Gregory “Greg” Densen is a member in Sherman & Howard’s Denver office. His practice focuses on matters related to trusts and estates planning. Greg is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Gregory T. Densen
MemberDenver, Colorado
Phone: 303.299.8314
Fax: 303.298.0940
Areas Of Emphasis
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Iowa College of Law, 1998
- with High Distinction
- Articles and Book Review Editor, Iowa Law Review
- Master of Business Administration, University of Iowa, 1998
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Economy, Washington University, 1994
- magna cum laude
Gregory T. Densen
MemberAreas Of Emphasis
Gregory T. Densen
MemberAreas Of Emphasis
Experience
- Assisted family with design and implementation of business and tax sensitive plan to transfer management and ownership of 50+ operating companies between generations; provide counsel to several families with issues of a similar nature and scope.
- Routinely design plans to transition wealth and ideals to future generations while minimizing impact of gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
- Frequently provide counsel to surviving spouses and surviving children relating to administration of estates, transition of property to beneficiaries, and (with the assistance of family financial advisors) structures for diversification of portfolios to fit the intended disposition.
- Serve as lead estate counsel on litigation matters relating to definition of estate and trust terms, division of trust assets among disputing beneficiaries, appointment and discharge of fiduciaries, and reformation of estates and trusts to minimize unintended transfer tax consequences.
- Obtain numerous Guardianships and Conservatorships in contested and uncontested proceedings, counseling families on implementation and upkeep of structures to assist minors and incapacitated individuals.
Publications & Presentations
PRESS
- The American Lawyer Quotes Gregory Densen on Pandemic-Related Changes Within Law Firms
The American Lawyer | March 3, 2021 - Sherman & Howard Announces 4 New Members
AZ Big Media | February 16, 2018 - Unlike Most Big Law Firms, Sherman & Howard Bulks up its Family Law Group
Denver Business Journal | September 26, 2017 - Former Bookkeeper’s Estate Mostly Wins on Complex Plan
Bloomberg BNA Tax and Accounting Center | September 1, 2017 - Breaking Old Ground
Law Week Colorado | August 28, 2017
PUBLICATIONS
- Trust Protectors: Powers, Capacity, and Selection
Colorado Lawyer | September 2012 - Decanting in Colorado: Nothing to Wine About
CBA Trust and Estate Member Newsletter | June 2009
Professional Activities
- Denver Estate Planning Council
- Rocky Mountain Estate Planning Council
- Executive Committee, Metro Denver EDC
- Colorado Bar Association
- Trust & Estate Section
- Executive Council Member
- Former Chairman
- Former Co-Chairman
- Statutory Revisions Subcommittee
- Trust & Estate Section
- Former Board Member, Rocky Mountain Estate Planning Council
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
- Former President, Friends of Arts Street
- An arts-based workplace development program for Denver youth.
- Former Mentor, Byrne Foundation
- Mentoring program for at-risk high school students.
Highlights
- The Best Lawyers in America, Denver
- Litigation: Trusts and Estates (2011-2023)
- Trusts and Estates (2010-2023)
- Chambers HNW, Band 2, Colorado Private Wealth Law (2017-2019)
- 5280 Magazine, Top Lawyer – Estate Planning (2015-2020)
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow