Kenzo Kawanabe is a commercial litigator who represents clients in a variety of matters relating to commercial disputes, mass torts, products liability, and intellectual property. He has significant litigation and trial experience in high-stakes cases. His law firm focuses on impact litigation.

As a fourth-generation Coloradan, Kenzo engages deeply in communityservice. He serves on the Boards of Colorado Legal Services, Colorado State University System, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – D.C. He previously was on the Board of Advisors for theInstitute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, and served as board chair for the Colorado Lawyers Committee,Boettcher Foundation,andDenver Foundation (one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the U.S.). Additional board service includes Sakura Foundation, Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, Community Resource Center, and Barton Institute for Community Action.

Mr. Kawanabe served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary J. Mullarkey, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABF Fellow), Colorado Bar Association (past Board of Governors and Bar Fellow), Denver Bar Association (past Board and Executive Committee), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (first-ever General Counsel), Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado (past President and Foundation President), and Minoru Yasui Inn of Court.

Recognition:
American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
Benchmark Litigation
Best Lawyers (Lawyer of the Year for Mass Tort)
Chambers USA Litigation Leader Band 1
Colorado Super Lawyers (Top 10) from Thomson Reuters
Colorado Client Choice Award
5280 Top Lawyer
Law Dragon 500

Awards:
PEBC Investing in Education Award
CEA Coloradan Award
Colorado Lawyers Committee Team Award
American Constitution Society Impact Award
APABA Yasui Award
Law Week Colorado Lawyer of the Year
CASE Leadership Award
Denver Mayors Pascoe Civic Leadership Award
Denver Bar Foundation Davis Award
Denver Bar Young Lawyer of the Year

Court Admissions:
Colorado
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Education:
Georgetown University, J.D.
University of Colorado, B.A., Boettcher Scholar

Company Firm

Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC

Firm Mailing

700 Seventeenth Street Ste 1600
Denver
Colorado
80202
United States of America

Fellow Since

March 5, 2016

Practice Areas

  • Commercial Litigation

Chapter

  • Colorado

Committee(s)