Professional services.

• Position: 2016 BEST OF COLORADO

BEST LAW FIRM

Holland & Hart LLP

With more than 200 attorneys in metro Denver, Holland & Hart LLP is Colorado's largest law firm.

The Holland & Hart team provides a full complement of corporate and litigation legal services and an advanced trial preparation center and mock trial room. Holland & Hart's Denver office provides a complete range of legal services but also works with its offices throughout the country to make all the firm's resources available to its clients.

Holland & Hart consistently leads the ranks of Colorado firms on the Best Lawyers in America list. Super Lawyers and Chambers & Partners.

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RUNNERS-UP: GUTTERMAN GRIFFITHS PC, BENSON KERRANE STORZ & NELSON PC, POLSINELLI

BEST ACCOUNTING FIRM: NATIONAL

KPMG LLP

The Denver office of KPMC; does more than accounting and consulting. The firm hosts conferences, including last year's inaugural Growth Capital in the Rockies event, where 800 attendees networked and learned how to drive growth in their businesses.

KPMG also had 12 relay teams represented in the Colfax .Marathon last year, and won the United Way Champion of Hope award for exceptional commitment to the community.

These efforts go way beyond just preparing and signing a tax form, says managing partner Mike Bear up. "Really everything we're doing is around trying to help the community," he says. "That's something that's really important to us."

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RUNNERS-UP: EKS&H, HEIN & ASSOCIATES LLP DELOITTE

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BEST ACCOUNTING FIRM: LOCAL

Anton Collins Mitchell LLP

Formed in 2002, Anton Collins Mitchell LLP is a full-service public accounting firm headquartered in Denver, with offices in Northern Colorado, Boulder and Laramie, Wyo. ACM provides assurance, tax and consulting services lo public-sector clients, exempt organizations, entrepreneurs and established companies. Clients range from individuals to start-up businesses to entities with multi-state and international operations. The firm's membership in the BDO Alliance USA combines the resources of the fifth largest accounting organization in the world and the personal attention of a local firm.

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RUNNERS-UP: DALBY WENOLAND & CO PC, COET AND COET PC

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BEST MARKETING/ADVERTISING AGENCY

Automated Marketing Group

This Littleton-based firm specializes in creating sustainable and affordable integrated marketing strategies that give small businesses a way to reach high-quality customers.

The company helps business...