Mark F. Leonard, shareholder and head of the firm’s family law practice at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, has been named “Denver Family Law Lawyer of the Year for 2009” by Best Lawyers.

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, this is the first year that Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only one lawyer per specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The lawyers honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings from their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Focusing exclusively on divorce matters for the past 24 years, Mark is one of the leading attorneys in the field. He handles cases involving pre-and post-marital agreements, sophisticated property settlements, negotiated settlements, permanent order trials, child-related issues and extensive mediation and arbitration. Mark also serves as a mediator, settlement master and arbitrator in divorce matters.

Active in the Denver community, Mark has served in various boards of directors and is a member of the American, Colorado and Denver bar associations.