Top Company 2015: Gutterman Griffiths

Gutterman Griffiths PC

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Three words from them, about them: Compassion. Competence. Collaboration.

Gutterman Griffiths is all about families: The family within the firm, and the families they help through difficult transitions.

“We apply triage concepts to ensure that all clients get the attention they need, when they need it most, and we avoid harm to our clients from our own actions,” Vice President Ann Gushurst says. “We employ a team approach to combine the talent and experience of our various members to ensure each client gets precisely the expertise that client’s case requires.”

Since its inception in 2002 with just three attorneys, Gutterman Griffiths has more than quadrupled its revenues.

“We build a specific team for the particular client, from the very best professionals in the industry who can flexibly provide the perfect level of service for the client’s needs,” President Diana Powell says. “We litigate, we collaborate, we mediate, we solve problems.”

Gutterman Griffiths has achieved AV Preeminent status in Martindale Hubbell, which signifies the highest level of legal ability and adherence to the professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. The firm has been recognized every year since 2006 as a Top 100 Woman-Owned Business by ColoradoBiz, as well as one of the Top 250 Private Companies.

All shareholders have been selected for inclusion as Colorado Super Lawyers, and every shareholder has earned a prestigious 10/10 on the attorney rating website www.avvo.com. Sheila Gutterman was recognized as the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Athena Award winner of 2014 for her outstanding personal and professional accomplishments in forging a path of female leadership.

The secret sauce: “The firm is dedicated to bringing up the next generation of lawyers through its unique Pathfinders program,” Powell says. “We reach out to hire new college graduates to give them a taste of law, and mentor them through the whole process from a new legal assistant, to paralegal, to law student to new lawyer.”

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