Prime Highlights
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck earns the top spot as Colorado’s leading lobbying firm in Law Week Colorado’s 2026 rankings.
- The award places Brownstein among Colorado’s most recognised firms for integrated legal and policy work.
Key Facts
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is headquartered in Denver and operates offices across the United States.
- Law Week Colorado’s Barrister’s Best 2026 merges its People’s Choice and Barrister’s Best categories for the first time.
Background
Colorado picked Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as Best Lobbying Firm in its 2026 Barrister’s Best issue, pointing to the firm’s combined legal and policy work across the state.
The award sits within Law Week Colorado’s annual Barrister’s Best program, which honours standout names in the legal profession through peer voting across Colorado’s legal community.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck runs as a national law and lobbying firm with offices across the United States and its headquarters in Denver. The firm handles work for clients in corporate and business transactions, litigation, government relations, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, natural resources, tax and health care matters.
The firm draws attention for its role advising businesses, trade associations and nonprofit organisations on regulatory, legislative and transactional issues at the federal, state and local levels.
This year brings a change to the Barrister’s Best format, with Law Week Colorado folding its People’s Choice and Barrister’s Best categories into one recognition.
The program spans several legal categories beyond lobbying, honouring judges, litigators, mediators and legal support professionals across Colorado for their skill, professionalism and service.
Other names on this year’s Barrister’s Best list include Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Monica Márquez, who took Best Supreme Court Judge, and Judge David Yun, who earned Best State Court of Appeals Judge, pointing to the program’s wide reach across Colorado’s legal system.
Judge Christopher Zenisek of the First Judicial District Court picked up Best State Trial Court Judge, while Katy Miller, founder of Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution, took Best Arbitrator.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser was named Best Public Sector Lawyer, and Franklin Azar, founder of Franklin D. Azar & Associates, earned Best Class Action and Mass Tort Lawyer for Plaintiffs.
The list also included recognitions across corporate, tax, real estate and litigation practice areas, along with three legal support professionals honoured in a tie for Best Legal Support Professional.
