Dear Friends,

Look at life around you with a 360 degree view. For what are you grateful?  Your family.  Your friends.  Your health.

At FGMC we are grateful for the health of our friend, colleague, mentor and law partner, Gary Lozow.  We are also extraordinarily thankful for the selfless acts of onlookers and innocent bystanders who sacrificed their safety and well-being to save Gary's life.  As many of you may know, early Sunday morning, April 15th, on his way to his weekly breakfast with friends and colleagues, Gary's car was struck by a driver who ran through a red light.  The impact caused Gary's car to rollover and cascade down into Cherry Creek's rushing Spring waters.  Gary was pulled from his car to safety by security guards at Denver Health Medical Center, members of Denver Fire Department Rescue 1 and good samaritans.

For those in the legal community, Gary is larger than life.  Gary has more than 40 years of legal experience and has handled some of the highest profile cases in Colorado.  Gary's passion and love of both the law and justice is ever-present in all that he endeavors.  Gary is well-known in the community for saving the lives of others, particularly when they are falsely or unfairly accused of a crime.  It is only fitting that when his need was greatest, members of our community found a way to save his life.

We want to thank and mention those who risked their lives to save the life of our friend and colleague.  Those people include:

• Denver Health security guards Omar Salgado & Brandon Skalak
• Firefighter Chad Cranmer
• Good samaritan Samuel Kipton
• Good samaritan Julie Schumacher
• Good samaritan Sarah Johnson
• Good samaritans Tim Gillen and Danielle Przychodzin
• The ER department at Denver Health

While FGMC is proud to bring you this message from our 360 degree view looking out of our new home at 360 So. Garfield Street, we are more pleased to say that Gary is expecting to make a full recovery.  He continues, even when injured, to remind us all of the importance in having a global, 360 degree perspective and to be able to focus on the positive while perhaps engaged momentarily in the negative.  What is remarkable about Gary is not only his unwavering commitment to the practice of law, but is undying dedication to his family.  While running a successful law practice, Gary also has boundless energy to be a husband, father, and grandfather of 5.  Gary was even spotted celebrating his granddaughter's birthday this past weekend.  Gary is also already reviewing files and talking with his clients, which is  not a surprise to any of his friends and colleagues.  If you are so inclined to honor Gary's speedy recovery, donations can be made to "Friends of Denver Fire".

A 360 degree view.  A change of location.  A new building.  A change in perspective.  A new lease on life. We are thankful for Gary's recovery and are reminded every day, through our endeavors to serve our community and clients, that we all have much for which to be grateful.

I hope you will join me in visiting with both Gary and our new 360 degree space at FGMC's Open House on May 24, 2012, from 5pm to 8pm.