Meet our 2019-2020 Emerging Leaders Speakers! More bios coming soon!

Miko Brown, JD
Partner, ​Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Miko Brown is a trial attorney who defends high-profile companies in catastrophic personal injury lawsuits nationwide, including moving vehicle accidents, product liability matters, and mass torts. She also maintains active complex commercial and intellectual property practices.

Ms. Brown’s civil rights and employment experience includes Section 1983 lawsuits and matters alleging race, gender, disability, and age discrimination, as well as sexual harassment and whistleblower actions. Ms. Brown has also advised employers and employees on non-compete clauses in employment agreements and conducted internal investigations in crisis situations.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Insurance; Medical Malpractice – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2020
•  Top Litigator, Law Week Colorado, 2019
• Barrister’s Choice “Best Class Action/Mass Tort Attorney – Defendants,” Law Week Colorado, 2018
• Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation, Women Lawyers Who Raise the Bar Through Systemic Reform or Innovation, 2017
• Top Lawyer, Personal Injury Defense, 2017-2019, 5280 Magazine.

 

Kenzo Kawanabe, JD
​Partner, ​Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Kenzo Kawanabe is a trial lawyer who represents clients in a variety of matters relating to commercial disputes, mass torts, products liability, and intellectual property. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has significant litigation experience in high-stakes cases.

Mr. Kawanabe is a fourth-generation Coloradan who engages in community service. He currently serves on the board of advisors for the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System and as board chair for the Boettcher Foundation. Mr. Kawanabe is the former board chair of The Denver Foundation, one of the nation’s largest community foundations which annually grants tens of millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations. He also served on the boards of the Sakura Foundation, Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, Community Resource Center, Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities, University of Denver Institute for Philanthropy and Social Enterprise, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

• National Philanthropy Day (Colorado): Volunteer of the Year (2019)
  
• Law Week Colorado Barrister's Best for Colorado's Best Commercial Litigator (2017)
• Benchmark Litigation
  
• 5280 Top Lawyer
  
• Best Lawyers® (Past Lawyer of the Year for Mass
  Tort)

Patty Phan
Chief Operating Officer, Decadent Saint

​Patty Phan is the COO of Decadent Saint, a start-up winery based in Boulder and Louisville, CO. Patty received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University. She was a Lead Designer / Residential Portfolio Manager at Anderson Brule Architects, where she adapted Agile engineering practices to streamline design processes and transform the company’s management systems. After her stint as a designer, she joined Hewlett Packard’s Professional Services World Wide Strategies and Solutions Team as a Senior Program Manger and SAFe Agile expert (SPC). There, she helped develop the global curriculum for training Service Consultants in Agile methodologies and ran training courses all over the globe.

​Wishing to balance her work and life, and to locally apply Agile strategies where it can make the biggest impact, she chose to join Decadent Saint three years ago and has been happily growing the company since that time.

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