Frank C. Porada

Mr. Brown, a founding Partner of Brown Gren Abraham & McCracken, continues his focus on representing insurance carriers and employers in workers’ compensation, employment law, and general liability claims in Colorado and Utah. Mr. Brown has been practicing in Colorado since 2005 and handles matters arising under such laws as the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act (ADEA), Colorado Wage Act and the ...

Troy A. Eid, the former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, is a principal shareholder in the firm's Denver office. He has wide-ranging experience in complex federal, state and tribal litigation at the administrative, trial and appellate court level. Mr. Eid also handles a wide range of sensitive commercial transactions and disputes that require statutory, regulatory or administrative approval. Recent examples include: Spearheading the statutory review and community participation proc...

Adam M. McClure is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants. Adam M., who practices law in Lakewood, Colorado, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Adam M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Amy's practice focuses on commercial real estate, including the acquisition of real estate assets, development, leasing, real estate financing, and dispositions of real estate assets throughout the country. Amy has represented borrowers in various real estate finance transactions, and both landlords and tenants with respect to office, industrial and retail leasing. Amy specializes in advising clients concerning the development, operation and management of all types of master planned communiti...

Matt Hogan is a Member of the firm’s Public Finance Department and has been active in public finance for over twenty-five years. Mr. Hogan’s area of practice consists of work as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter’s counsel and private placement counsel. He has represented clients in connection with the financing of utilities, airport, mass transit, manufacturing, housing and healthcare facilities. He has addressed a wide area of public finance topics as an individ...

Seeing is believing. Most serious personal injury claims never make it to the courthouse. Instead, they are settled before trial either through direct negotiations with the other side or at a mediation or settlement conference. I have spent the last few decades of my career doing everything I can to facilitate out-of-court settlements. While most lawyers will present their clients’ stories to opposing counsel through a written demand letter, we know that video footage is simply more pow...

Traci L. Van Pelt is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Litigation - Health Care, Litigation - Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants and Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants. Traci L., who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Traci L. is held by other top lawyers in...

More than a decade of construction litigation and contract drafting experience. Provides practical solutions to clients’ business challenges. Experience ranges from relatively small disputes to multi-million-dollar claims in state courts, federal courts and arbitration. In his construction-focused practice, Kevin Walsh provides developers and construction professionals with a wide range of legal services, including contract drafting and negotiation; dispute avoidance and de-escalation; ...

Bud Bourke has extensive experience in business, residential and commercial real estate and tax planning for individuals, partnerships and corporations. He works with individuals (regardless of net worth), executives, closely-held business owners and professionals within Colorado, across the nation, and internationally, to manage their legal and legacy concerns and their multi-generational family businesses. He has years of experience with the preparation of simple and complex estate plans an...

Joe Smith is a licensed attorney in Colorado and Florida and a Colorado licensed architect with over twenty-five years of architecture, construction law, construction defect litigation, and related insurance coverage and bankruptcy experience. Throughout his legal career, Joe has exclusively represented homeowners, homeowner associations, and building owners. From 2011 to 2014 Joe worked as a forensic architect at a Colorado consulting firm where he provided forensic services to private and p...