Brown Gren Abraham & McCracken LLC

8 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Biography

Joseph W. Gren, a founding Partner of Brown Gren Abraham & McCracken, received a B.A. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, he earned a Masters of Resources Law, with concentrations in environmental and energy law and policy, and received his J.D from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2009.

During law school, Mr. Gren was a member of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Transportation Law Journal, a recipient of the Berry Conversation Law Fellowship and a student attorney in the D.U. Civil Litigation Clinic, representing low-income clients in a wide range of civil disputes. He also served as a research assistant drafting multiple publications on endangered species law.

Mr. Gren is licensed to practice law in the states of Colorado and Arizona. His practice areas include, general liability, insurance coverage and liability law, business law, complex subrogation claims, workers’ compensation: focusing on employer and uninsured employer defense, property premises liability, and auto liability claims.

Mr. Gren frequently travels and lectures for national and international insurance carriers, as well as many Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies, on a wide range of issues relating to insurance coverage, subrogation litigation, workers’ compensation litigation, bad faith claims, work-place labor law, and best practices for claims handling in Colorado and Arizona.

Mr. Gren is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Arizona Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, Professionals in Workers’ Compensation and of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

Brown Gren Abraham & McCracken LLC

8 Best Lawyers awards

Brown Gren Abraham & McCracken LLC logo

Overview

  • University of Denver, J.D., graduated 2009

  • Arizona, 2016
  • Colorado, 2009
  • Arizona, 2016
  • Colorado, 2009
  • University of Denver, J.D., graduated 2009

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Awards:
  • Super Lawyers (2022, 2023)

  • Super Lawyers - Rising Star 2014-2019

Additional Information

  • Contributing Author

2013 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, 43rd Edition

2014 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, 44th Edition

2015 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, 45th Edition

Colorado Lawyer, July 2017 edition - Co-Author "Settlement Procedures in Workers’ Compensation"

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