Gregory B. Cairns
Adan Cerda & Associates, LLC
Gregory B. Cairns, Esq., * practice focuses on workers' compensation defense and related employment law. Mr. Cairns attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he received a B.A. with honors in psychology in 1975. He obtained his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. Mr. Cairns has been licensed to practice law in Colorado since 1982. Mr. Cairns has 39 years of experience as an attorney specializing in matters relating to workers' compensation and employment law. He has published several articles in The Colorado Lawyer concerning employment issues, the history of the Denver Law Club, and pre-judgment interest, and has been a frequent speaker concerning workers' compensation, pre-employment testing, the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. He is the founder and principal instructor for The Center for Workers' Compensation Training, a private occupational school. Mr. Cairns, who hails from Wisconsin, is president of Cairns & Associates, P.C., in Denver, Colorado. He has argued three cases to the Colorado Court of Appeals and two cases to the Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. Cairns has served as president of Professionals in Workers' Compensation, and he won that organization's honors for “Outstanding Respondent Attorney” and “President's Award” for exceptional service. In 2003, he was named one of the “Outstanding Lawyers of America.” In 2009, Mr. Cairns received the LanceButler Award from the Colorado Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, for meritorious service in the practice of workers' compensation. A baby boomer himself, Mr. Cairns is keenly aware of the special issues confronting injured workers over the age of 55.
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