Awards and Recognitions

Best Lawyers ® – Lawyer of the Year 2020 and 2026

Paula Greisen has been recognized as a Colorado Best Lawyers ® for decades and was awarded “Lawyer of the Year” in Plaintiff’s Employment and Civil Rights in 2020 and 2026.

Best Lawyers ® is an entirely peer-review publication that recognizes the top 5% of U.S. lawyers and 3% globally for merit-based legal distinction.  The honors are based on over 13 million confidential evaluations on an annual basis, determined by “the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”

The Best Lawyers ® awards for  “Lawyer of the Year” are given to  individual lawyers who received the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.

Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for a specialty and metropolitan location per edition.

Super Lawyers® Since 2007

Persistent as Hell
Paula Greisen has been named a Colorado Super Lawyers® for almost two decades and repeatedly named in the Top 50 Women Colorado Super Lawyer list.

Super Lawyers® are selected through a multi-phase process that includes peer nominations, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews.

Super Lawyers® awards are then given to the top 5% of attorneys in the state based on this independent evaluation.

Law Week Colorado Lawyer of the Year 2018

https://www.lawweekcolorado.com/article/2018-lawyers-of-the-year-paula-greisen/
Law Week’s Lawyers of the Year are chosen for their standout achievements in their legal work, community involvement and business achievements. The annual awards go to five attorneys who have excelled in litigation, transactional work and law firm leadership.

Paula was presented with this award in 2018 recognition of her outstanding legal work and reputation in the civil rights community.

Named in LawDragon® Top 500 National Leading National Plaintiff’s Civil Rights and Employment  Lawyers

Lawdragon’s leading plaintiff lawyers are recognized experts in specific areas of litigation. Prominent lawyers are selected through a selection process that considers experience, leadership, peer regard, and impact in the legal community. LawDragon  states:

“These lawyers are champions who stand tall and deliver justice to individuals who have lost their means to make a living, their freedom, their dignity. To have a job, a chance.

To have one’s freedom and be able to speak one’s mind. To be able to proceed in life free of sexual abuse, harassment, discrimination and other boulders unfairly forced  onto the paths of individuals trying to live their lives – that is the calling of these heroes.”

5280 Magazine TOP LAWYER

Paula Greisen has been repeatedly named as a 5280 TOP LAWYER.

5280 Magazine’s Top Lawyers list is an annual guide to the best attorneys in 50 different specialties from the seven-county metro areas.

The rigorous selection process ensures that those named represent the pinnacle of legal excellence.

Attorneys are selected through a process of peer review surveys, research, and interviews.

LGBTQ Bar Association Ally of the Year 2018 Award

Paula Greisen and the ACLU were presented this award for their work on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Colorado’s own Charlie Craig and David Mullins, the plaintiffs in the Masterpiece case, presented the awards at the ceremony, expressing their sincere appreciation and gratitude for the legal team’s work on this important case.

The Colorado LGBT Bar Association’s Ally of the Year award is given to honor individuals whose work has helped advance the rights and representation of LGBT+ Coloradans.

ACLU Edward Sherman Award Recipient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJoJkjA-JmE

The ACLU of Colorado awarded Paula Greisen the Edward Sherman Award for Outstanding Legal Work on Behalf of Further Civil Liberties in Colorado.

The award was given to Paula for her work representing thousands of people with disabilities in the Colorado state prison system.  The case resulted in a landmark Consent Decree that ensured the prisons would provide equal access to programs and services and became the model for other prisons nationwide.