Shoaei
DORSEY & WHITNEY 1400 Wewatta St.,
Suite 400 Denver 80202 303-629-3400 dorsey.com
Christopher Toll
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Aubyn G. Krulish
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE 4643 S. Ulster St., Suite 800
Denver 80237 720-200-0676 armstrongteasdale.com
Lindsay Silber HOLLAND & HART
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
555 17th St., Suite 3200
COMMUNICATIONS/ TECHNOLOGY LAW
Mindy Sooter
Raymond L. Gifford
WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER 2138 W. 32nd Ave.,
Suite 300 Denver 80211 303-626-2350 wbklaw.com
Peter J. Kinsella
PERKINS COIE 1900 16th St., Suite 1400
Denver 80202 303-291-2300 perkinscoie.com
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
Chuck Steese
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE 4643 S. Ulster St., Suite 800
Denver 80237 720-200-0676 armstrongteasdale.com
CONSTRUCTION J. David Arkell
MOYE WHITE 1400 16th St., Sixth Floor
Denver 80202 303-292-2900 moyewhite.com
Henry Bangert
BELTZER BANGERT & GUNNELL 5420 S. Quebec St.,
Suite 103 Greenwood Village 80111 720-576-7225 bbglaw.com
Buck Beltzer
BELTZER BANGERT & GUNNELL 5420 S. Quebec St.,
Suite 103 Greenwood Village 80111 720-576-7225 bbglaw.com
Laurie K. Choi
BELTZER BANGERT & GUNNELL 5420 S. Quebec St.,
Suite 103 Greenwood Village 80111 720-576-7225 bbglaw.com
Alvin M. Cohen
WOODS AITKEN 7900 E. Union Ave.,
Suite 700 Denver 80237 303-606-6700 woodsaitken.com
TOP LAWYERS 2022 Mark W. Nelson
standout cases, and generally did our due diligence on each name on the list. How did you pick the specialties represented on the ballot? We assembled this year’s list of 50 specialties based on input from the Colorado Bar Association, attorneys, and area law firms. I’ve heard the list is rigged—that only lawyers who advertise with you make it. Is that the case? Nope. The Top Lawyers list is unaffected by which attorneys advertise with 5280. Local attorneys sometimes choose to advertise after they have been selected for the list, but how much, if, or when lawyers choose to advertise is not taken into consideration. Does 5280 check out every attorney on the list? Our fact-checking department independently verifies every lawyer’s pertinent information (name, phone number, office address, website, etc.). We take the added step of sending the list to the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel to check for disciplinary and licensing issues—meaning all attorneys on the list are currently in good standing with the state.
NELSON LAW FIRM 1740 N. High St.
Denver 80218 303-861-0750 nelsonlawfirm.net
Craig Nuss
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE
40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Mari K. Perczak
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE
40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Brad A. Ramming
SWEETBAUM SANDS RAMMING 1125 17th St., Suite 2100
Denver 80202 303-296-3377 sweetbaumsands.com
Ivan A. Sarkissian
MCCONAUGHY & SARKISSIAN 4725 S. Monaco St.,
Suite 200 Denver 80237 303-649-0999 mslawpc.com
Bradley N. Shefrin
NIXON SHEFRIN OGBURN DREW 5619 DTC Parkway,
Daniel M. Gross
WOODS AITKEN 7900 E. Union Ave.,
Suite 700 Denver 80237 303-606-6700 woodsaitken.com
Bret Gunnell
BELTZER BANGERT & GUNNELL 5420 S. Quebec St.,
Suite 103 Greenwood Village 80111 720-576-7225 bbglaw.com
L. Tyrone Holt
THE HOLT GROUP 1675 Broadway,
Suite 2100 Denver 80202 303-225-8500 holtllc.com
Matthew J. Ninneman
HALL & EVANS 1001 17th St.,
Suite 300 Denver 80202 303-628-3300 hallevans.com
Jonathan G. Pray
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT LITIGATION Buck Beltzer
BELTZER BANGERT & GUNNELL 5420 S. Quebec St.,
Suite 103 Greenwood Village 80111 720-576-7225 bbglaw.com
Duncan Griffiths
GRIFFITHS LAW 10375 Park Meadows Drive,
Suite 520 Lone Tree 80124 303-858-8090 griffithslawpc.com
Jeff Kerrane
KERRANE STORZ 370 Interlocken Blvd.,
Suite 630 Broomfield 80021 720-898-9680 kerranestorz.com
Suite 1200 Greenwood Village 80111 303-773-3500 nixonshefrin.com
Heidi E. Storz
KERRANE STORZ 370 Interlocken Blvd.,
Suite 630 Broomfield 80021 720-898-9680 kerranestorz.com
CRIMINAL Marnie Adams
RECHT KORNFELD 1600 Stout St.,
Suite 1400 Denver 80202 303-573-1900 rklawpc.com
LaQunya Baker
BAKER OLIVER SIMPSON LAW 130 W. Fifth Ave.
Denver 80204 720-767-0297 boslawcolorado.com
Lara M. Baker
FOSTER GRAHAM MILSTEIN & CALISHER 360 S. Garfield St.,
Suite 600 Denver 80209 303-333-9810 fostergraham.com
David Beller
Julia Stancil
Denver 80202 303-573-1900 rklawpc.com
1652 N. Downing St.
RECHT KORNFELD 1600 Stout St., Suite 1400
Marshall Breit
MULLIGAN BREIT MCCONNELL 475 W. 12th Ave., Suite D
Denver 80204 303-295-1500 mulliganbreit.com
Megan Downing
RECHT KORNFELD 1600 Stout St., Suite 1400
Denver 80202 303-573-1900 rklawpc.com
Iris Eytan
EYTAN NIELSEN 3200 Cherry Creek South
Drive, Suite 720 Denver 80209 720-440-8155 eytan-nielsen.com
Jamie Hubbard
STIMSON STANCIL LABRANCHE HUBBARD 1652 N. Downing St.
Denver 80218 720-689-8909 sslhlaw.com
Marci LaBranche
STIMSON STANCIL LABRANCHE HUBBARD 1652 N. Downing St.
Denver 80218 720-689-8909 sslhlaw.com
Kevin M. McGreevy
RIDLEY MCGREEVY WINOCUR 303 16th St., Suite 200
Denver 80202 303-629-9700 ridleylaw.com
Laura Menninger
HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN 150 E. 10th Ave.
Denver 80203 303-831-7364 hmflaw.com
Dru Nielsen
EYTAN NIELSEN 3200 Cherry Creek South
Drive, Suite 720 Denver 80209 720-440-8155 eytan-nielsen.com
Jeffrey Pagliuca
HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN 150 E. 10th Ave.
Denver 80203 303-831-7364 hmflaw.com
Patrick L. Ridley
RIDLEY MCGREEVY WINOCUR 303 16th St., Suite 200
Denver 80202 303-629-9700 ridleylaw.com
STIMSON STANCIL LABRANCHE HUBBARD
Denver 80218 720-689-8909 sslhlaw.com
Kathryn Stimson STIMSON STANCIL LABRANCHE HUBBARD
1652 N. Downing St.
Denver 80218 720-689-8909 sslhlaw.com
Martin Stuart
MCDERMOTT STUART & WARD 140 E. 19th Ave., Suite 300
Denver 80203 303-832-8888 mswdenver.com
John Walsh
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
Lisa Monet Wayne
LAW OFFICES OF LISA M. WAYNE 1775 Sherman St.,
Suite 1650 Denver 80203 303-589-9745
DISABILITY Teresa Abbott
LAW OFFICE OF TERESA ABBOTT 13791 E. Rice Place,
Suite 209 Aurora 80015 720-334-2864 thabbottlaw.com
Ann J. Atkinson
ANN J. ATKINSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW 19501 E. Mainstreet,
Suite 200 Parker 80138 303-680-1881 atkinsonlegal.com
William T. Dawson
WILLIAM T. DAWSON 1575 Race St.
Denver 80206 303-455-0400 williamdawsonlaw.com
Steven R. Earl
APEX DISABILITY LAW 2121 S. Oneida St.,
Suite 150 Denver 80224 720-545-1800 apexdisabilitylaw.com
Spencer Kontnik
KONTNIK COHEN 201 Steele St., Suite 210
Denver 80206 720-449-8448 kontnikcohen.com
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INDEX OF PROFILES ALANA M. ANZALONE ............................................................................................................................62 Personal Injury: Plaintiff
JONES LAW FIRM, PC .............................................................................................................................64 Family Law/Divorce
ALVERSON + O’BRIEN, PC ...................................................................................................................71 Workers’ Compensation: Claimant
KERRANE STORZ, P.C. ............................................................................................................................64 Construction Defect Litigation
ANDERSON & JAHDE, P.C. ....................................................................................................................64 Tax Controversy and Estate Planning
LATHROP GPM LLP ..................................................................................................................................70 Trust and Estate Litigation
BARRADR. .....................................................................................................................................................69 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW OFFICE OF O’TOOLE & SBARBARO, P.C.............................................................................68 Workers’ Comp: Claimant
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE, PC .............................................................55 Appellate, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Defect Litigation, Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury: Plaintiff, Workers’ Compensation: Claimant
LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL J. CAPLIS, LLC....................................................................................59 Personal Injury: Plaintiff
CHALAT HATTEN & BANKER PC............................................................................................... 56–57 Personal Injury: Plaintiff CIANCIO CIANCIO BROWN, P.C. ........................................................................................................66 Civil Litigation COLORADO ADVOCATES......................................................................................................................70 Government Relations/Contracts/Lobbying COLORADO FAMILY LAW PROJECT ................................................................................................67 Family Law and Appelate Law DAVIS & CERIANI, P.C. .............................................................................................................................62 Securities FRAZER-ABEL LAW..................................................................................................................................66 Probate Litigation FOSTER GRAHAM MILSTEIN & CALISHER, LLP ........................................................................66 Criminal, Personal Injury Law, Government Relations/Contracts/Lobbying GRIFFITHS LAW PC ..................................................................................................................................60 Family Law/Divorce, Construction Defect Litigation HAILEY HART PLLC..................................................................................................................................71 Insurance HOGAN OMIDI, PC.....................................................................................................................................63 Family Law/Divorce ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE.................................................................................................................71 Transportation THE JAMS DIFFERENCE ........................................................................................................................68 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH ...........................................................................................69 Antitrust MARCO D. CHAYET ...................................................................................................................................58 Elder, Probate Litigation McCONAUGHY & SARKISSIAN ...........................................................................................................65 Construction Defect Litigation MESSNER REEVES LLP..........................................................................................................................58 Appellate, Medical Malpractice: Defense MULLIGAN BREIT McCONNELL, LLC..............................................................................................62 Criminal NICOAL C. SPERRAZZA, ESQ. ............................................................................................................60 Civil Litigation and Family Law/Divorce RECHT & KORNFELD PC ........................................................................................................................65 Criminal, Government Relations/Contracts/Lobbying SHAWN D. MEADE .....................................................................................................................................61 Immigration SHERR PUTTMANN AKINS LAMB PC .............................................................................................63 Family Law/Divorce SPRINGMAN, BRADEN, WILSON & PONTIUS, PC.....................................................................68 Real Estate: Landlord/Tenant STIMSON STANCIL LABRANCHE HUBBARD..............................................................................67 Criminal STUDIO IP ......................................................................................................................................................70 Intellectual Property Law
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MARI K. PERCZAK
CRAIG S. NUSS
DAVID P. HERSH
PETER W. BURG
2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER
2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER
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2022 TOP LAWYER • 7X WINNER
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NELSON P. BOYLE
STEPHAN J. MARSH
ANGELA E. MCGRAW
SCOTT J. ELDREDGE
STEPHEN J. BURG
2022 TOP LAWYER • 3X WINNER
2022 TOP LAWYER • 3X WINNER
2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
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FIRM BACKGROUND | Michael S. Burg established the firm in 1977 and was joined by Peter Burg, Alan Simpson, Scott Eldredge, David Hersh, and Kerry Jardine to build one of the top trial firms in the nation with over 70 Lawyers. MISSION | To be Good Lawyers. Changing Lives®. It’s not just a slogan, it’s who we are. PASSION | We want to change peoples’ lives for the better by fighting for them in court and securing fair compensation. ADVERSARIES | Anyone who injures or attempts to take advantage of our clients. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS YAZ®/Yasmin®, Pradaxa®, Ortho Evra®, Gadolinium-based contrast agents, Heparin®, DePuy ASR®, Bextra®/Celebrex®, Zyprexa®, Testosterone Replacement Therapy, Lawrence/Andover, Massachusetts Gas Explosion Cases. ACCOLADES | 34 Super Lawyers®2021; 47 Best Lawyers® in America 2021; #1 National Products Liability Firm—Martindale Hubbell; #1 Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action Plaintiffs in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation—The U.S. Legal 500; Top 25 Most Influential Law Firms—The National Trial Lawyers. RESULTS | $1 Billion+ Settlements/Judgments/Verdicts; 200+ recoveries in excess of $1 Million.
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Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC COLORADO • ARIZONA • OHIO • WYOMING NEW MEXICO • FLORIDA • NEVADA
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Chalat Hatten & Banker PC JIM CHALAT 2022 TOP LAWYER • 7X WINNER EVAN BANKER 2022 TOP LAWYER • 3X WINNER “Our clients come to us during times of emotional and financial distress. The legal process is complex. We seek justice for our clients, but are also a reliable support system,” says senior partner Jim Chalat. “From the very beginning of the attorney-client relationship, we emphasize the importance of trust and communication. It is this hands-on approach, the firm’s all-for-one-one-for-all mentality, and our strength as trial lawyers that has earned us acclaim among clients and our Colorado community.” The trial lawyers at Chalat Hatten & Banker PC specialize in complex catastrophic personal injury matters, with a particular focus on wrongful death cases, motor vehicle collisions, ski and snowboard collisions, product defects, premises liability and professional malpractice. Jim and Evan have earned recognition for their civility, professionalism, results, and pro bono commitment. Jim’s recent recognition as Colorado Law Week’s “People’s Choice” for Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Attorney was especially rewarding because he represents people, not corporations or insurance companies. Best Lawyers in America® lists both Jim and Evan in the field of Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury; Best Lawyers® has twice named Jim “Lawyer of the Year.” Evan’s notable trial experience includes one of the largest auto/pedestrian verdicts in Colorado history – an $18.1 million verdict – and a defective product case against Ford Motor Company which resulted in a $7 million judgment. Results such as these have led to the firm being named a Tier 1 “Best Law Firm” in Denver for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs by U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyers® for five consecutive years. Jim and Evan believe the awards and honors they have earned are a testament to the reputation they and their firm have built with integrity, honesty, and professionalism. Accolades such as 5280’s “Top Lawyers” are particularly significant since selection is based on votes from colleagues, many of whom are defense attorneys Jim and Evan argue against in court. “It shows the respect we have earned from our opponents, who know the attorneys at Chalat Hatten & Banker are true to their word,” says Evan Banker. Jim and Evan acknowledge their debt of gratitude to their partners, Russell Hatten and Linda Chalat, and their paralegal staff, who have been essential to the accomplishments of the firm. If you have questions or need legal assistance in any personal injury matter, Jim and Evan welcome the opportunity to speak with you.
CHALATLAW.COM (303) 861-1042 | attorney@chalatlaw.com 1600 Broadway, Suite 1920, Denver, CO 80202 Jim Chalat: jchalat@chalatlaw.com Evan Banker: ebanker@chalatlaw.com
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Marco D. Chayet 2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER
During law school, Marco Chayet’s grandmother was the principal party in a very public elder law case in the state of Colorado. Estate of Milstein v. Ayers, 955 P.2d78 (Colo. App.1998) is a landmark case which upholds the right to counsel and due process of incapacitated adults in Colorado in a guardianship proceeding. This experience was the impetus for Mr. Chayet’s career in the field of elder law, fiduciary representation and probate litigation. Mr. Chayet is the founder and managing partner of Chayet & Danzo LLC and ColoradoElderLaw.com. He is the Public Administrator for the 18th Judicial District. Mr. Chayet was appointed by Governor Jared Polis to serve as the 6th Congressional District Commissioner for the Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Commission. Mr. Chayet has published How to Protect Your Family’s Assets From Devastating Nursing Home Costs–Colorado Edition and the chapter on Estate Planning for the Child with Special Needs in the fifth edition of Elder Law in Colorado. Mr. Chayet, born and raised in Denver, assists the philanthropic community in Colorado by serving on the board of many not-for-profit organizations, including as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the NextFifty Initiative, a Colorado based grant making foundation that funds grants for aging issues. Mr. Chayet teaches elder law as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, where he also received his Juris Doctor. (303) 355-8550 | MARCO@COLORADOELDERLAW.COM 650 S. Cherry Street, Suite 710, Denver, CO 80246
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Law Offices of Daniel J. Caplis, LLC 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER
Dan Caplis is a true trial lawyer. He recently won five multi-million dollar jury verdicts in a row in less than two years. His firm believes that Dan is the only trial lawyer in Colorado history to accomplish that. One of those jury trials resulted in the largest trucking case verdict in Colorado history, twenty-six million dollars. In his last 14 trials Dan has won jury verdicts far beyond the best offers made before trial. Many of those verdicts were ten times or more the amount of the offer. Dan quickly points out that all of these victories are a total team effort, starting with his partners Babar Waheed and Mike Kane. Dan calls Babar “one of the great legal minds of our era” and says Babar’s legal brilliance has been a key part of the firm’s success. Dan emphasizes that their new partner Mike Kane, an Iraq War combat veteran, has taken their practice to another level. Mike has led an expansion of the firm, adding five more highly accomplished lawyers since the onset of Covid. During his short time with the firm, Mike has already played a key role at trial in cases resulting in multi-million dollar jury verdicts. Dan has been honored with the Pro Vitae Award from the Archdiocese of Denver, which was presented by Archbishop Charles Chaput; the Humanitarian of the Year award, presented by now Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez; and was named one of the 25 most powerful people in Denver by 5280 magazine. Dan has also received a multitude of top legal honors including recognition by Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Dan is an award-winning syndicated radio talk show host and a legal analyst who has been featured on Fox News, NBC, CNN, ABC, BBC, and in many of the nation’s top newspapers including The Washington Post and USA Today. As a former seminarian and the son of a police officer, it has been Dan’s obsession to build a world-class firm for regular people. Dan believes that together with Babar and Mike they have achieved that, and that their trial results prove it. As Dan likes to say “talk is cheap, actions speak louder than words, and results matter”.
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Griffiths Law PC
SUZANNE GRIFFITHS 2022 TOP LAWYER • 7X WINNER DUNCAN GRIFFITHS 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER LESLIE HANSEN 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER SHEILA GUTTERMAN 1X WINNER
Griffiths Law’s 5280 Top Lawyers, Suzanne Griffiths, Duncan Griffiths, Leslie Hansen, and Sheila Gutterman are part of our unrivaled team of attorneys. Griffiths Law is the right choice for Colorado family law and civil litigation cases. Ranging from the straightforward to the highly complex, Griffiths Law always provides a well-prepared case. We litigate. We collaborate. We protect your future.
Protecting Your Future GRIFFITHSLAWPC.COM (303) 858-8090 10375 Park Meadows Drive Suite 520 Lone Tree, CO 80124
› CIVIL LITIGATION AND FAMILY LAW/DIVORCE
Nicoal C. Sperrazza, Esq. 2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
Nicoal C. Sperrazza provides support to clients regarding family law, divorce, and civil litigation. With her background in customer service, Ms. Sperrazza enjoys the opportunity to interact with her clients in a personal way. She is a passionate advocate and has a reputation for providing highly personalized counsel to her clients. Ms. Sperrazza is well-versed in managing complex and contentious matters. In addition to being selected as a 5280 Top Lawyer for two consecutive years, she was also selected to the 2020 and 2021 Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Ms. Sperrazza can be reached by telephone or through her website.
DENFAMILYLEGAL.COM (303) 481-6360 nsperrazza@denfamilylegal.com 3900 E. Mexico Avenue Suite 604 Denver, CO 80210 LP-60
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Shawn D. Meade 2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
Shawn D. Meade, Esq. is the founding partner of MyRights Immigration Law Firm. Since being established in 2011, MyRights Immigration Law Firm has grown to be one of Denver’s leading firms dedicated to Immigration benefits and defense. The firm currently has two offices in Denver and employs 7 attorneys and over 30 legal and support staff. Mr. Meade has dedicated his entire legal career to serving immigrants from all over the world. Mr. Meade has been successful in protecting immigrants against removal in immigration court and in defending immigrant rights in front of the Executive Office of Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Appeals Office as well as through federal litigation with the Federal District courts and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Currently, Mr. Meade leads the charge to challenge USCIS denials of lawful permanent residence by filing repeated complaints under the Administrative Procedure Act in Federal Court. These cases consistently lead to a grant of lawful permanent residence without appeal from the government. Additionally, Mr. Meade has been successful in obtaining all types of affirmative benefits with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. These cases include lawful permanent residence, waivers, U visas, appeals, VAWA petitions, permission to reapply, Consular processing, cases with complex records, criminal cases, citizenships with issues on their background, and more. Mr. Meade graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American Studies. He immediately continued his education and was awarded an academic scholarship to attend law school at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, where he graduated with a Juris Doctorate Degree. Mr. Meade passed the Colorado bar exam in 2008 and has been licensed to practice law since May 2008. While Mr. Meade attended college, he put 2 years aside and volunteered with the LDS Mission within the hispanic community, where he learned Spanish. During that time, he gained a unique understanding of the challenges and opportunities that immigrants face in The United States.
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Davis & Ceriani, P.C. VALERI PAPPAS
2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
Valeri Pappas’s litigation experience includes participating in all phases of multimillion-dollar litigation, jury trials and arbitrations. Valeri’s securities experience is primarily in representing aggrieved institutional and individual investors in securities fraud actions. Her practice areas also include employment matters, commercial litigation and general civil litigation.
DAVISANDCERIANI.COM (303) 534-9000 1600 Stout Street Suite 1710 Denver, CO 80202
› PERSONAL INJURY: PLAINTIFF
Alana M. Anzalone 2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
Alana M. Anzalone is a partner with Anzalone Law Offices, LLC. She represents victims injured because of another’s negligence. Throughout her practice, Attorney Anzalone has obtained many favorable verdicts and settlements for her clients, and has been recognized by many legal organizations for her successes. Additionally, she has been inducted into two Sports Halls of Fame and in her free time, she spends time with her family, mountain bikes, skis, camps, and listens to music. To Attorney Anzalone, being a lawyer means being a counselor, providing a shoulder to cry on, and being the voice for injured victims who get taken advantage of. ANZALONELAW.COM | (866) 256-6933 2727 Bryant Street, Suite 540 Denver, CO 80211
› CRIMINAL
Mulligan Breit McConnell, LLC
MARSHALL BREIT 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER PATRICK J. MULLIGAN LUKE McCONNELL
Unparalleled advocacy. Unparalleled outcomes. Mulligan Breit McConnell is a premier Colorado criminal defense and civil rights law firm. We have more than sixty years of experience zealously representing our clients in criminal investigations, trials, appeals, post-conviction proceedings, and civil rights violations. MULLIGANBREIT.COM (303) 295-1500 475 W. 12th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204 LP-62
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Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC MEGAN M. SHERR 2022 TOP LAWYER • 7X WINNER DAVID A. LAMB 2022 TOP LAWYER • 4X WINNER Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb is a full-service family law firm specializing in divorce, legal separation, child custody, juvenile law, and more. Megan M. Sherr is a founding shareholder and CEO of Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC. Megan has an extensive background in family law and vast legal experience successfully litigating and negotiating all types of family law cases, with an emphasis on legally complex and high asset cases. Megan’s drive, work ethic, tenacity, and compassion have earned her high marks from her clients and peers. David A. Lamb is a founding shareholder and CTO of Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC, and a seasoned family law and trial attorney. David’s practice includes divorce, custody disputes, and post-decree litigation. He has been on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and the Colorado Family Law Institute, and also assists families as a mediator, PC/DM, and arbitrator.
(303) 741-5300 info@spalfamilylaw.com 5299 DTC Boulevard Suite 430 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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Hogan Omidi, PC KATHLEEN HOGAN 2022 TOP LAWYER • 6X WINNER HALLEH OMIDI 2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER Kathleen “Kathy” Hogan wrote the book on family law in Colorado. She devotes her practice primarily to complex financial cases, parental responsibilities, and child custody related issues. Other areas of expertise include prenuptial agreements and appeals in all areas of family law. Halleh Omidi counsels clients on all the various aspects of dissolution of marriage cases, including complex asset division, allocation of parental responsibilities, child support, maintenance, paternity, post-decree modifications and appeals. She is experienced in litigation and also excels in negotiating an optimal outcome in less contentious domestic matters. Their firm handles cases throughout the state of Colorado. HOGANOMIDI.COM (303) 691-9600 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive Suite 950 Denver, CO 80209 5280.COM • JANUARY 2022
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Kerrane Storz, P.C. JEFFREY P. KERRANE 2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER HEIDI E. STORZ 2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER For more than 20 years, the attorneys at Kerrane Storz have exclusively represented community associations and other property owners in construction defect lawsuits against builders, developers, and their insurance companies. We advance all costs related to the litigation and handle most cases on a contingency fee basis. We focus on communication, accessibility, transparency, and treating our clients as equal partners as we navigate through a complex and difficult process. KERRANESTORZ.COM (720) 898-9680 370 Interlocken Boulevard, Suite 630 Broomfield, CO 80021
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2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
Ms. Jones is the founder and CEO of Jones Law Firm, PC, Denver’s premier family law firm for 20+ years. She leads a powerhouse team of family law practitioners who support families in transition. The continuous pursuit of providing the highest quality legal services are foundations that Jones Law Firm, PC thrives upon. April and her team at Jones Law Firm, PC will listen, advise, take care of you, and aggressively pursue your best interests in divorce, child custody, and modification cases. DENVERDIVORCEATTORNEYS.COM (720) 606-2650 9085 E. Mineral Circle, Suite 190 Centennial, CO 90112
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Anderson & Jahde, P.C. STEVEN ANDERSON
2022 TOP LAWYER • 6X WINNER
Recognized by U.S. News—Best Lawyers—“Best Law Firms” as a Tier 1 firm for Tax Law in Colorado. Having helped thousands of taxpayers and professionals over 25 years of practice, Anderson & Jahde is counted among the best at what they do. Specialized Practice Areas: Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation | Estate & Trust Planning | Civil & Criminal Tax Controversies | Probate Administration & Litigation | Accountant Liability & Malpractice | AND MORE
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McConaughy & Sarkissian, PC IVAN SARKISSIAN
2022 TOP LAWYER • 4X WINNER
Ivan A. Sarkissian, Shareholder and Co-founder of McConaughy & Sarkissian, P.C., was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1997 and is admitted to practice in all Colorado state courts, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Sarkissian received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University in 1993 and attended the Tulane University School of Law, obtaining his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, in 1997. While in law school, Mr. Sarkissian was an associate editor of the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law. Mr. Sarkissian is a trial attorney whose practice is focused on the defense of business entities and individuals in a wide array of cases including construction defect claims on behalf of developers, general contractors and subcontractors, personal injury claims, and so much more. As lead counsel, Mr. Sarkissian has been instrumental in early disposition of cases through motions and effective settlement negotiations, saving clients significant legal expenses. MSLAWPC.COM (303) 649-0999 4725 S. Monaco Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80237
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Recht Kornfeld, PC MARNIE ADAMS 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER MEGAN DOWNING 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER DIETER RAEMDONCK 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER
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Recht Kornfeld is proud of its latest additions to 5280 Top Lawyers list in criminal defense and government relations and lobbying. Congratulations Marnie Adams, Megan Downing, and Dieter Raemdonck. Marnie specializes in criminal defense, including white collar cases, as well as Title IX and expulsion defense in school settings. Megan prides herself on a practice focused on complex criminal defense as well as the representation of victims in criminal cases. Dieter’s practice is focused on government relations matters at the federal, state, and local levels, advocating client interests before legislators, regulators, executive branch personnel, and county and municipal elected officials and their staffs. Full bios are available at rklawpc.com.
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Frazer-Abel Law VIRGINIA FRAZER-ABEL 2022 TOP LAWYER • 3X WINNER
Counsel at Frazer-Abel Law specialize in elder law, probate administration and litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, estate and special needs planning, public benefits, settlement planning and fiduciary work. Virginia Frazer-Abel, Esq. and Eric Kelly, Esq. are committed to providing clients with the highest level of legal representation and oversee legal needs with honesty and integrity.
VFALEGAL.COM (720) 638-1465 4704 Harlan Street, Suite 250 Denver, CO 80212
› CIVIL LITIGATION
Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C. DAN WARTELL
2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER
Dan Wartell is a Partner and trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex business litigation, financial fraud and business torts, and professional liability. Dan has a diverse practice which includes breach of contract, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, embezzlement, intellectual property litigation, real estate litigation, and appeals. COLO-LAW.COM (303) 451-0300 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000 Denver, CO 80264
Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP LARA M. BAKER 2022 TOP LAWYER • 5X WINNER DANNY S. FOSTER 2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER DAVID WM. FOSTER 5X WINNER Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP is a team of dedicated, local attorneys who work collaboratively with our clients to ensure the highest levels of success, professionalism, and advocacy across a comprehensive field of legal disciplines. Service • Experience • Results
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Colorado Family Law Project MAHA KAMAL
2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
Maha Kamal, Esq. founded the Colorado Family Law Project in 2016. She is one of the few family law attorneys in the Denver metro area who provides sliding scale and unbundled legal services to clients in divorce, custody, and mediation. Ms. Kamal co-chairs the Colorado Supreme Court committee for Paraprofessionals and Legal Services (“PALS”), is a CBA 2021-2022 Legislative Policy Committee member, and serves as a 2021-2022 member of the CBA Family Law Executive Council. In addition, she is a 2019 graduate of the Colorado Bar Association’s Leadership Training Program (COBALT). She serves on the Art Students League of Denver Board of Directors and the American Humanist Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Ms. Kamal holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder (’07) and her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (’13). She is fluent in Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu. Aside from law, Ms. Kamal is writing a collection of South Asian ghost stories and is an avid artist. COLORADOFAMILYLAWPROJECT.COM (720) 224-3010 1627 Vine Street, Denver, CO 80206
› CRIMINAL
Stimson Stancil LaBranche Hubbard MARCI GILLIGAN LABRANCHE 2022 TOP LAWYER • 3X WINNER
JULIA STANCIL 2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER KATHRYN STIMSON 2022 TOP LAWYER • 7X WINNER
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Stimson Stancil LaBranche Hubbard is a woman-owned law firm led by skilled trial attorneys who are strategic legal thinkers. The attorneys at SSLH have experience handling the most complex criminal and civil defense matters and always ensure their clients receive the personal attention they need and deserve. SSLH represents individuals and businesses in all manner of criminal and civil litigation in state and federal courts. SSLHLAW.COM (720) 689-8909 1652 Downing Street Denver, CO 80218 5280.COM • JANUARY 2022
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JAMS would like to congratulate Judge Jim Miller for, again, being included among 5280 Magazine’s Top Lawyers. JAMS doesn’t just resolve disputes—we solve problems. JAMS. Local Solutions, Global Reach.
JAMSDENVER.COM (303) 534-1254 410 17th Street Suite 2440 Denver, CO 80202
› REAL ESTATE: LANDLORD/TENANT
Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius, PC DEBORAH L. WILSON 2022 TOP LAWYER • 6X WINNER KRISTI BUNGE 2022 TOP LAWYER • 3X WINNER PAUL FARRER 2X WINNER KAREN KELLY-BRAEM Springman, Braden, Wilson & Pontius, P.C. is dedicated to providing effective and practical solutions to legal issues faced by landlords, property management companies, REITs and community associations in Colorado. SBWP-LAW.COM | (303) 685-4633 4175 Harlan Street, Suite 200, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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Law Office of O’Toole & Sbarbaro, P.C. NEIL D. O’TOOLE JOHN A. SBARBARO
2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER
Established in 1998, and specializing in Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability for over two decades, the lawyers at the Law Office of O’Toole & Sbarbaro, PC, welcome the opportunity to serve injured workers in these complicated areas of law. OTOOLE-SBARBARO.COM O: (303) 595-4777 | F: (303) 825-6759 226 W. 12th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204-3625 LP-68
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2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER
Robbie Barr combines patience, persistence, and intellect to help attorneys and their clients find workable solutions to legal disputes. During 40 years as a trial lawyer, judge, and then mediator, Robbie has handled almost every type of case with honest evaluations and deft communication skills.
BARRADR.COM (303) 579-1188 1777 S. Harrison Street Denver, CO 80210
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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith TODD R. SEELMAN
2022 TOP LAWYER • 8X WINNER
Todd has 30 years of experience representing clients as an advisor and in litigation involving antitrust and competition, securities and financial fraud, and related complex commercial matters. Todd has extensive experience in class actions and multi-district litigation. He is also the national chair of the firm’s Antitrust Group.
LEWISBRISBOIS.COM Todd.Seelman@lewisbrisbois.com (720) 292-2002
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Studio IP JESSIE PELLANT
2022 TOP LAWYER • 2X WINNER
University of Colorado Boulder BFA Theatre Gonzaga University School of Law JD Cum Laude At StudioIP, I honor our clients’ work with supportive, thoughtful, and innovative counsel. I’m a trusted advisor because of my willingness to tackle difficult matters requiring persistence and a creative outlook. Offering an out of the box approach, I keep client needs and efficiency at the forefront of any solution. STUDIOIP.COM (303) 563-5360 3000 Lawrence Street Denver, CO 80205
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Lathrop GPM LLP ALISON ZINN
2022 TOP LAWYER • 7X WINNER
Alison is committed to helping clients work through and resolve intricate situations involving trusts, estates, and protected proceedings. Effective in the courtroom and at the negotiation table, she utilizes creative solutions to solve disputes concerning wills, trusts, probate fiduciaries, beneficiaries, guardianships and conservatorships.
LATHROPGPM.COM (720) 931-3200 1515 Wynkoop Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202
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Colorado Advocates JEP SEMAN
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For nearly 30 years, Colorado Advocates has formulated winning advocacy strategies to help our clients successfully navigate the intersection of Colorado law, regulation, legislation, and politics. Thank you, 5280 Magazine, and congratulations to all Top Lawyers!
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Alverson + O’Brien, PC ERIKA L. ALVERSON, ESQ. 2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER
Alverson + O’Brien specializes in representing injured workers in workers’ compensation claims. Our attorneys pride themselves on dedication as they pursue each claim with integrity and zeal. With numerous industry awards and recognitions, Alverson + O’Brien continues to excel at representing injured workers.
ALVERSONOBRIEN.COM (720) 649-5568 1888 Sherman Street, Suite 403, Denver, CO 80203
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Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. TAMARA K. SEAVER
2022 TOP LAWYER • 1X WINNER
For 27 years Tamara Seaver has advised clients regarding financing, building, and operating Colorado’s public transportation facilities. She is general counsel for all of the state’s public highway authorities and has spoken both nationally and internationally regarding innovative finance, governance, and construction strategies supporting public transportation infrastructure, including deployment of regional cooperative governmental authorities and public-private partnerships (P3s). ISP-LAW.COM (303) 867-3004 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, CO 80237
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Hailey | Hart PLLC W. RANDOLPH BARNHART 2022 TOP LAWYER • 5X WINNER
MELISSA HAILEY ELIZABETH A. HART Hailey | Hart is a modern plaintiffs’ law firm based in Denver. Our focus is serious personal injury, insurance disputes, and professional negligence. Our model is client-centered, tailored representation. Our services range from pre-litigation negotiation to trial to appeal. HAILEYHARTLAW.COM (720) 400-7970 383 Corona Street, Suite 319 Denver, CO 80218 5280.COM • JANUARY 2022
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SYMBOL KEY Indicates a restaurant featured in 5280 for the first time (though not necessarily a restaurant that has just opened).
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Hampden South / Chinese This Chinese restaurant, specializes in hand-pulled noodles and hot pot. Reservations not accepted. 8101 E. Belleview Ave., 303-220-0577. Lunch, Dinner
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Aurora / American Caroline Glover brings a warm dining experience to Stanley Marketplace. Enjoy a family-style menu featuring seasonal salads, toasts, and wood-grilled fare. Reservations accepted. Stanley Marketplace, 2501 Dallas St., Ste. 108, Aurora. 720-710-9975. Dinner Avelina
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Downtown / American This upscale LoDo restaurant offers a sleek atmosphere and beautifully composed plates with worldly flavors. Sample the roasted Icelandic cod or wagyu beef carpaccio. Reservations accepted. 1550 17th St., Ste. 120, 720-904-6711. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Central Park / Italian Chef Elise Wiggins offers rustic, wood-fired Italian fare from a sprawling chef’s counter. Go for grilled oysters, pizzas, and fresh pastas. Reservations accepted. 10195 E. 29th Dr., Ste. 110, 303-645-3779. Dinner Comal Heritage Food Incubator
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Globeville / International You’ll find family recipes from Latin America and Syria at this spot, which has a rotating menu and provides job training to local women. Reservations not accepted. 3455 Ringsby Ct., Ste. 105, 303-292-0770. Lunch
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RiNo / Contemporary Chef Duncan Holmes brings an elevated, intimate dining experience to Larimer Street. The seasonal menu changes frequently. Reservations required. 2843 Larimer St., 303-749-0020. Dinner Blackbelly
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Boulder / American Chef Hosea Rosenberg’s menu features charcuterie, small plates, and daily butcher specials. Try the crispy pig ears with red pepper jelly. Also check out the grab-and-go market next door. Reservations accepted. 1606 Conestoga St., Boulder, 303-247-1000. Dinner
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RiNo / Italian One thing you can count on at Alexander Figura, Spencer White, and Lulu Clair’s fast-casual Italian eatery: perfect pasta. Try the cacio e pepe or the squid ink fusilli with blue crab. The house-made sourdough is heavenly. Reservations accepted for parties of eight or more. 3264 Larimer St., 303-562-1965. Dinner Dos Santos
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City Park West / Mexican The menu at this modern taqueria features light, seafood-centric dishes, like beer-battered fish tacos. Reservations not accepted. 1475 E. 17th Ave., 303-386-3509. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Downtown / Steak House This elegant spot inside the Four Seasons Hotel Denver serves contemporary steak house fare by chef Jessica Biederman. Order the dry-aged buffalo rib-eye and the wedge salad with habanero bacon. Reservations accepted. 1111 14th St., 303-3893343. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cherry Creek / Italian Dedication to authenticity translates to the food and extensive wine menu at this elegant eatery, which is focused on the cuisines of northern Italy’s Tuscany and Piedmont regions. Reservations accepted. 3030 E. Sixth Ave., 303-393-1040. Dinner Beckon
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Boulder / Spanish Housed on the rooftop level of the Pearl West building, this elegant Spanish steak house offers stunning Flatiron views and fabulous cocktails and wines. Splurge on the Japanese wagyu or opt for a locally sourced steak. Reservations accepted. 1023 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Boulder, 303-444-1333. Dinner, Brunch
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Golden Triangle / Mexican Owners Francisco Cuevas and Camelia Robles serve quesabirria and aguas frescas in this neon-lit taqueria and art gallery. Reservations not accepted. 1043 N. Broadway, 720-598-6934. Lunch, Dinner Cattivella
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When former Panzano executive sous chef David Gross became executive chef in June, he breathed new life into the 23-year-old restaurant’s menu. Taste his influence in Coloradoinspired Italian dishes such as the pappardelle di vitello: braised veal, charred cipollini onions, wild mushrooms, chestnuts, and Marsala served over Panzano’s signature scratch-made pasta. Or try the elk tenderloin, dressed with a juniper berry jus and served with a cipollini onion and potato crostata (an Italian-style tart).
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Sunnyside / Mexican Enjoy farm-to-table Mexican fare at this Sunnyside haunt. Pair a margarita with the four-cheese queso dip, and try the organic mushroom tacos. Reservations accepted. 2450 W. 44th Ave., 720-389-7615. Dinner
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Niwot / American Chef-owners Lisa and Patrick Balcom serve contemporary American fare with ingredients sourced within 10 miles of the eatery. Reservations accepted. 7916 Niwot Rd., Niwot, 303-827-3949. Breakfast, Dinner
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Highland / Cafe Toasts, salads, juices, smoothies, and other nourishing breakfast and lunch options are available at this cheery, fast-casual cafe. Reservations not accepted. 2158 W. 32nd Ave., Unit 100, 720-708-6865. Breakfast, Lunch
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Boulder / Italian Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and master sommelier Bobby Stuckey’s fine-dining mecca has racked up scores of accolades over the years (including nods from the James Beard Foundation). The elegant Friulano cuisine always wows. Reservations accepted. 1738 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-6966. Dinner
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Cherry Creek / Asian Try the aptly named Amazing Roll: fatty tuna, cucumber, and scallion on the inside; avocado, crispy kani, eel, and special sauce on the outside. Reservations accepted. 250 Steele St., Ste. 104, 303-722-9968. Lunch, Dinner
RiNo / Chinese From Tommy Lee of Uncle, this neighborhood hangout serves dishes rooted in Chinese tradition with a touch of distinctive flair. Try the dan dan mian. Reservations accepted. 3500 Larimer St., 720-379-8340. Dinner
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RiNo / American This hip hangout offers craft cocktails and light fare, including sandwiches and charcuterie boards. Reservations not accepted. 3126 Larimer St., 720-445-9691. Dinner
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Downtown / Japanese This Japanese-based chain boasts table-centered grills on which diners cook proteins like Harami skirt steak. There are also noodles and rice dishes, and appetizers such as tuna poké nachos. Reservations required. 1998 18th St., 720-726-4068. Lunch, Dinner
and ricotta pancakes with blueberries. Reservations accepted. 410 E. Seventh Ave., 720-828-8180. Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch Izakaya Den
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Platt Park / Japanese Ultra-fresh sushi, sashimi, and creative small plates are on the menu at this local favorite. Reservations accepted. 1487-A S. Pearl St., 303-777-0691. Lunch, Dinner
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Lincoln Park / Jamaican This restaurant serves classic dishes like jerk chicken and fried plantains. Also try the Jamaican Mini Grille and International Jerk Market in Lakewood. Reservations accepted. 709 W. Eighth Ave., 303-623-0013. Lunch, Dinner
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
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Berkeley / Deli This market and deli strives to provide the highest quality, locally raised cured meats in Colorado. Try a fresh salumi platter or sandwich. Reservations not accepted. 4334 W. 41st Ave., 303-477-3206. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Speer / American This upbeat eatery dishes up seasonal, European-inspired brunch and lunch dishes in a bright cafe. Try the gluten-free lemon
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Downtown / Seafood Enjoy sustainable seafood at this Union Station spot. Specialties include the raw oyster bar and seasonally composed plates. Multiple locations. Reservations accepted. 1539 17th St., 303-292-5767. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Jerusalem Restaurant
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University / Middle Eastern Enjoy tasty and affordable Middle Eastern fare, including gyros, baba ghanoush, and sambusas. Reservations accepted. 1890 E. Evans Ave., 303-777-8828. Lunch, Dinner
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go for the crisp Lil’ Gems salad. Reservations not accepted. 123 W. 12th Ave., 303-325-5691. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner $$
Aurora / Japanese Satisfy a ramen craving with one of the traditional styles offered at this cozy spot. Try a combo meal with gyoza and a rice bowl. Reservations not accepted. 1930 S. Havana St., Aurora, 303-751-2222. Lunch, Dinner
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Cherry Creek / Asian Everything is traditional at this Japanese restaurant, including the seating. The menu features Japanese favorites, such as tempura, gyoza, and yakisoba. Reservations accepted. 231 Milwaukee St., 303-989-5907. Lunch, Dinner
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Downtown / French Lon Symensma’s Europeaninspired eatery features table-side preparations and a roving cheese cart. Don’t miss the Paris-Brest dessert. Reservations accepted. 1555 Blake St., Ste. 102, 720-845-1673. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch Leven Deli Co.
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Golden Triangle / Deli Classic deli meets California cool at this bright spot. Get a taste of the house-made pastrami on the Reuben sandwich or
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Golden Triangle / Italian This is the sister restaurant to the acclaimed original of the same name in Portofino, Italy. Don’t miss the authentic, ingredientdriven Italian dishes like house-made ravioli with walnut sauce, or the scratch-made desserts. Reservations accepted. 1135 Bannock St., 303-825-1995. Lunch, Dinner
Los Cabos
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Downtown / Peruvian This cozy eatery serves Peruvian specialties with Cantonese and Spanish influences. Don’t miss the rotisserie chicken. Reservations accepted. 1525 Champa St., 303-595-3232. Lunch, Dinner
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Downtown / New American Award-winning chef Alex Seidel offers contemporary farm-to-table fare, including pasta dishes and family-style plates for the table. Mercantile also features counter-service dining for lunch, as well as a marketplace of locally sourced foodstuffs. Reservations accepted for dinner. Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop St., Ste. 155, 720-460-3733. Lunch, Dinner
Mercury Cafe
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Five Points / Contemporary Enjoy live music and plenty of vegetarian options, as well as pasta dishes, Colorado fish, and grass-fed bison, lamb, and beef. Reservations accepted. 2199 California St., 303-294-9281. Dinner, Brunch
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City Park / Contemporary This walk-up kitchen inside Middleman cocktail bar serves a rotating menu of imaginative twists on familiar pub fare. Try the rotating house-made chips and dip. Reservations not accepted. 3401 E. Colfax Ave., 303-353-4207. Dinner
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NOLA Voodoo Tavern and Perks
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RiNo / American Find charcuterie boards, fried chicken, and other picnic-ready fare at this graffiti-filled, sommelier-operated natural wine bar. Reservations accepted. 1336 27th St., 303-993-5330. Dinner
Cole / Southern New Orleans native and owner Henry Batiste serves up gumbo, po’ boys, hush puppies, étoufée, muffalettas, and much more at this Louisiana-inspired spot. Reservations not accepted. 3321 Bruce Randolph Ave., 720-389-9544. Dinner
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Downtown / Seafood A perfect marriage between land and sea, this supper club offers steak and fresh fish in one. Reservations recommended. 1465 Larimer St., 303-825-3663. Lunch, Dinner Lowry Field / American Nosh on Maryland crab cakes and prime rib French dip at this neighborhood dining room and bar. Reservations accepted. 84 Rampart Way, 303-284-0714. Dinner
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Aurora / Barbecue Aaron Gonerway sells tender ribs, juicy pulled pork, and plump kielbasa in a takeout-only storefront in Aurora. Reservations not accepted. 11601 E. Montview Blvd., Aurora, 720-697-0082. Lunch, Dinner
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City Park / Chinese Enjoy a modern take on Chinese cuisine executed by chef Christopher Lin, an alum of Momofuku in New York City, in this hip, casual restaurant. Don’t miss the braised pork rice or the salt and pepper, head-on shrimp. Reservations accepted. 3421 E. Colfax Ave., 720-729-8887. Dinner
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Golden Triangle / American Chef Jennifer Jasinski of Rioja and Stoic & Genuine serves up light, fresh lunch fare at this fine-dining restauraunt inside the Denver Art Museum. Reservations accepted. 100 W. 14th Ave., 720-913-2761. Lunch
Run for the Roses
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Highland / Contemporary Located in a refabbed 1950s service station, this hip restaurant serves globally inspired cuisine with a focus on veggies and sustainable meats. Order the lamb porterhouse. Also try the DIA location. Reservations accepted. 1600 W. 33rd Ave., 303-993-4200. Dinner, Brunch
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Boulder / Global This food hall’s tenants include Amira, Shanghai Moon, Petite Fleur, and more. Sit on the rooftop deck and enjoy a drink from one of the two bars. Reservations are accepted on the Crown Mezzanine. 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-323-5509. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Downtown / Contemporary You’ll find 52 classic cocktails and gourmet parlor snacks at this underground bar in the Dairy Block. Reservations accepted for parties of six or more. 1801 Blake St., 720-573-9155. Dinner
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RiNo / Mediterranean Acclaimed chef Alon Shaya brings his modern Israeli fare to Denver. Start with the creamy hummus and pillowy woodoven pita before moving on to tabbouleh salad, charred cabbage, and halloumi. Reservations accepted. The Source Hotel & Market Hall, 3330 Brighton Blvd., 720-408-2444. Lunch, Dinner SAME Café
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City Park West / Seasonal This relaxed lunch spot pairs pay-what-you-can pricing with an everchanging menu. Reservations not accepted. 2023 E. Colfax Ave., 720-530-6853. Lunch Spuntino
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Highland / Italian Enjoy the locally sourced menu at this Italian-inspired, husband-and-wife-owned spot. Try the seasonal pasta or any dish with Southern Indian influences. Don’t miss the house-made gelato for dessert. Reservations accepted. 2639 W. 32nd Ave., 303-433-0949. Dinner
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RiNo / Latin American Chef Dana Rodriguez offers a combo of large-format items and Pan-Latin small plates, the latter served from roving dim-sumstyle carts. Try the braised lamb with grilled cactus salad. Reservations not accepted. The Ramble Hotel, 1260 25th St., 720-269-4695. Dinner
Vital Root
Berkeley / American Justin Cucci’s fourth eatery focuses on quick, healthy food. Grab a seat in the airy space and nosh on creative, wholesome fare such as chilled carrot-ginger soup or a veggie dosa. Reservations not accepted. 3915 Tennyson St., 303-474-4131. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tacos Tequila Whiskey
City Park / Mexican This taqueria offers a variety of Mexican specialties. Try the queso a la plancha taco made with griddled Cotija cheese, smashed avocado, and roasted tomatillo salsa. Multiple locations. Reservations not accepted. 1514 York St., 720-475-1337. Lunch, Dinner
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Five Points / English Head to this teahouse, bookstore, and market for loose-leaf and specialty teas and all-day fare like soups, salads, sandwiches, and freshly baked pastries. High tea service is also available. Reservations accepted. 611 22nd St., 303-593-2013. Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch
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Curtis Park / Japanese James Beard Award– winning chef Tyson Cole combines unexpected flavors for his unique take on Japanese food. Try the sake toro aburi or the foie gras sushi. Reservations accepted. 2500 Lawrence St., 303-444-1922. Dinner Urban Village Grill
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Golden / Mexican This long-standing joint serves cooked-to-order burritos, quesadillas, tacos, and alambres (skillet dishes) made with recipes inspired by Walter Meza’s childhood in Mexico. Reservations not accepted. 715 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-215-3436. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Arvada / Indian This local favorite serves traditional Indian and Nepalese cuisine like onion bhaji, lamb vindaloo, and Tibetan momos. Multiple locations. Reservations accepted. 9000 Yukon St., Arvada, 303-426-1976. Lunch, Dinner
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Lone Tree / Indian This fine-dining restaurant serves classic and contemporary seasonal dishes from regions across India, including a great selection of vegetarian specialties. Reservations accepted. 8505 Park Meadows Center Dr., Ste. 2184A, Lone Tree, 720-536-8565. Lunch, Dinner
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Sunnyside / Contemporary Basta chef Kelly Whitaker fuses Asian and Italian techniques and ingredients at this hip Sunnyside eatery. The results, such as 7X brisket braised in dashi and red wine and house-extruded mafaldine pasta with koji tomatoes, are unique and delicious. Reservations accepted. 4058 Tejon St., 720-456-6507. Dinner
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Downtown / Italian The team behind Boulder’s acclaimed Frasca Food and Wine offers the same attention to detail and hospitality at this more casual Denver restaurant. The charming space is home to dishes from across Italy and a deep wine list. Try the squid ink bucatini or the duck ragu. Reservations accepted. 1889 16th St., 720-605-1889. Lunch, Dinner
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Washington Park West / French Salads and sandwiches (think curry chicken or skirt steak with arugula and walnut mustard) dot the small menu at this European-influenced cafe. Reservations not accepted. 704 S. Pearl St., 303-997-5941. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Downtown / Chinese This cozy, counter-service spot offers Chinese home-style cooking. Order the handmade pork shumai dumplings or the Sichuan braised beef noodle soup, which features housemade noodles. Also try the Boulder location. Reservations not accepted. 1625 Wynkoop St., 303-545-6262. Lunch, Dinner
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NOEL & KRIEGER 165 S. Union Blvd., Suite 310
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Katie E. McClure
THE SAWAYA LAW FIRM 1600 Ogden St.
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NOEL & KRIEGER 165 S. Union Blvd., Suite 310
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GLATSTEIN & O’BRIEN 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350
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Ayo Labode
THE LAW OFFICE OF AYO LABODE 455 Sherman St., Suite 100
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Letitia M. Maxfield
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Tammy Conover
CONOVER LAW 6500 S. Quebec St.
Greenwood Village 80111 303-376-6224
Claire Dineen
LAW OFFICE OF CLAIRE E. DINEEN 4500 Cherry Creek South Drive,
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Virginia Frazer-Abel
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ENVIRONMENTAL Jennifer L. Biever
WILLIAMS WEESE PEPPLE & FERGUSON 1801 California St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-861-2828 williamsweese.com
Barbara J.B. Green
SULLIVAN GREEN SEAVY 3223 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 300
Boulder 80303 303-355-4405 sullivangreenseavy.com
Ana Maria Gutierrez
HOGAN LOVELLS 1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver 80202 303-899-7300 hoganlovells.com
John R. Jacus
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS Leigh Augustine
Christine A. Jochim
Greenwood Village 80111 720-432-1069 augustinesports.com
Errol Brown
HAYNES BOONE 1050 17th St., Suite 1800
Denver 80265 303-382-6230 haynesboone.com
Sarah Hartley
BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 4100
Denver 80203 303-861-7000 bclplaw.com
Mark Kurtenbach
HOGAN LOVELLS 1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver 80202 303-899-7300 hoganlovells.com
James D. Leonard
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH 1144 15th St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-607-3500 faegredrinker.com
Dave Ratner
CREATIVE LAW NETWORK 2701 Lawrence St.
Denver 80205 720-924-6529 creativelawnetwork.com
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Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
AUGUSTINE LAW FIRM 5994 S. Holly St., Suite 400
Marco Chayet
Craig A. Umbaugh
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Jim Martin
BEATTY & WOZNIAK 1675 Broadway, Suite 600
Denver 80202 303-407-4499 bwenergylaw.com
Gabe Racz
VRANESH AND RAISCH 5303 Spine Road, Suite 202
Boulder 80301 303-443-6151 vrlaw.com
Scott H. Reisch
HOGAN LOVELLS 1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver 80202 303-899-7300 hoganlovells.com
Carlos R. Romo
WILLIAMS WEESE PEPPLE & FERGUSON 1801 California St.,
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Elizabeth H. Temkin
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Seaton Thedinger
KEATING AND LYDEN 5377 Manhattan Circle
Boulder 80303 303-448-8801 keatingandlyden.com
Eric Waeckerlin
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
ESTATE PLANNING Michelle Adams
LAW OFFICE OF MICHELLE ADAMS 2373 Central Park Blvd.,
Suite 100 Denver 80238 720-432-9685 coloradofamilylegacy.com
Desta Asfaw
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Merry H. Balson
BALSON FAIX & MCVEY 7400 E. Caley Ave.,
Suite 300 Centennial 80111 720-974-6350 balsonfaix.com
Laura Dinan
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Susan R. Harris
SUSAN R. HARRIS & ASSOCIATES 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd.,
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Pamela Maass
LAW MOTHER 98 Inverness Drive East, Suite 360
Englewood 80112 720-706-0036 lawmother.com
Kevin D. Millard
WADE ASH WOODS HILL & FARLEY 4500 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 600 Denver 80246 303-322-8943 wadeash.com
Jane C. Paddison
HUTCHINSON BLACK AND COOK 921 Walnut St., Suite 200
Boulder 80302 303-442-6514 hbcboulder.com
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TUTHILL & HUGHES 55 Madison St., Suite 555
Denver 80206 303-243-3100 tuthillhughes.com
David L. Starbuck
BAKERHOSTETLER 1801 California St., Suite 4400
Denver 80202 303-861-0600 bakerlaw.com
Bridget Sullivan
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
Margot Summers Edwards
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway, Suite 300
Boulder 80302 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Stephanie Tuthill
TUTHILL & HUGHES 55 Madison St., Suite 555
Denver 80206 303-243-3100 tuthillhughes.com
FAMILY LAW/DIVORCE Rebecca Alexander
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Kathleen Ann Hogan
HOGAN OMIDI 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive,
Suite 950 Denver 80209 303-691-9600 hoganomidi.com
April D. Jones
JONES LAW FIRM 9085 E. Mineral Circle,
Suite 190 Centennial 80112 303-799-8155 denverdivorceattorneys.com
Maha Kamal
COLORADO FAMILY LAW PROJECT 1627 Vine St.
Denver 80206 720-897-5182 coloradofamilylawproject.com
David A. Lamb
SHERR PUTTMANN AKINS LAMB
5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 430
Greenwood Village 80111 303-741-5300 spalfamilylaw.com
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BRIDGE LEGAL SOLUTIONS 130 W. Fifth Ave.
Denver 80204 720-614-8890 bridgelegalsolutions.com
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Jerremy M. Ramp
BECK, JONSON & NOLAN 300 Union Blvd., Suite 300
Lakewood 80228 303-278-3078 bjnlaw.com
Jordan Fox
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
Suzanne Griffiths
GRIFFITHS LAW 10375 Park Meadows Drive,
Suite 520 Lone Tree 80124 303-858-8090 griffithslawpc.com
Leslie Hansen
GRIFFITHS LAW 10375 Park Meadows Drive,
Suite 520 Lone Tree 80124 303-858-8090 griffithslawpc.com
LASS COOPER RAMP 1441 18th St., Suite 300
Denver 80202 303-296-9412 familylaw5280.com
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SHERR PUTTMANN AKINS LAMB 5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 430
Greenwood Village 80111 303-741-5300 spalfamilylaw.com
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Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Michael Feeley
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Cole Finegan
HOGAN LOVELLS 1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver 80202 303-899-7300 hoganlovells.com
Doug Friednash
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Mark Grueskin
RECHT KORNFELD 1600 Stout St., Suite 1400
Denver 80202 303-573-1900 rklawpc.com
Melissa Kuipers Blake
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Sarah Mercer
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Christopher Murray
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
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RECHT KORNFELD 1600 Stout St., Suite 1400
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Trey Rogers
RECHT KORNFELD 1600 Stout St., Suite 1400
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS/ CONTRACTS/LOBBYING
Jep Seman
THE LAW OFFICE OF NICOAL C. SPERRAZZA 3900 E. Mexico Ave.,
Jon Anderson
MAVEN LAW GROUP 1800 Glenarm Place, Suite 950
Denver 80202 303-218-7150 mavenlawgroup.com
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COLORADO ADVOCATES 23 S. Kalamath St., Suite 200
Denver 80223 720-377-0703 coloradoadvocates.com
Martha Tierney
TIERNEY LAWRENCE 225 E. 16th Ave., Suite 350
Denver 80203 720-242-7577 tierneylawrence.com
HEALTH Lauren Carboni
FOLEY & LARDNER 600 17th St., Suite 2020S
Denver 80202 720-437-2000 foley.com
Erin M. Eiselein
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Jennifer Evans
POLSINELLI 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-572-9300 polsinelli.com
Colleen Faddick
POLSINELLI 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-572-9300 polsinelli.com
Mark A. Fogg
CHILDS MCCUNE 821 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-296-7300 childsmccune.com
Ann McCullough
POLSINELLI 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-572-9300 polsinelli.com
Jim Miles
GREENBERG TRAURIG 1144 15th St., Suite 3300
Denver 80202 303-572-6500 gtlaw.com
Anna-Liisa Mullis
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Jennifer A. Sullivan
CAPLAN & EARNEST 3107 Iris Ave., Suite 100
Boulder 80301 303-443-8010 celaw.com
Emily Weber
FOLEY & LARDNER 600 17th St., Suite 2020S
Denver 80202 720-437-2000 foley.com
TOP LAWYERS 2022 IMMIGRATION Mark R. Barr
LICHTER IMMIGRATION 1601 Vine St.
Denver 80206 303-554-8400 lichterimmigration.com
Christina Brown
CHRISTINA BROWN 517 E. 16th Ave.
Denver 80203 303-747-3494 cbrownlawoffice.com
Jennifer Casey
KOLKO & CASEY 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 585
Denver 80203 303-371-1822 kolkocasey.com
Catherine Chan
CHAN LAW FIRM 1737 N. Gaylord St.
Camila Palmer
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Koby Polaski
Michael J. Rosenberg
Amanda Tessar
Denver 80218 303-736-6650 eahimmigration.com
Greenwood Village 80111 303-766-8153 jordanlaw.com
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ELKIND ALTERMAN HARSTON 1761 N. Emerson St.
Alyssa Reed
REED IMMIGRATION 2325 W. 72nd Ave.
Denver 80221 303-957-0192 reedimmigration.com
Emily L. Smith
EMILY L. SMITH 11990 Grant St., Suite 550
Northglenn 80233 720-630-4429
INSURANCE
Kathleen M. Glynn
Damian J. Arguello
COLORADO INSURANCE LAW CENTER 8181 Arista Place, Suite 100
Lakewood 80228 303-679-8266 grobeirich.com
Broomfield 80021 303-427-2454 cilc.law
Lisa Green
W. Randolph Barnhart
GREEN & MARIS 1790 30th St., Suite 200
HAILEY HART LAW 303 N. Corona St., Suite 319
Boulder 80301 303-444-9500 greenmaris.com
Denver 80218 303-898-5518 haileyhartlaw.com
Aaron C. Hall
John P. Craver
JOSEPH & HALL 12203 E. Second Ave.
WHITE AND STEEL 600 17th St., Suite 600N
Aurora 80011 303-297-9171 immigrationissues.com
Denver 80202 303-296-2828 whiteandsteele.com
David Harston
Bradley A. Levin
ELKIND ALTERMAN HARSTON 1761 N. Emerson St.
LEVIN SITCOFF 1512 Larimer St., Suite 650
Denver 80218 303-736-6650 eahimmigration.com
Denver 80202 303-575-9390 levinsitcoff.com
Christine M. Hernández
Christopher R. Mosley
HERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES 1801 York St.
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80206 303-623-1122 hdezlaw.com
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
Shawn D. Meade
Franklin D. Patterson
MYRIGHTS IMMIGRATION LAW FIRM 8205 E. Colfax Ave.
PATTERSON RIPPLINGER 5613 DTC Parkway, Suite 400
Denver 80220 303-495-5121 myrightsimmigration.com
Greenwood Village 80111 303-741-4539 prpclegal.com
Hans Meyer
Dennis B. Polk
THE MEYER LAW OFFICE 901 W. 10th Ave., Suite 2A
Denver 80204 303-831-0817 themeyerlawoffice.com
Mindy Sooter
SPENCER FANE 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 2000
Denver 80206 303-586-5555 chanimmigration.com
GROB & EIRICH 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390
Terence Ridley
ELKIND ALTERMAN HARSTON 1761 N. Emerson St.
HOLLEY, ALBERTSON & POLK 1667 Cole Blvd., Building 19,
Suite 100 Golden 80401 303-233-7838
Denver 80203 303-839-3800 spencerfane.com
JORDAN, HERINGTON & ROWLEY 5 445 DTC Parkway, Suite 1000
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
PERKINS COIE 1900 16th St., Suite 1400
Denver 80202 303-291-2300 perkinscoie.com
Jon F. Sands
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : PATENT
Denver 80202 303-296-3377 sweetbaumsands.com
Michael Drapkin
SWEETBAUM SANDS RAMMING 1125 17th St., Suite 2100
Jeremy A. Sitcoff
LEVIN SITCOFF 1512 Larimer St., Suite 650
Denver 80202 303-575-9390 levinsitcoff.com
Nelson A. Waneka
LEVIN SITCOFF 1512 Larimer St., Suite 650
Denver 80202 303-575-9390 levinsitcoff.com
Zachary Warzel
KEATING WAGNER POLIDORI FREE 1290 Broadway, Suite 600
Denver 80203 303-534-0401 keatingwagner.com
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway, Suite 300
Boulder 80302 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Ben Fernandez
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
S. Craig Hemenway
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Richard Holzer
HOLZER PATEL DRENNAN 216 16th St., Suite 1350
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : LITIGATION
Denver 80202 720-204-5731 hpdlaw.com
Aaron Bradford
Craig A. Neugeboren
SHERIDAN ROSS 1560 Broadway, Suite 1200
NEUGEBOREN O’DOWD 1227 Spruce St., Suite 200
Robert R. Brunelli
Lee R. Osman
Denver 80202 303-863-9700 sheridanross.com
Boulder 80302 720-536-4900 neugeborenlaw.com
SHERIDAN ROSS 1560 Broadway, Suite 1200
DORSEY & WHITNEY 1400 Wewatta St., Suite 400
Tim Getzoff
Margaret Polson
Denver 80202 303-863-9700 sheridanross.com
Denver 80202 303-629-3400 dorsey.com
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway, Suite 300
POLSON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW 1001 W. 120th Ave., Suite 215
Jessie Pellant
David St. John-Larkin
Boulder 80302 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Westminster 80234 303-485-7640 polsoniplaw.com
STUDIOIP 3000 Lawrence St.
PERKINS COIE 1900 16th St., Suite 1400
John Posthumus
Michele N. Washington
Denver 80205 720-443-1773 studioip.com
POLSINELLI 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-572-9300 polsinelli.com
Denver 80202 303-291-2300 perkinscoie.com
SNELL & WILMER 1200 17th St., Suite 1900
Denver 80202 303-634-2000 swlaw.com
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TOP LAWYERS 2022 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : TRADEMARK Andrea Anderson
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway, Suite 300
Boulder 80302 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Alexander J.A. Garcia
PERKINS COIE 1900 16th St., Suite 1400
Denver 80202 303-291-2300 perkinscoie.com
Scott Havlick
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway, Suite 300
Boulder 80302 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Charlene Krogh
DORSEY & WHITNEY 1400 Wewatta St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-629-3400 dorsey.com
Kayuzo Morita
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway, Suite 300
Jay JuneKun Choi
JAY JUNEKUN CHOI 8310 S. Valley Highway, Suite 300
Englewood 80112 303-956-1620 jaychoilaw.com
Amy Hirter
CASCADE BUSINESS LAW 700 Cascade Ave.
Boulder 80302 303-359-4244 cascadebizlaw.com
Paul Thompson
DORSEY & WHITNEY 1400 Wewatta St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-629-3400 dorsey.com
John Walsh
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
David Wilson
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
Boulder 80302 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
JUVENILE DEFENSE
Lisa A. Osman
Holly Gummerson
DORSEY & WHITNEY 1400 Wewatta St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-629-3400 dorsey.com
Dave Ratner
CREATIVE LAW NETWORK 2701 Lawrence St.
Denver 80205 720-924-6529 creativelawnetwork.com
Sabrina C. Stavish
SHERIDAN ROSS 1560 Broadway, Suite 1200
Denver 80202 303-863-9700 sheridanross.com
Larry Tronco
HOLLAND & HART 1800 Broadway,
Suite 300 Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
INTERNATIONAL Troy Braegger
DORSEY & WHITNEY 1400 Wewatta St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-629-3400 dorsey.com
GUMMERSON & NICKOLAUS LAW OFFICE 5400 Ward Road, Building 2,
Suite 200-E Arvada 80002 720-328-2862 gummersonlawoffice.com
Michael S. Juba
HARDY & JUBA 675 N. Grant St.
Denver 80203 303-974-1080 hardyjuba.com
Hannah Seigel Proff
PROFF LAW 1563 N. Gilpin St.
Denver 80218 303-628-5581 profflaw.com
M. Michael Rafik
RAFIK & JACOBSON 711 Walnut St.
Boulder 80302 303-444-9292 rafiklaw.com
Ashley Ratliff
RATLIFF LAW FIRM 673 N. Grant St.
Denver 80203 720-515-0288 ashleyratlifflaw.com
Jenifer Stinson
STINSON LAW OFFICE 1245 E. Colfax Ave., Suite 300
Denver 80218 303-483-3161
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LABOR/EMPLOYMENT : DEFENSE
Christine Samsel
Stacey Campbell
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80218 303-536-1833 campbell-litigation.com
Martine Tariot Wells
CAMPBELL LITIGATION 1410 N. High St.
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Kathleen E. Craigmile
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Greenwood Village 80111 303-773-3500 nixonshefrin.com
Danielle Urban
NIXON SHEFRIN OGBURN DREW 5619 DTC Parkway, Suite 1200
Todd Fredrickson
FISHER PHILLIPS 1125 17th St., Suite 2400
Denver 80202 303-218-3650 fisherphillips.com
Michelle Gomez
LITTLER MENDELSON 1900 16th St., Suite 800
Denver 80202 303-629-6200 littler.com
Laura J. Hazen
H&K LAW 3900 E. Mexico Ave., Suite 300
Denver 80210 303-749-0649 hklawllc.us
Lisa Hogan
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Susan P. Klopman
H&K LAW 3900 E. Mexico Ave., Suite 300
Denver 80210 303-749-0659 hklawllc.us
Vance Knapp
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE 4643 S. Ulster St., Suite 800
Denver 80237 720-200-0676 armstrongteasdale.com
Ryan Lessmann
JACKSON LEWIS 950 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 303-892-0404 jacksonlewis.com
Meghan W. Martinez
MARTINEZ LAW GROUP 720 S. Colorado Blvd., South Tower,
Suite 1020 Denver 80246 303-597-4000 mlgrouppc.com
Michele On-Ja Choe
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
FISHER PHILLIPS 1125 17th St., Suite 2400
Denver 80202 303-218-3650 fisherphillips.com
LABOR/EMPLOYMENT : PLAINTIFF Felipe Bohnet-Gomez
RATHOD MOHAMEDBHAI 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 100
Denver 80205 303-578-4400 rmlawyers.com
John Culver
BENEZRA & CULVER 633 17th St., Suite 1450
Denver 80202 303-716-0254 denveremploymentlawyer.com
Iris Halpern
RATHOD MOHAMEDBHAI 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 100
Denver 80205 303-578-4400 rmlawyers.com
Darold Killmer
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
Diane S. King
KING & GREISEN 1670 York St.
Denver 80206 303-298-9878 kinggreisen.com
Mary Jo Lowrey
LOWREY PARADY LEBSACK 1490 N. Lafayette St., Suite 304
Denver 80218 303-593-2595 lowrey-parady.com
Jennifer Robinson
ROBINSON & ASSOCIATES 3300 S. Parker Road, Suite 300
Aurora 80014 303-872-9063 raemployment.com
Hunter A. Swain
SWAIN LAW 1490 N. Lafayette St., Suite 303
Denver 80218 720-815-5281 swainemploymentlaw.com
TOP LAWYERS 2022 Clayton Wire
OGBORN MIHM 1700 Lincoln St., Suite 2700
Denver 80203 303-592-5900 omtrial.com
Deborah Yim
PRIMERA LAW GROUP 1240 S. Parker Road, Suite 103
Denver 80231 720-239-2567 primeralaw.com
MARIJUANA LAW Jennifer Benda
HALL ESTILL 1600 Stout St., Suite 1100
Denver 80202 720-512-5824 hallestill.com
Marshall Custer
HUSCH BLACKWELL 1801 Wewatta St., Suite 1000
Denver 80202 303-749-7200 huschblackwell.com
Tom Downey
IRELAND STAPLETON PRYOR & PASCOE 717 17th St., Suite 2800
Denver 80202 303-623-2700 irelandstapleton.com
Shawn Hauser
VICENTE SEDERBERG 455 Sherman St., Suite 390
Denver 80203 303-860-4501 vicentesederberg.com
Steve Levine
HUSCH BLACKWELL 1801 Wewatta St., Suite 1000
Denver 80202 303-749-7200 huschblackwell.com
Jerrico Perez
VICENTE SEDERBERG 455 Sherman St., Suite 390
Denver 80203 303-860-4501 vicentesederberg.com
Jessica Scardina
VICENTE SEDERBERG 455 Sherman St., Suite 390
Denver 80203 303-860-4501 vicentesederberg.com
Christian Sederberg
VICENTE SEDERBERG 455 Sherman St., Suite 390
Denver 80203 303-860-4501 vicentesederberg.com
Brian Vicente
VICENTE SEDERBERG 455 Sherman St., Suite 390
Denver 80203 303-860-4501 vicentesederberg.com
MEDIA/FIRST AMENDMENT LAW Marc D. Flink
BAKERHOSTETLER 1801 California St., Suite 4400
Denver 80202 303-861-0600 bakerlaw.com
Thomas Kelley
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
Ashley I. Kissinger
BALLARD SPAHR 1801 13th St., Suite 308
Boulder 80302 303-379-2275 ballardspahr.com
Andrew McNulty
KILLMER, LANE & NEWMAN 1543 Champa St., Suite 400
Denver 80202 303-571-1000 kln-law.com
Steven D. Zansberg
THE LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN D. ZANSBERG 100 Fillmore St., Suite 500
Denver 80206 303-385-8698 zansberglaw.com
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE : DEFENSE Christine A. Craigmile
NIXON SHEFRIN OGBURN DREW 5619 DTC Parkway, Suite 1200
Greenwood Village 80111 303-773-3500 nixonshefrin.com
Chad K. Gillam
HALL & EVANS 1001 17th St., Suite 300
Denver 80202 303-628-3300 hallevans.com
Barbara H. Glogiewicz
CAPLAN & EARNEST 3107 Iris Ave., Suite 100
Boulder 80301 303-443-8010 celaw.com
Michelle L. Harden
MESSNER REEVES 1430 Wynkoop St., Suite 300
Denver 80202 303-623-1800 messner.com
Kari Hershey
HERSHEY DECKER DRAKE 10463 Park Meadows Drive,
Suite 209 Lone Tree 80124 303-226-1669 hersheydecker.com
Kevin Kuhn
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Steven A. Michalek
CHILDS MCCUNE 821 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-296-7300 childsmccune.com
Bruce A. Montoya
MESSNER REEVES 1430 Wynkoop St., Suite 300
Denver 80202 303-623-1800 messner.com
Scott S. Nixon
NIXON SHEFRIN OGBURN DREW 5619 DTC Parkway, Suite 1200
Greenwood Village 80111 303-773-3500 nixonshefrin.com
John M. Palmeri
GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI 555 17th St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-534-5160 grsm.com
C. Gregory Tiemeier
TIEMEIER & STICH 1000 E. 16th Ave.
Denver 80218 303-531-0022 tslawpc.com
Douglas C. Wolanske
MESSNER REEVES 1430 Wynkoop St., Suite 300
Denver 80202 303-623-1800 messner.com
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE : PLAINTIFF Scott Eldredge
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Hollynd Hoskins
HOLLYND LAW 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 720 Denver 80209 303-513-8881 hollyndlaw.com
Jennifer Keel
THOMAS KEEL & LAIRD 50 S. Steele St., Suite 450
Denver 80209 303-372-6130 thomaskeel.com
Chris Koupal
PARKER LIPMAN 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 520 Denver 80209 720-638-9424 parkerlipman.com
Matthew R. Laird
THOMAS KEEL & LAIRD 50 S. Steele St., Suite 450
Denver 80209 303-372-6130 thomaskeel.com
Dan Lipman
PARKER LIPMAN 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 520 Denver 80209 720-638-9424 parkerlipman.com
Kevin S. Mahoney THE MAHONEY LAW FIRM
4500 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 950 Denver 80246 303-987-2210 mahoneylaw.com
Angela McGraw
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Lorraine Parker
PARKER LIPMAN 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 520 Denver 80209 720-638-9424 parkerlipman.com
Isobel S. Thomas
THOMAS KEEL & LAIRD 50 S. Steele St., Suite 450
Denver 80209 303-372-6130 thomaskeel.com
David S. Woodruff
DENVER TRIAL LAWYERS 4601 DTC Blvd., Suite 950
Denver 80237 303-571-5302 denvertriallawyers.com
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Christopher Balch
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Nicki Cerasoli
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
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TOP LAWYERS 2022 Stan Doida
DOIDA CROW LEGAL 8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 2000
Greenwood Village 80111 720-306-1001 doidacrow.com
Nathaniel Ford
PERKINS COIE 1900 16th St., Suite 1400
Denver 80202 303-291-2300 perkinscoie.com
Chris Groll
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Ronald R. Levine II
ARNOLD & PORTER 1144 15th St., Suite 3100
Denver 80202 303-863-1000 arnoldporter.com
Gino Maurelli
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Beau Stark
GIBSON DUNN 1801 California St., Suite 4200
Denver 80202 303-298-5700 gibsondunn.com
Keith Trammell
WILMERHALE 1225 17th St., Suite 2600
Denver 80202 720-274-3135 wilmerhale.com
Sean Kendall
LAW OFFICE OF SEAN KENDALL 2 727 Pine St., Suite 6
Boulder 80302 303-449-4773 seankendalllaw.net
Gregory M. Rada
AFTER SERVICE P.O. Box 371680 #4545
Denver 80237 844-838-7529 afterservice.com
NATIVE AMERICAN LAW Frances Bassett
PATTERSON EARNHART REAL BIRD & WILSON 1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville 80027 303-926-5292 nativelawgroup.com
Alvina Earnhart
PATTERSON EARNHART REAL BIRD & WILSON 1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville 80027 303-926-5292 nativelawgroup.com
John E. Echohawk
NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND 1506 Broadway
Boulder 80302 303-447-8760 narf.org
Troy A. Eid
GREENBERG TRAURIG 1144 15th St., Suite 3300
Denver 80202 303-572-6500 gtlaw.com
Jeremy Patterson
PATTERSON EARNHART REAL BIRD & WILSON 1900 Plaza Drive
NATURAL RESOURCES Scot Anderson
HOGAN LOVELLS 1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver 80202 303-899-7300 hoganlovells.com
Gregory R. Danielson
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Jamie Jost
JOST ENERGY LAW 3511 Ringsby Court, Unit 103
Denver 80216 720-446-5620 jostenergylaw.com
Lamont C. Larsen
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Laura Lindley
WELBORN SULLIVAN MECK & TOOLEY 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 1800
Denver 80202 303-830-2500 wsmtlaw.com
Mark Mathews
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Connie Rogers
TERRA LAW GROUP 9956 W. Remington Place, Unit A10,
MILITARY/VETERANS
Louisville 80027 303-926-5292 nativelawgroup.com
Suite 304 Littleton 80128 303-868-7319 terralawgroup.com
Ryan Coward
Thomasina Real Bird
Carlos R. Romo
AVISO LAW 2590 Walnut St.
Denver 80205 719-247-3111 avisolawllc.com
Timothy R. Franklin
LAW OFFICE OF SEAN KENDALL 2 727 Pine St., Suite 6
Boulder 80302 303-449-4773 seankendalllaw.net
Michael Freimann
GREENSPOON MARDER 1144 15th St., Suite 2700
Denver 80202 303-741-1111 gmlaw.com
PATTERSON EARNHART REAL BIRD & WILSON 1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville 80027 303-926-5292 nativelawgroup.com
Connie Rogers
TERRA LAW GROUP 9956 W. Remington Place,
Unit A10, Suite 304 Littleton 80128 303-868-7319 terralawgroup.com
Robert Thompson III
GREENBERG TRAURIG 1144 15th St., Suite 3300
Denver 80202 303-572-6500 gtlaw.com
Jennifer H. Weddle
GREENBERG TRAURIG 1144 15th St., Suite 3300
Denver 80202 303-572-6500 gtlaw.com
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WILLIAMS WEESE PEPPLE & FERGUSON 1801 California St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-861-2828 williamsweese.com
Kathleen C. Schroder
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
Amy Seneshen
WELBORN SULLIVAN MECK & TOOLEY 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 1800
Denver 80202 303-830-2500 wsmtlaw.com
Liz H. Titus
HOGAN LOVELLS 1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver 80202 303-899-7300 hoganlovells.com
Rebecca Watson
WELBORN SULLIVAN MECK & TOOLEY 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 1800
Denver 80202 303-830-2500 wsmtlaw.com
Ezekiel “Zeke” J. Williams
WILLIAMS WEESE PEPPLE & FERGUSON 1801 California St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-861-2828 williamsweese.com
PERSONAL INJURY : DEFENSE Lee Mickus
EVANS FEARS & SCHUTTERT 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 380 Denver 80209 303-656-2199 efstriallaw.com
Michael O’Donnell
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Gary L. Palumbo
BAYER & CAREY 1660 Downing St
Denver 80218 303-830-8911 bayerlaw.com
Franklin D. Patterson
PATTERSON RIPPLINGER 5613 DTC Parkway, Suite 400
Greenwood Village 80111 303-741-4539 prpclegal.com
Edward Stewart
WHEELER TRIGG O’DONNELL 370 17th St., Suite 4500
Denver 80202 303-244-1800 wtotrial.com
Mary A. Wells
WELLS, ANDERSON & RACE 1700 Broadway, Suite 1020
Denver 80290 303-830-1212 warllc.com
PERSONAL INJURY : PLAINTIFF Alana M. Anzalone
ANZALONE LAW OFFICES 2727 Bryant St., Suite 540
Denver 80211 877-256-6933 anzalonelaw.com
John Astuno Jr.
JOHN ASTUNO JR. 1290 Broadway, Suite 600
Denver 80203 303-861-7636 johnastunolaw.com
TOP LAWYERS 2022 Evan Banker
Michael Keating
CHALAT HATTEN & BANKER 1600 Broadway, Suite 1920
KEATING WAGNER POLIDORI FREE 1290 Broadway, Suite 600
Natalie Brown
DezaRae LaCrue
Denver 80202 303-861-1042 chalatlaw.com
FRANKLIN D. AZAR & ASSOCIATES 14426 E. Evans Ave.
Aurora 80014 303-757-3300 fdazar.com
Michael S. Burg
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Peter Burg
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Stephen Burg
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE 40 Inverness Drive East
Englewood 80112 303-792-5595 burgsimpson.com
Dan Caplis
DAN CAPLIS LAW 6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle,
Suite 2200 Greenwood Village 80111 303-770-5551 dancaplislaw.com
Jim Chalat
CHALAT HATTEN & BANKER 1600 Broadway, Suite 1920
Denver 80202 303-861-1042 chalatlaw.com
Jennifer Donaldson
DONALDSON LAW 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 520 Denver 80209 303-458-5000 donaldsonlaw.com
Danny S. Foster
FOSTER GRAHAM MILSTEIN & CALISHER 360 S. Garfield St., Suite 600
Denver 80209 303-333-9810 fostergraham.com
Marc Harden
ZANER HARDEN LAW 1610 Wynkoop St.,
Suite 120 Denver 80202 303-563-5354 zanerhardenlaw.com
Denver 80203 303-534-0401 keatingwagner.com
FRANKLIN D. AZAR & ASSOCIATES 14426 E. Evans Ave.
Aurora 80014 303-757-3300 fdazar.com
Dan Lipman
PARKER LIPMAN 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 520 Denver 80209 720-638-9424 parkerlipman.com
George E. McLaughlin
MCLAUGHLIN LAW FIRM 1890 Gaylord St.
Denver 80206 720-420-9800 w-mlawgroup.com
Lorraine Parker
PARKER LIPMAN 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 520 Denver 80209 720-638-9424 parkerlipman.com
Lauren Varner
VARNER FADDIS ELITE LEGAL 6025 S. Quebec St.,
Suite 100 Centennial 80111 720-770-8335 varnerfaddis.com
Stephen W. Wahlberg
DENVER TRIAL LAWYERS 4601 DTC Blvd.,
Suite 950 Denver 80237 303-571-5302 denvertriallawyers.com
Kurt Zaner
ZANER HARDEN LAW 1610 Wynkoop St.,
Suite 120 Denver 80202 303-563-5354 zanerhardenlaw.com
Ross Ziev
HELP IN COLORADO: ROSS ZIEV 6795 E. Tennessee Ave.,
Suite 210 Denver 80224 303-351-2567 helpincolorado.com
PROBATE LITIGATION Marco Chayet
CHAYET & DANZO 650 S. Cherry St., Suite 710
Denver 80246 303-355-8500 coloradoelderlaw.com
Todd E. Kastetter
TODD E. KASTETTER 4500 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 625 Denver 80246 303-567-7905 probatetrials.com
Keith Lapuyade
EVANS CASE 1660 S. Albion St., Suite 1100
Denver 80222 303-757-8300 evanscase.com
Marcie R. McMinimee
SCHWARTZ, MCMINIMEE & ANDREW 3773 Cherry Creek North Drive,
Suite 775 Denver 80209 303-534-5100 schwartzattorneys.com
Jody J. Pilmer
WADE ASH WOODS HILL & FARLEY
4500 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 600 Denver 80246 303-322-8943 wadeash.com
Herbert E. Tucker IV
WADE ASH WOODS HILL & FARLEY 4500 Cherry Creek South Drive,
Suite 600 Denver 80246 303-322-8943 wadeash.com
Morgan M. Wiener
WILLIAMS WEESE PEPPLE & FERGUSON 1801 California St., Suite 3400
Denver 80202 303-861-2828 williamsweese.com
Alison Zinn
LATHROP GPM 1515 Wynkoop St., Suite 600
Denver 80202 720-931-3200 lathropgpm.com
REAL ESTATE James Benjamin
IRELAND STAPLETON PRYOR & PASCOE 717 17th St., Suite 2800
Denver 80202 303-623-2700 irelandstapleton.com
Charles Calvin
CALVIN LAW FIRM 1600 Broadway, Suite 1600
Denver 80202 720-791-3245
Rebecca “Becky” Dow
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Rebecca Anderson Fischer
SHERMAN & HOWARD 675 15th St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-297-2900 shermanhoward.com
Amy Hansen
POLSINELLI 1401 Lawrence St., Suite 2300
Denver 80202 303-572-9300 polsinelli.com
Aaron Hyatt
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Bruce James
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Jay F. Kamlet
KAMLET 3900 E. Mexico Ave., Suite 300
Denver 80210 303-749-0660 kamletlaw.com
Rob Kaufmann
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Blair Lichtenfels
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Eric L. Nesbitt
THE LAW OFFICES OF ERIC L. NESBITT 88 Inverness Circle East, Suite C104
Englewood 80112 303-741-2354 nesbittlawoffices.com
James S. Soran III
MONTGOMERY LITTLE & SORAN 5445 DTC Parkway, Suite 800
Greenwood Village 80111 303-773-8100 montgomerylittle.com
REAL ESTATE : LANDLORD/TENANT Kristi Bunge
SPRINGMAN, BRADEN, WILSON, & PONTIUS 4175 Harlan St., Suite 200
Wheat Ridge 80033 303-685-4633 sbwp-law.com
April L. Jones
COLORADO AFFORDABLE LEGAL SERVICES 1410 Grant St., Suite B105
Denver 80203 303-996-0010 coloradoaffordablelegal.com
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TOP LAWYERS 2022 Carolin Topelson
CAROLIN TOPELSON LAW 3900 E. Mexico Ave., Suite 300
Denver 80210 720-305-9903 topelsonlaw.com
Robyn Zolman
GIBSON DUNN 1801 California St., Suite 4200
Denver 80202 303-298-5700 gibsondunn.com
Deborah Wilson
TAX : CORPORATE
Wheat Ridge 80033 303-685-4633 sbwp-law.com
Douglas J. Becker
SPRINGMAN, BRADEN, WILSON, & PONTIUS 4175 Harlan St., Suite 200
BECKER PC 730 17th St., Suite 695
SECURITIES
Denver 80202 303-638-6778 becker-pc.com
Elizabeth Espinosa Krupa
Gregory Berger
LAW OFFICE OF ELIZABETH ESPINOSA KRUPA 150 E. 10th Ave.
Denver 80203 303-832-6353 denverfelonies.com
Reid Godbolt
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 410 17th St., Suite 2200
Denver 80202 303-223-1100 bhfs.com
Adam M. Cohen
JONES & KELLER 1675 Broadway, 26th Floor
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Brian Hoffman
Laurence E. Nemirow
Denver 80202 303-573-1600 joneskeller.com
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS 1550 17th St., Suite 500
Kelley A. Howes
Neil I. Pomerantz
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
MORRISON & FOERSTER 370 17th St., Suite 4200
Denver 80202 303-592-1500 mofo.com
Valeri Pappas
DAVIS & CERIANI 1600 Stout St., Suite 1710
Denver 80202 303-534-9000 davisandceriani.com
Lucas T. Ritchie
MOYE WHITE 1400 16th St., Sixth Floor
Denver 80202 303-292-2900 moyewhite.com
Zaki Robbins
MOYE WHITE 1400 16th St., Sixth Floor
Denver 80202 303-292-2900 moyewhite.com
Lucy Stark
HOLLAND & HART 555 17th St., Suite 3200
Denver 80202 303-295-8000 hollandhart.com
Denver 80202 303-892-9400 dgslaw.com
SILVERSTEIN & POMERANTZ 100 Fillmore St., Suite 435
Denver 80206 303-991-2500 sptaxlaw.com
Richard B. Robinson
ROBINSON, DISS AND CLOWDUS 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive,
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EVERGREEN | $1,000,000 4br/4ba home on a 2.52-acre lot offering a kitchen w/hickory cabinets, granite counters & newer appliances, dining & living room w/fireplace, family room w/wet bar & office. Master suite w/5pc bath, library room, 2 closets & deck. 1,280 SQFT garage.
AURORA | $950,000 5br/5ba home. Kitchen w/pantry, SS appliances and an island. Family room w/fireplace. Primary bedroom w/spa-like bath and walk-in closet! Downstairs w/bonus room, media room w/wet bar and 5th bedroom w/full bath. Complete w/deck, patio and hot tub.
Adam France 303.883.9316 adam.france@cbrealty.com | AdamSellsColorado.com
Kari Smith 303.324.2376 kari@denverhomesbykari.com | DenverHomesByKari.com
KIOWA | $935,000 Tastefully finished 6br/4ba ranch style home w/open floorplan & views! Updated kitchen opens to the main living room w/stone fireplace & easy access to both porches. Large bonus room above garage. Finished walk-out basement. Custom enclosed gazebo.
DENVER | $925,000 Ranch 3br/2ba home sits on a huge corner lot including a living room w/fireplace, dining room w/wood floors, recently remodeled kitchen w/quartz counters, newer appliances & tile backsplash, master bedroom w/updated bath & sunroom leading to patio.
Doug Mihoover 303.885.7140 doug.mihoover@cbrealty.com | DougMihoover.cbintouch.com
Amy Metz 720.272.7337 amy.metz@coloradohomes.com | AmyMetz.cbintouch.com
FRANKTOWN | Price Upon Request Country living on almost 8-acres with a workshop & 2 sheds. Beautiful 5br/3ba ranch home w/main floor open concept, vaulted ceiling in the living room that features a gas fireplace & kitchen w/granite counters, travertine backsplash & SS appliances.
GOLDEN | $895,000 Rare opportunity 4br/3ba home w/nearly 3 acres. Kitchen w/new appliances. Updated bathrooms. New int. paint, carpet, pellet stove, Blaze King wood burning stove & lighting. 3-car garage.
Stephanie Ryan 303.725.8901 stephanie.ryan@coloradohomes.com | StephanieRyanRealEstate.com
Staci Stroh 303.570.7039 Stacistroh@aol.com | StaciStroh.com
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WESTMINSTER | $850,000 Stunning 5br/4ba home greets you w/grand foyer & vaulted ceilings. Hardwood floors lead to the remodeled kitchen w/island & nook overlooking the backyard. Main floor primary suite w/luxurious updated bath. Finished basement w/media room & more.
DENVER | $825,000 Renovated 2br/4ba bath Victorian-style home w/a primary en-suite. Enjoy your gorgeous living room and sit by the fire or head out back to your patio space. Just minutes from Wash Park, Cherry Creek, Downtown and 6th Avenue restaurants.
Shannon Byerly 303.919.2611 shannon@yourfreshstartrealtor.com | YourFreshStartRealtor.com
Gail Wheeler 303.726.7202 Gail@GailWheeler.com | GailWheeler.com
ARVADA | Price Upon Request Pristine 3br/3ba home situated next to Majestic View Park trails. Main-floor primary bedroom w/in-floor heated en suite bathroom. Kitchen w/GE appliances, quartz island & leads out to the custom patio. Large, finished rec room in the basement. SeaAnna Gibson 720.938.9553 Susan Coleman 720.938.2793
CONIFER | Price Upon Request Endless Views in this 4br/3ba home on 4-acres featuring gourmet kitchen, custom dining, great room w/floor to ceiling fireplace & massive deck! Walk-out lower level w/den & wet bar. Jeanette Starc 303.520.9425 Jen@JenSoldMine.com | JenSoldMine.com
LONGMONT | $750,000 Gorgeous 4br/4ba home faces open space featuring an updated kitchen, office, vaulted family room & hardwoods. Professionally finished basement w/fireplace. Primary bedroom w/5pc bath.
PINE | $750,000 Beautiful Cedar sided 3 bedroom, 3 bath home on a gentle 1.15 Acre lot with true main level living. This is the mountain home you have been looking for! Close to Staunton State Park with an easy commute to Denver. The only thing missing is you!
Jennifer McIntosh 720.340.6262 jennifer.mcintosh@coloradohomes.com | JenniferMcIntosh.cbintouch.com
Stephanie Freadhoff 303.589.3777 Stephanie@GoFHG.com | ColoradoHomeForYou.com
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AURORA | $699,000 5br/4ba home w/open floor plan. Kitchen w/a breakfast nook, subway tile backsplash and SS appliances. Family room w/fireplace. Primary bedroom w/walk-in closet and bath. Downstairs has a bonus room. Complete w/sunroom, backyard and 2-car garage.
DENVER | $685,000 Fabulous 2br/2ba Penthouse east facing unit boasts extraordinarily high ceilings, fresh paint & city views featuring a 2-story wall of windows & access to the outdoor patio. 2 indoor garage deeded parking spaces. Located in the Ball Park District.
Kari Smith 303.324.2376 kari@denverhomesbykari.com | DenverHomesByKari.com
Gail Wheeler 303.726.7202 Gail@GailWheeler.com | GailWheeler.com
DENVER | $679,000 Impressive 1956 mid-century 5br/3ba home centrally located. Inviting living & dining room drenched in natural light featuring original hardwood flooring. Updated kitchen looks out to the backyard w/covered patio. Updated basement has a primary suite.
HIGHLANDS RANCH | $664,500 3br/4ba home w/hardwood floors, kitchen w/beautiful backsplash, primary bath heated floors & round tub. Finished basement w/wet bar & ¾ shower. Backyard w/custom playset & storage shed.
Madie Martinek 720.837.0599 madie.martinek@cbrealty.com | MadieMakesItHappen.com
Yvette Alexander 720.937.9316 yvette.alexander@cbrealty.com | YvetteHomes.com
WESTMINSTER | $619,900 4br/3ba home. Great floor plan w/formal living, formal dining as well as a kitchen w/an island and pantry. Family room w/fireplace. Primary suite w/5-piece bath and walk-in closet. Private yard w/deck. Complete w/unfinished basement and 2-car garage.
CASTLE ROCK | $610,000 Fantastic 3br/3ba home ideally situated includes a loft, office & open concept kitchen/dining/family room. Kitchen w/granite counters, SS appliances, designer backsplash & island.
Christina Kern 303.915.0809 ckernsells@gmail.com | ChristinaKern.com
Marcus Harris 720.217.8904 marcus.harris@coloradohomes.com | HarrisTeamRealEstate.com
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LONE TREE | $590,000 Lovely 2br/3ba home w/upgrades. High vaulted ceilings, main floor primary suite, office & gourmet kitchen w/pantry. New carpet on the 2nd level w/loft & flex space. Fenced in patio.
CASTLE ROCK | $550,000 Wonderful, bright & cheerful 3br/3ba home in The Meadows. An abundance of natural light in this open floor plan. Spacious kitchen w/large island for entertaining. Master suite w/5pc primary bath & walk-in closet.
Lynne Ross 303.520.8800 lynne.ross@coloradohomes.com | LynneRoss.com
Tricia Wales 303.941.5354 tricia.wales@cbrealty.com | ColoradoHomesByTricia.com
DENVER | $550,000 Recently remodeled 3br/2ba ranch in University Hills. Kitchen w/new stainless appliances, butcher block and granite counters and a custom tile backsplash. Primary bedroom w/a private bath and walk-in closet! Fantastic location close to everything!
AURORA | $550,000 3br/3ba home lives like a ranch. Vaulted ceilings in the kitchen & great room. Kitchen w/42-inch cabinets. Main floor primary suite w/arched doorways & 5pc bath. Loft. Backyard backs to a green belt and overlooks the walking trail.
David Hanna 303.475.3141 david.hanna@coloradohomes.com | DavidHannaHomes.com
Marcyndah Cosner 303.881.1876 marcyndah@marcyndah.com | Marcyndah.com
AURORA | $540,000 Beautiful open floorplan 3br/3ba home features a covered front porch, formal entry, office, vaulted open concept living room, dining area & gourmet kitchen w/granite island, gas cooktop, double ovens & pantry. 8,628 sqft corner lot.
STRASBURG | $529,000 5br/3.5ba home. Open concept kitchen/living space w/42-inch upper cabinets, granite countertops and upgraded tile backsplash. Finished basement w/a guest room and wet bar. Complete w/a huge finished garage, concrete patio and power for a hot tub/spa.
Colleen Teitelbaum 303.668.8186 teitelbaumcolleen@gmail.com | CocoTeitel.com
Matt Brinkhoff 303.324.0241 matt.brinkhoff@coloradohomes.com | MattsColoradoHomes.com
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DENVER | $489,900 Fabulous ground floor brownstone 2br/2ba unit features a sunny open floorplan, hardwood flooring, exposed brick & vaulted ceilings. Gourmet kitchen w/custom cabinets, granite counters & walk in pantry. Private patio that opens to the courtyard.
AURORA | $479,000 3br/3ba home. Kitchen w/custom backsplash as well as a SS refrigerator and range. Upstairs has 2 bedrooms w/bath and primary suite w/en suite bath. Lower-level w/family room, bath and laundry room. Complete w/basement area, 2-car garage and backyard.
Colleen Teitelbaum 303.668.8186 teitelbaumcolleen@gmail.com | CocoTeitel.com
Dane Matthew 303.827.9866 dane.matthew@coloradohomes.com | DaneMatthewRealty.com
STRASBURG | $478,000 3br/2ba home in Blackstone Ranch w/an open floor plan. Main level primary bedroom w/5-piece bath and walk-in closet. 3rd bedroom is great for a home office. There is over 3,000 total sq ft including an unfinished basement. Complete w/a 3-car garage.
LONGMONT | $475,000 Corner lot 5br/3ba home in a great location. Finished & remodeled basement. New interior paint; new paint on fence & shed. New carpet in all bedrooms & refinished wood-floors. Newer triple paned windows. Unique feature includes a basement shelter!
Matt Brinkhoff 303.324.0241 matt.brinkhoff@coloradohomes.com | MattsColoradoHomes.com
Miguel Miranda 720.883.8650 miguel.miranda@coloradohomes.com | MirandaLuxHomes.com
LAKEWOOD | $460,000 Beautiful 3br/2ba home near Kendrick Lake offers an open living room w/wood-burning fireplace, recently updated kitchen w/SS appliances, dining room & finished walk-out basement. Backyard has a covered deck & backs to Jewell Park.
EVANS | $425,000 4br/3.5ba home w/updates throughout. There are 2 primary bedrooms, one on the main floor and one upstairs along w/2 additional bedrooms and a full bath. Enjoy an unfinished basement. Complete w/a 4-car garage, a detached garage and a back patio.
LaDawn Sperling 303.710.5817 ladawn.sperling@coloradohomes.com | LaDawnSperling.com
Heather Crow 303.919.0569 heather.crow@coloradohomes.com | www.HeatherCrow.com
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LITTLETON | $375,000 3br/3ba home w/basement. Gas fireplace in the living room that opens to the dining room & kitchen. Kitchen w/excellent storage space, SS gas range & recently painted cabinets. Deck. Finished basement. Attached 1-car garage & dedicated parking space.
THORNTON | $369,000 2br/2ba townhome w/an open floor plan and a large living room. Kitchen w/a refrigerator, microwave and cooktop. Primary bedroom w/an attached deck area. Don’t forget about the washer and dryer included. Complete w/a private backyard.
LaDawn Sperling 303.710.5817 ladawn.sperling@coloradohomes.com | LaDawnSperling.com
Tatiana Pevtsova 970.922.8812 tatiana.pevtsova@cbrealty.com | ATLuxuryHome.com
FORT COLLINS | $365,000 Incredible lot in Fort Collins waiting to be developed. Lot has both mountain & water views & is positioned to see unobstructed views of sunrises and sunsets. Lot is on a paved cul-de-sac w/curbs, water & streetlights. Terrific location in east FC.
AURORA | $350,000 Bright & sunny 2br/3ba end unit townhome features vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors & an open floor plan. Family room w/fireplace opens to the kitchen w/abundance of cabinets, breakfast bar & pantry. Private deck. Attached 1-car garage.
Christina Larson 970.443.4111 You.re.Home777@gmail.com | DiamondHomesACutAbove.com
Alison Kaufman 203.981.4337 ASKAlisonK@gmail.com | ASKAlisonK.com
LITTLETON | $349,500 2br/2ba open floor plan penthouse condo features 2 decks & 2 separate storage closets. Open kitchen w/ss appliances & plenty of storage. Primary suite w/5pc bathroom & double closets. 1-car detached garage. Chatfield Bluffs has amazing amenities.
DENVER | $189,000 Tastefully updated, penthouse studio located minutes from Sloan's Lake. Oversized private deck w/western view. Common area includes a lounge, fire pit, dog run & grill. Modern floor plan provides for the maximum use of space & includes many upgrades.
Diane Florschuetz 720.626.9625 diane.florschuetz@coloradohomes.com | DianeFlorschuetz.com
Brian Campbell 720.217.9435 brian.campbell@cbrealty.com
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ELIZABETH | $580,000
ARVADA | $535,000
BOULDER | $525,000
Amazing 2-acre 4br/3ba ranch home located on the hilltop w/views. Kitchen w/SS appliances. Primary bedroom w/5pc bathroom. Finished walkout basement w/kitchenette & family room.
Newly updated 3br/2ba tri-level offers a living & dining room, eat in kitchen, large primary bedroom w/attached 3/4bath, family room w/wood burning stove & finished basement w/rec room.
Amazing views @7,200 feet. 16.28 acres 11 miles from Boulder featuring forests, rock formations & natural springs. 4 gold mining claims included. Mineral rights transfer with sale.
Jamie Bernal 720.365.5257
Melissa Kinzley 720.252.5100
Cory Cutting 720.602.6419
BOULDER | $519,000
DENVER | Price Upon Request
COMMERCE CITY | $485,000
Recently remodeled 2br/1ba condo. Living area w/hardwood floors. Kitchen w/SS appliances and granite countertops. There are two decks. Complete w/reserved, underground parking.
Gorgeous 3br/3ba home features a spacious kitchen w/tons of cabinetry & massive island, dining area, family & living room, main level office & master suite w/walk-in closet & 5pc bath.
3br/2ba home w/open floor plan. Kitchen w/plenty of cabinet and counter space as well as new appliances. Owner’s suite w/5-piece bath and walk-in closet. Conclude w/unfinished basement.
Brad Pickels 720.839.1673
Jeanette Starc 303.520.9425
Nicole Wolf 303.898.5816
WESTMINSTER | $450,000
ARVADA | $440,000
ENGLEWOOD | $420,000
Beautiful 4br/2ba ranch style home sitting on over 6,000 sqft. Recessed family area features a rugged, authentic brick focal point & wood burning fireplace. Bonus room. Dual level shed.
Newly renovated 2br/2ba condo has upgrades including new granite countertops in the kitchen & flooring! Includes primary bedroom, living room w/gas log fireplace & private deck w/views.
3br/2.5ba condo. Living room w/built-in media storage. Kitchen w/newer Samsung SS appliances. Primary bedroom w/a large walk-in closet and an en suite bath. Complete w/a 2-car garage.
Leigh Weilert 316.648.2814
Andy Moore 720.219.0368 Amanda Larson 303.523.9288
Stephanie Ryan 303.725.8901
LONGMONT | $420,000
FORT COLLINS | Price Upon Request
LITTLETON | $410,000
Beautiful 3br/3ba townhome in Southwest Longmont close to Village Peaks Mall. Across the street from the park featuring a playground, basketball court & trails. 2-car attached garage.
Perfectly located 3br/2ba home offers a living room w/vaulted ceilings & exposed beams, kitchen w/pantry & bar sitting, back room is a great flex space & unfinished basement.
2br/2ba townhome. Living room w/a fireplace and balcony. Kitchen w/newer SS appliances, a pantry, breakfast bar and dining area. Complete w/a 2-car tandem garage.
Jillian Fowler 303.884.2032
Stephanie Ryan 303.725.8901
The Rowley Group 303.841.1021
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HIGHLANDS RANCH | $400,000
WESTMINSTER | $400,000
AURORA | $390,000
2br/2ba unit is centrally located with upgraded flooring, eat in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances & gas range. Great location!
3br/2ba home. Great room w/skylights. Kitchen w/a breakfast bar as well as all appliances included. Primary bedroom w/a walk-in closet. Complete w/a basement and backyard.
4br/2ba home in Tollgate Village w/a light and bright floor plan. Living room w/a fireplace. Enjoy the full finished basement. Complete w/all appliances included and a stained deck.
Joe Blinn 720.498.1365
Rodney Allen 303.995.9330
Deborah Riley 720.434.9892
BRIGHTON | Price Upon Request
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Inviting 2br/3ba townhome is located in Jasmine Estates Opportunity knocks! 2 bed, 2 bath townhome facing open space subdivision. Newly updated kitchen w/granite countertops, dining with a 2 story great room, fireplace, private patio & attached garage room & living area w/fireplace. 1-car garage & private patio. in a coveted Arvada location. Tennis, pool, clubhouse.
Beautiful 2br/2ba townhome located near the 12th Fairway. Open floor plan w/remodeled kitchen w/new SS appliances, granite counters, custom backsplash & new cabinets. New int. paint.
Maria Kinzie 630.709.1863
AURORA | $290,000 Louisiana Purchase 2br/2ba condo w/gas fireplace. Updated kitchen and fresh paint. Each bedroom w/a full wall of closet space. Complete w/a balcony and a oversized 1-car garage. Stephanie Freadhoff 303.589.3777
Jeanette Starc 303.520.9425
Dale Carroll 720.771.2500 Victoria O. Holmes 973.698.5140
THORNTON | $285,000
BAILEY | $285,000
Perfect 2br/2ba starter home has a bonus sized yard. Updated Quintessential 1br/1ba cabin on nearly an acre w/mountain views floors in the living room flow into the dining area & the updated and three sheds. Traditional knotty pine, wood stove, kitchen/nook, kitchen w/SS appliances, maple counters & Corian counters. bath w/clawfoot tub, washer/dryer & Potter’s Studio. Jamie Bernal 720.365.5257
Susan Sharnas and Tyler Westcott 303.475.3096
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DENVER | $195,000
DENVER | $193,500
Freshly painted 2br/2ba condo overlooks the greenbelt. Open floor plan boasts a great room w/stone fireplace, kitchen w/newer SS appliances, master w/ walk-in closet & enclosed patio.
1br/1ba rowhome has a 7’ custom privacy fence, large backyard, newly paved back patio, rebuilt kitchen w/custom shelving, newer appliances, newer paint & evaporative cooler. No HOA!
2br/1ba condo in the coveted 55+ resort-style community of Windsor Gardens featuring updated kitchen cabinets, extra counter space, 3 newer A/C’s, updated lanai door & close garage!
Jeanette Starc 303.520.9425
Mary Koglin 720.258.5000
Cheryl Lohuis 303.522.6161
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Teach Your Partner To Ski In Five Easy Steps In Colorado, skiing is such a turn-on that we include which pass we’re rocking on our dating bios. So, what happens when your significant other—gasp—doesn’t ski or board? If your first instinct is to teach them yourself, be sure to buckle your helmet, says Winter Park Resort Ski and Ride School director Tony Terreri. You’re entering treacherous terrain. —NICHOLAS HUNT 1 START WITH A STATUS CHECK How’s your relationship going? If the answer is “not great,” it’s time to reconsider. “There are two main reasons you might teach your significant other to ski,” Terreri says. “One is you don’t want to date them anymore and want them to break up with you. The other is you’re thinking about marriage and want to see if they have any well-hidden homicidal tendencies.” 2 PACK HOT CHOCOLATE Remember, the goal isn’t to get your partner to ski like Jonny Moseley or Lindsey Vonn. It’s to make them fall in love with the sport. Keep it fun by plying your boo with warm, sugary drinks; bribing them with an epic après; and, above all, not guilt-tripping them into a few more laps when their feet are freezing and they want off the damn lift. 3 HIT THE BOOKS Trust us: You’re not as good at skiing as you think you are. Before
you pass on your bad habits, many of which can make new skiers worse, Terreri says, brush up on the basics by consulting the Professional Ski Instructors of America. Its website, thesnowpros.org, is stocked with informational videos for newbies and free digital courses for aspiring instructors. 4 KEEP THEM IN THEIR COMFORT ZONE While your date may have the skills to handle more advanced runs, don’t increase the difficulty too soon: If they get scared, they’ll forget everything they’ve learned. “I’ve had lots of clients whose significant others took them somewhere they shouldn’t, and, well, that’s how they ended up my clients,” Terreri says. You’ll know they’re ready when they ask to try harder terrain. 5 STAY COOL They’re going to get frustrated, and you may too. They can show it. You can’t. “As soon as you do,” Terreri says, “that trust as a teacher goes out the window.”
THE ONE-STEP PROCESS: BUY THEM A LESSON Terreri has 31 years of experience, and even he left his wife’s training up to others. How’d that work out? They’re still together after nearly 13 years, and she’s transformed from a Floridian who only skied on vacation into a certified ski instructor.
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