Natalie Brown

Attorney Profile
Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Aurora, CO
- Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
Attorney Natalie Brown is of Counsel with Franklin D. Azar & Associates, a personal injury law firm whith several offices throughout Colorado. A highly rated trial attorney with more than 32 years of legal experience, Ms. Brown focuses her practice on catastrophic personal injury claims. As she once observed, "if it explodes, catches fire, emits toxic gas or causes chemical burns, it ends up on my desk". Ms. Brown has also represented people in cases involving bad faith insurance practices, car crashes, negligent highway design and cases involving defective products.
A native of Montana, Ms. Brown attended the University of Montana, graduating in 1982. She then attended the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 1986. She was admitted to practice that same year in all state and federal courts in Colorado.
Throughout the course of her career, Ms. Brown has achieved notable success advocating on behalf of those who suffered an injury or loss as the result of another party's negligence or wrongdoing, netting tens of millions of dollars for her clients. She is active in her legal community having served in leadership roles in the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, as co-chair for the Colorado Civil Access Pilot Project's Medical Malpractice Committee and on the faculty at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Her success as a trial attorney has led to awards and honors including membership as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. Both of these organizations accept members by invitation only and are reserved for only the top lawyers in the nation.
In addition, Law Week Colorado named Ms. Brown as an Editor’s Choice Best Trial Lawyer in 2010, and The Best Lawyers in America voted her Lawyer of the Year for Colorado in 2012 for plaintiff's medical malpractice. Regarded as one of the top 100 lawyers in Colorado, she also received the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Case of the Year award in 2001.
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- 100%Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Trucking Accidents, Premises Liability - Plaintiff
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Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2021
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- Top 100: 2021 Colorado Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2020 Colorado Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2020 Women Colorado Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2019 Women Colorado Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2019 Colorado Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2018 Colorado Super Lawyers
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- Top 25: 2007 Women Colorado Super Lawyers
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About Natalie Brown
Admitted: 1986, Colorado
Professional Webpage: https://www.fdazar.com/our-attorneys-bios/natalie-brown/
Honors/Awards:
- named a best lawyer in personal injury for more than ten years running, named a best lawyer in personal injury , Best Lawyers in America, 2019
- Colorado Super Lawyer, 2006-Present
- named a top lawyer in personal injury by 5280 magazine, 5280 top lawyers, 5280 magazine, 2019
- named a top lawyer for personal injury in colorado, 5280 Top Lawyers, 5280 magazine, 2018
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates,
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Colorado, 2008-Present
- Law Week, a weekly legal newspaper named Natalie Brown Best Plaintiff's Personal Injury Lawyer for 2015. She was previously recognized by Law Week in 2010 as Best Trial Lawyer and in 2013 as one of seven top women lawyers.
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Case of the Year award, 2001
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association lobby council, 2019
- Elected member, The American Board of Trial Advocates, 2004
- President, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association 2009-2010
- Colorado
- Secretary, CTLA, 2006-2007
- Vice President Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2007
- Panelist Colorado Bar Association panel on generational diversity, 2016
- Treasurer, CTLA, 2005-2006
- Co-Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee of Colorado’s Civil Access Pilot Project
- President-Elect Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2008
- Executive committee of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2015
- Board of Directors, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 1999-2005
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Coach, Rangeview High School Mock Trial team
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Trial skills instructor at the annual NITA session of the National Organization of Bar Counsel, Boulder Colorado, October 2015., teacher, National Institute Of Trial Advocacy, 2015
- Invited speaker at the annual block buster seminar to take place January 28-29, 2016., Speaker, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, 2016
- Participant in ABOTA's Masters in Trial series. Â Presented the direct exam of an expert witness in a premises liability case., Presenter, ABOTA, 2016
- Faculty member at NITA's Rocky Mountain Regional trial training program in Boulder Colorado, Faculty member, NITA, 2016
- Faculty member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Verdicts/Settlements:
- Preston v. Dupont, 35 P.2d 433 (Colo.2001)
- $365,000 jury verdict in car crash case, 2015
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Best Lawyers in America, 2007
- Best Lawyers in America, 2010
- Best Lawyers in America, 2011
- Best Lawyers in America, 2014
- Best Lawyers in America, 2006
- Best Lawyers in America, 2009
- Named Denver Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year” ., 2012
- Best Lawyers in America, 2013
- Best Lawyers in America, 2008
- Named Editor's Choice Best Trial Lawyer by Law Week Colorado., 2010
- Best Lawyers in America, 2012
Educational Background:
- BA with Honors, University of Montana, 1982
Industry Groups
- AMERICAN BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES
- American College Of Trial Lawyers
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. American Association For Justice
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Last Updated: 12/28/2020