Each year, The Best Lawyers in America® recognizes attorneys across a range of practice areas based on peer review. The 2027 edition includes attorneys practicing throughout Colorado in areas ranging from litigation and corporate law to real estate, employment, intellectual property and other fields. The following recognitions were self-reported by participating law firms and are not intended to represent a comprehensive list of Colorado attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition.
Crisham & Holman
John Crisham – Commercial Litigation
David Holman – Commercial Litigation; Natural Resources Law
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Dorothy Auth, PhD – Patent Law
Joel Benson – Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mining Law; Oil and Gas Law
Jonathon Bergman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
Brian Boonstra – Corporate Law; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brandee Caswell – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation – Real Estate
Randall Hubbard – Energy Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
Brett Painter – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Dickinson Wright
Christopher Johnson – Corporate Law
Peggy Kozal – Health Care Law
Aaron Ladd – Water Law
Tripp Lake – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property
James Rigberg – Commercial Litigation
Fox Rothschild
Henry Baskerville – Commercial Litigation
Hall & Evans
Benton Barton – Arbitration; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Joseph Cavasinni – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Lance Eberhart – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Jared Ellis – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Robert Ferm – Government Relations Practice
William Floyd – Lawyer of the Year: Railroad Law
Kendra Garstka – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
David Gelman – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Steven Hamilton – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kenneth Lyman – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Matthew Ninneman – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance
Nadia Patrick – Transportation Law
Andrew Reitman – Railroad Law
Gina Rossi – Railroad Law
Paul Yarbrough – Insurance Law; Transportation Law
Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell
Lisa Dunn – Litigation – Construction
Steve Heisdorffer – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
David McLain – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Kilpatrick
Betsy Bengtson – Trademark Law
Darin Gibby – Patent Law
Charles Gray – Patent Law
Justin Krieger – Patent Law
KO Law
Christopher Achatz – Information Technology Law; Privacy and Data Security Law
John Gaddis – Corporate Governance Law; Venture Capital Law
Kevin Gibson – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Matt McKinney – Information Technology Law; Privacy and Data Security Law
Ben Oelsner – Information Technology Law; Technology Law
Jennifer Rosenthal – Corporate Law; Food and Beverage Law
Brad Schoenfeld – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Corporate Law
Jon Taylor – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Olsky Law
David Olsky – Commercial Litigation
Reed Smith
Adam Massaro – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Trade Secrets Law
Christopher Mosley – Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance
Jay Spader – Corporate Law
Brooke Yates – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance
Steptoe & Johnson
Scott M. Campbell – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law
John R. Chadd – Corporate Law; Energy Law
Brent D. Chicken – Energy Regulatory Law; Litigation – Environmental
Deva A. Solomon – Commercial Litigation
Tiftickjian Law Firm
Jay M. Tiftickjian – DUI / DWI Defense
Woods Aitken
Colin Baumchen – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Alvin Cohen – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Real Estate Law
Laura DePetro – Construction Law
Kory George – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Daniel Gross – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Joel Heusinger – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Amanda Hoberg – Commercial Litigation
Kerry Kester – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Karen Rogers – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Crisham & Holman
Chris Carry – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Matt Johnson – Commercial Litigation
Davis Graham & Stubbs
Stephanie Block-Guedez – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Aditi Kulkarni-Knight – Commercial Litigation
Veronica Vogt – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Dickinson Wright
Travis Riley – Commercial Litigation
Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell
Ricky Nolen, Jr. – Construction Law
Kilpatrick
Leland Black – Patent Law
Matthew Crookston – Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law
Alexa Hunter – Patent Law
Brett Mellor – Patent Law
Troy Petersen – Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law
Alee Soleimanpour – Tax Law
Torrey Spink – Patent Law
KO Law
Nadia Bryan – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Logan DeSouza – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brooke Eckert – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Charu Ganesh – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John Kyed – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Wes Lang – Commercial Litigation
John Shearer – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jacob Stephens – Corporate Law
Reed Smith
Nicholas Erickson – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Elizabeth Graffeo – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law
Christopher Hand – Banking and Finance Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Stephen Robin – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Joyce Williams – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Construction
Steptoe & Johnson
Tanner M. Boyzuick – Insurance Law
Austin Cole – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Energy Law