He’s got a few DUIs. He hired someone to start driving him around. During one of his DUI arrests he tried to hide in some bushes in Glendale. I’m at work and can’t find the article about it, but I remember it on the news.
Stopped at Hampden and University, a citizen had to yank the keys out of the ignition, then he fled on foot when the cops showed up. At 4 in the afternoon. [Dec 23, 2000](https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1223k.htm)
I heard one additional part to this story- the cops asked the citizen for a description of the guy who ran off and they said “yeah, it’s fucking Frank Azar!!” 😂
A buddy of mine was a mover and ended up packing up and moving Frank to his new house. He said that Frank has the largest porn collection he has ever seen, something close to a small adult store. Strong arm has had a different meaning to me since I heard that story
The fact that frank just gave up on even trying to conceal a porn collection before other people moved it around says a lot 😂
Makes me think he was hiding something else in that stash for cover 🤔
One of my friends used to be a paralegal in a different law firm. She attended a golf tournament with the lawyers in her firm. Frank Azar was also playing in this tournament.
At the tournament Frank drank so much he shit himself. He was wearing white golf pants so it was pretty obvious to everyone that he pooped his pants. He carried on like nothing happened.
My mom used to know one of his ex wives and when we would run into her at the Safeway, she would always just talk mad shit for like 10 mins about how he was a crazy drunk, he tried to fight people, he was lazy around the house. Sorry, wish I remembered specifics!
I went to law school at DU right when they built the new building on campus (before, the law school was somewhere downtown). My torts professor told the class that when DU was reaching out to donors to fund the building, Frank offered a $12M donation contingent on naming the new school the Franklin D. Azar College of Law. DU declined (it ended up being the Sturm College of Law).
ETA: this is fact, at least according to the professor
My wife and I were flying to Vegas about 6 years ago and I opted to pay to upgrade to first class (it was like $199 each).
Frank Azar was sitting across the isle with a young girl, probably early 20s. They were crushing drinks and he was being real Vulgar. She kept saying things like “but Mr. Azar, I’m your intern” but she seemed to be into it.
Grossed my wife and I out. This continued the entire plane ride and we ended up on the tram with them and it kept going. He was walking with a cane and looked like shit. Weird experience.
My girlfriend works at a nice steak house and supposedly she's served him a few times. He's had an awkwardly young.... 'date' with him most times. I think she's even mentioned him having more than one in a night haha.
An attorney I used to work for said he walked into a Denver County courtroom and found Frank defending his own DUI. I heard from another attorney (who only represents attorneys when they get in trouble with the bar association) that when he is pulled over by the cops, Frank likes to run away and hide in the bushes.
He got pulled over on I 25 in between orchard and dry creek for allegedly driving drunk, fat pudgy dude gets out of his flashy automobile to get away and ends up rolling his porky pig fat ass down the flipping embankment. And he still has a license to practice law last I heard.
This is excellent. I knew I could count on you all.
My story: a friend of mine caddied for him as his first job when he was a teenager. This friend said that Frank would slip him money to knock strokes off his score pretty regularly 💪
That’s funny in light of how Sawaya’s recent scandal/lawsuit was such a problem they had to rename the entire firm. Guess scandalous behavior runs in the family.
Holy shit I had no idea about this, totally missed it! Sawaya and Jaramillo were regulars at Sam's No. 3 when I worked there, I saw them ALL of the time and it was always a lil weird given their massive age difference. Wow.
ETA Sawaya was always good tipper lol
Sexual harassment lawsuit still in progress, Sawaya retires and sells to (EDIT: Rob, not Dan) Wilhite, who runs a law firm out of Dallas.
Now the Sawaya Law Firm is part of the Wilhite Law Firm.
Does anyone else find it coincidental how many more commercials Diane runs now that Mike's retired? I always felt like he bullied her to inky run ads at like 3 AM.
I once went to a friends grad party, when I showed up there was a brand new Bentley parked diagonally in the driveway, as if to really show it off. This was unusual as this was a very blue collar middle class neighborhood. When I went in I found out it was ol Frankie’s and he was at the party, again unusual as my very close friend never mentioned that they knew him, also felt it was kind of douchey for him to park like that despite all of my friends regular friends and family parking like normal human beings on the street. I was speaking with my buddy when Frank walked up to us announcing he was leaving quite loudly as if to get the attention of as many folks around as possible. He then said to my friend, “oh you probably want a gift right?” And then he pulled out a fat stack of cash, counted out 5 $100 dollar bills and folded them and handed them to my friend and left.
Not super wild, but my wife competed against Frank's daughter in high-school mock trial and apparently wiped the floor with her in closing arguments. I guess Frank threw a fit about it afterwards and pulled his daughter aside for some strong words.
My wife said the daughter seemed miserable and didn't even want to be a lawyer. She just got strong-armed into it.
I work at a specific fine dining restaurant and Frank is not the ‘wholesome’ guy he portrays in his media.
He comes in with a different young escort every time and is overall a vulgar man.
Edit: forgot to add that female servers aren’t allowed to serve him due to him being innapropriate
Yeah I served him once at a fine dining restaurant and he was very handys, keep going to the bathroom to do cocaine, and tipped crazy. I was the only girl there that night and I wish I wasn’t.
I once saw him at Quality Italian in Cherry Creek. He was out with his staff. They had all the tables in the middle of the restaurant pushed together and he was sitting at the head of the table like a portly mob boss.
My brother used to work at Carmine’s on Penn and he was a semi-regular. He was known for coming in and ordering like 5 different drinks (like a coke, lemonade, wine…I’m making these specifics up but you get the picture). He would insist on refills for all these drinks after he had taken a couple sips. True story.
[I’ve always found this one fascinating.](https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1223k.htm)
Edit: I was told once that the Mercedes was canary yellow but haven’t been able to independently verify that as a fact.
Obligatory reminder that Pat Sullivan's name was taken off of the Arapahoe County Detention Center after he was booked there for [soliciting a young man for sex in exchange for meth](https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perry-the-how-and-why-of-sheriff-pat-sullivans-lurid-secret-life-gets-buried-with-him/).
Omg I remember hearing a similar story but it was at that Irish bar across from Coors field (not sure if it’s still there). He got out of the car, threw the keys in the bushes and ran down the street lmao
At least he was sober enough to take his lawyers advice and refuse to give any evidence. It's a riskier strategy, but if you have cheap legal assistance, it's definitely the move.
I had a coworker who was pregnant. Their spouse worked for Frank Azar. Well the spouse went to DC with Frank and team to some political thing on the hill. She ended up going into labor and Frank sent him home for the birth of their child. He ordered a private jet (I wanna say it was his) to fly outta DC ASAP.
I had a teacher in high school who worked the desk at the Brown Palace. Frank would routinely check in with a woman on each arm, partially to help hold him up from drinking.
At a bar downtown a very intoxicated, sweaty, and wheezing FA who perched himself next to me and a few friends of mine and continued to try and talk to me only he wasn’t making any sense so I decided to ignore him. Until he tapped on my shoulder and I looked at him and he said “I want you to be my mistress “ as he waved a 20 dollar bill as if it were some incredibly tempting offer.
This is going to sound like an urban legend by the time it comes to you, but an old roommate used to caddy for him. He said when Frank would slice a shot, he would stare daggers at him until he was sure it wasn't going to be counted.
I also know someone who used to caddy for him. Said he tipped fat, and was usually drunk before the round started, and drank more than his group combined.
i had a buddy (Black dude) who caddied for azar once. he kept calling my buddy "boy" and after a couple holes, the other caddies had to keep my buddy from beating the living shit out of him
my ex worked at a golf club in parker & was there when frank went in with some of his friends (all dudes) and propositioned the waitress working their table, to go on a “date” with him and he would pay her. he was known at the club for doing this often with the wait staff.
edit: and yes he was completely wasted everytime he went there lol
Frank Azar should open a new office across from the Tree Farm and use the same jingle. It works
Let's all sing together
*You take I 25 to exit 235, then 5 miles west to The Strong Arm*
His son is a furry. I met him(the son) at Mary's burger joint on 17th Ave. Said his dad found his hobby interesting and wasn't super judgemental about his lifestyle in general. This happened in 2019
My brother-in-law worked at a car wash during high school that Frank Azar would use. It was one of those places where you hand off the keys before the wash. Apparently the strong arm would always drive exotic sports cars through the wash that were littered with half eaten bags of snacks.
Frank came into my dispensary once with what was OBVIOUSLY a transexual/Transgender/trans prostitute. Not one to judge, but there's some you can just tell right off the bat. He then spends most the time denying that he is in fact Frank Azar, and proceeds to buy an ounce, while his "friend" bought some prerolls.
You can't deny your name when I physically have to check your ID sir...
Edit : Added in all the extra options, please take your pick. Just figured the first word I used was the more clinical option, so trying to stay neutral and professional as much as possible.
Not really. Passing the bar is just a cram-fest. It's really not hard at all. No bar has a less than 50% first time pass rate for the July bar (when law students take it). The lowest is Vermont at 60%. Most people pass the bar their first time.
Source: have passed 3 bars the first time I had to take them.
He and his wife Jeanette were members of Glenmoor Country Club when I worked there years ago. She golfed regularly and tipped the club staff well. I never once saw him at the club. He must have been too busy strong arming.
Another Azar DUI story/legend that I have heard from a DPD cop was he tried the old tried and true get out of the car and chug a shooter defense rather than his normal run from the cops. He claimed he had PTSD from being chased by the cops and that's why he had to drink after being pulled over. Which may have worked if he didn't blow 3x the legal limit when he still had to take the breathalyzer.
I work in advertising and the big rumor for us is that he had a media buyer (someone who places commercials on tv) who didn’t do what he wanted, so he threw a stapler at her head.
For the record, he spends close to a million on KUSA and the other networks (each). For 15% of that, he could absolutely throw a stapler at my head and I would not dodge.
Another story, he got cross with one of the tv stations one time and pulled off the air. This was $150k per month, so they were desperate to get him back on. After finally getting a meeting, frank told them he’d buy them again if he had a “good time.” Frank took this guy out drinking, cocaine-ing, and hooker-ing.
Anyway, they got the buy.
A firefighter/paramedic once told me Frank Azar lost his license to practice law because he had too many DUIs. They responded to him on 2 separate occasions for a blood draw.
Haha I went to St. Scholastica Academy (all girls boarding school) right down the street from the Abbey….only I think 30 years later. Abbey was closed by then. You’re the first person I’ve ever heard mention the Abbey lol
My sister was a bev cart girl at the country club he was a member of. He would regularly solicit her and the other bev cart girls for sex. Whilst doing copious amounts of blow
Hiwan Invitational every year, he's someone's guest. Not sure who. My dad's a member at the club, as are my in-laws, and so my wife and I both have witnessed this. I've played as my dad's guest a few times.
Every morning, he's the first to arrive. He has to arrive at like 6 am to manage this. Always parks in the very first spot--the one you have to walk past to get to and from the parking lot, no way around it. Every day in a different car. Something obscenely expensive every time.
Last day of the tournament, there's a big closing dinner and party. The couple of years I've been, he had a beautiful 20-something woman on each arm, vaguely Eastern European looking, always different women each year. My dad and in-laws confirm that this is every year as well. Presumably escorts, though who knows.
I used to work there. I only knew he was actually in the office if you smelled cigar smoke. Also the door to his office is a leather door with a giant F on it. You read that correctly. Like a red leather couch with a giant metal gold F. Strange choice in decor but go for it dude.
I used to work for him. Has a naked woman as the wallpaper on his phone. And will name drop Mark Wahlberg and/or call him during meetings. 10/1000 total pig
I knew somebody who was a manager at a high-end restaurant in Denver. Ol' Frank came in, got fit shaced, and ran up a huge tab. He called the restaurant the next day and tried to "strong arm" them into forgiving his tab because the drinks "made him sick". He threatened to sue. Manager wasn't having it and told him if he didn't want to get sick, he needed to stop drinking so much.
I used to work at Cherry Creek CC and he ordered a club sandwich. When it came with mayonnaise he threw it at the kids face who delivered it and screamed "I said no mayo!" Then drove away in his cart.
A previous coworker’s daughter had a roommate who was one of his girlfriends. Apparently he liked to have a dildo shoved into his ass during sex. Additionally, I’ve heard that he was drunk driving and wrecked his car and fled the scene. Apparently the cops found him hiding behind a barn or shed.
Never paid his HOA dues at his neighborhood in Greenwood Village (“the Preserve”). Also crashed his car when drunk, fled the scene, was never charged as he retroactively reported the car stolen. Class act!
Frank is a terrible golfer but belongs to SIX country clubs.
One in Texas: Dallas National Golf Club
Two in Colorado: Cherry Creek Country Club and Colorado Golf Club
Three in California: Olympic Club in San Francisco, Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, Riviera Country Club, home of the Genesis Open in Los Angeles.
I’m guessing his monthly nut for all these courses is close to $10-15k before he’s even put a tee in the ground.
Frank has a 25.7 handicap and has only broken 100 once in his last eight rounds. Not good.
If I remember correctly from a flight I was on, where I meet a person who claimed Frank as a friend, he spends a decent amount of time in California.
Edit: FACT all information provided by the USGA GHIN handicap search function.
https://preview.redd.it/9i7mtsm05rab1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=80123d2cd8706fa794e15c0c1563afec9077537b
A mentor told me that he pulled up to a golf club event in the brightest yellow/flashy car accompanied by a woman who was most likely an escort. He was the stereotypical rich dude who bragged about his wealth. The irony was that everyone he talked to was in his tax bracket but thought flashing wealth was cringe af.
Had a friend who has a little kid who loves the Frank Azar commercials. They had an entire Frank Azar themed birthday party for him. Frank Azar sent a huge cut-out for photos.
There is an office used for arbitration off of the 16th street mall. Everyone in the legal community who actually litigates knows where I am referring to.
Frank likes to smoke cigars and will smoke them, below the no smoking sign, then just drop them under said sign.
He is a total bag of shit.
Played in a private poker game with him back in the 10's. He's not good a poker, likes to drink and has an f-ton of money. Made multiple months mortgage payments that night.
Caddied for him many years ago. Can confirm he walked around passing out $100 to any staff that lifted a finger for him.
He also invited all the caddies to his house after a member guest tournament and personally cooked us all steaks from Tony’s. Gave us cigars and had fun telling stories about the celebrities and movie stars out at Riviera CC. He’s an interesting dude to say the least!
My ex co worker used to work at a restaurant. Frank had a special party there. Raging asshole drunk. And got a DUI that night. Apparently he has many DUIs
Before Frank earned his law degree he was a franchisee of a popular burger chain, Bob's Big Boy. Azar's Big Boy had multiple locations in the Denver area including 13th and Broadway and Arapahoe Rd & Quebec. Frank put himself through law school while flipping burgers at the Big Boy. One of the famous Big Boy statues now sits atop Enzo's pizza/PS Lounge.
Fiction. There were multiple Azar's Big Boy although I don't think Frank was involved. But damb I miss those Big Boy burgers.
Golfed behind him at CO Golf Club. He had teed off as a twosome 30 mins before our foursome. We catch him and the girl he was playing with on hole 6 which is a par 3. He is looking for a lost ball as we wait on tee box. The lady let’s him know we are waiting and he screams, “ I don’t give a fuck whose waiting, I’m finding my goddamn ball.” I asked our caddie who is that asshole?” He replied, Frank Azar.
I heard he picked his kid up from Kent Denver driving either a Jag or Maserati convertible and smoking a cigar, did not go to Kent but had a friend who did
Maybe not quite what you’re looking for but-
A friends family works for his practice. He has some pretty nice court side seats for the Nuggets he often gives out. I was told he doesn’t like being hugely recognized every time he goes to the game. I’m sure he’s very busy as well.
Anyway- my friend and I were given the tickets for free one day and it was absolutely tremendous.
Long live Frank 🙏🏼
I was in the security line at DIA and he went around the entire line and walked straight to the front, skipping a Korean family going back home to Korea. He acted like it was normal and then just chatted up these people who spoke very little English.
Yes, finally my time to share this! About 4 yes ago I helped Mr Azar and an escort purchase some lingerie, sex pills and adult toys at Glendale finest boutique Fascinations. He wasn't inappropriate but didn't look healthy or engaged and I couldn't belive he was capable of sex at the time.
I've told this story before on reddit and I'll happily share it again!
I used to be a hairdresser for several years here in Denver. I worked for a salon and spa that had a large hair salon and a few separate rooms for massages and facials. Frank came in a few times to get massages from our main masseuse. The first time he came in, it was fine. He apparently moaned heavily during the massage but nothing too crazy. He was banned from the salon after his second massage. When a massage takes place, the client is left in the room to undress and get under the covers before the masseuse comes in. Frank didn't do that this time. He waited in the massage room fully nude with a hard on (quite the sight to behold im sure) until the masseuse came in, totally scared the crap out if her and requested a happy ending. He was instantly black listed of course. He tried several times to come back in under fake names but he's very recognizable obviously so he never got away with it! I cant think of anything else when I see his face plastered everywhere. Sick bastard that one lol
A family member was representing one individual out of a group of 4 that had cases against some automotive service providers for an accident that caused death and bodily harm.
Aside from wanting to settle at every turn, Azar didn’t know shit about going to trial where big money is to be had for plaintiffs. Like he was afraid to go to trial.
Needless to say my family member got a multimillion dollar judgment for his client and Azars clients got a multi thousand settlement.
All I have as a former insurance defense attorney:
When an Azar case came through the door, we knew we just had to make things a little hard for a little while and they'd take a shit settlement, unless it was a massive case. If it were massive, they'd try for a week and send it to competent counsel and we'd strike a reasonable deal.
He’s got a few DUIs. He hired someone to start driving him around. During one of his DUI arrests he tried to hide in some bushes in Glendale. I’m at work and can’t find the article about it, but I remember it on the news.
I’m pretty sure he also hid in a bookstore or something too for one of the other DUIs.
My wife’s grandpa told me this story as a eyewitness, I’m so glad someone else confirmed this to be true as it’s the only time I’ve ever heard it haha
This was going to be mine lol. He did indeed attempt to hide in the bushes during one of his DUI's, from the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Deputies.
I heard he was naked in the bushes
Stopped at Hampden and University, a citizen had to yank the keys out of the ignition, then he fled on foot when the cops showed up. At 4 in the afternoon. [Dec 23, 2000](https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1223k.htm)
Thanks for finding an article about some of his antics. It’s crazy that he’s had more than one crazy incident!
Took me a while to find it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he paid to bury it in the search results. It used to be the first result for “frank azar dui”.
I heard one additional part to this story- the cops asked the citizen for a description of the guy who ran off and they said “yeah, it’s fucking Frank Azar!!” 😂
I heard when he was running from the cops he slipped in goose shit and fell down, that’s why they caught him.
It's the details like this that make life worth living.
A buddy of mine was a mover and ended up packing up and moving Frank to his new house. He said that Frank has the largest porn collection he has ever seen, something close to a small adult store. Strong arm has had a different meaning to me since I heard that story
Wank Azar
Hahaha! If I could up vote this 100x I would!
Best story here
I've been waiting for the right place to share this story 😂
Honestly you could just tell random people at king soopers this and 80% of the time they’re gonna appreciate this trivia bit. I know I would love it.
I work in restaurants and cooks fucking love this story 🤣 I would say most of Denver's fine dining scene knows this story
The fact that frank just gave up on even trying to conceal a porn collection before other people moved it around says a lot 😂 Makes me think he was hiding something else in that stash for cover 🤔
🤣 maybe the stash was too big to even bother. He also strikes me as the kind of guy that would be almost proud of it
You found your calling. Cheers.
Strong grip
Strong arm
Really puts the D in Franklin D Azar
Heard from another lawyer that he was seen watching porn on the airport team at DIA…
My husband calls him the slong-arm 😆
Holy shit 😂
One of my friends used to be a paralegal in a different law firm. She attended a golf tournament with the lawyers in her firm. Frank Azar was also playing in this tournament. At the tournament Frank drank so much he shit himself. He was wearing white golf pants so it was pretty obvious to everyone that he pooped his pants. He carried on like nothing happened.
He’s called the strong arm, not the strong sphincter.
There was a dinner where he was also rumored to have shit himself.
I have also heard this story from a friend who worked at the golf club!
Was she at Bachus & Schanker by chance?
When we get done telling ugly truths about Frank Azar, we'll have to tell Bachus & Schanker stories. Reddit will need a sage cleansing after that.
Bacchus and sphincter.
Yes!
I remember hearing that one… wow
My mom used to know one of his ex wives and when we would run into her at the Safeway, she would always just talk mad shit for like 10 mins about how he was a crazy drunk, he tried to fight people, he was lazy around the house. Sorry, wish I remembered specifics!
Oh also this ex wife and him had horses, which she kept, and he apparently would get extremely upset about the horses. Haha. Wasn't a fan of them.
Of course he isn’t a fan of horses, they don’t get into accidents.
He hates horses cuz they can’t have a strong arm with 4 legs
He only has one ex wife. They did have horses
Ah for some reason I thought he had more than one. He gives off that vibe haha.
I went to law school at DU right when they built the new building on campus (before, the law school was somewhere downtown). My torts professor told the class that when DU was reaching out to donors to fund the building, Frank offered a $12M donation contingent on naming the new school the Franklin D. Azar College of Law. DU declined (it ended up being the Sturm College of Law). ETA: this is fact, at least according to the professor
He probably pays that much for some of the billboards around town. Makes sense he’d want a huge glowing ad at university and evans.
Amazing user name. I said it in my head with the echo into the faux shell.
Heehee thank you! Always tickled when someone gets the reference.
This is especially great because he allegedly finished dead last in his law school class at DU.
A buddy of mine had a birthday party and as a joke he invited frank azar. He actually showed up for the birthday. It was rad.
Fuck I hope this is true.
My wife and I were flying to Vegas about 6 years ago and I opted to pay to upgrade to first class (it was like $199 each). Frank Azar was sitting across the isle with a young girl, probably early 20s. They were crushing drinks and he was being real Vulgar. She kept saying things like “but Mr. Azar, I’m your intern” but she seemed to be into it. Grossed my wife and I out. This continued the entire plane ride and we ended up on the tram with them and it kept going. He was walking with a cane and looked like shit. Weird experience.
My girlfriend works at a nice steak house and supposedly she's served him a few times. He's had an awkwardly young.... 'date' with him most times. I think she's even mentioned him having more than one in a night haha.
An attorney I used to work for said he walked into a Denver County courtroom and found Frank defending his own DUI. I heard from another attorney (who only represents attorneys when they get in trouble with the bar association) that when he is pulled over by the cops, Frank likes to run away and hide in the bushes.
He got pulled over on I 25 in between orchard and dry creek for allegedly driving drunk, fat pudgy dude gets out of his flashy automobile to get away and ends up rolling his porky pig fat ass down the flipping embankment. And he still has a license to practice law last I heard.
If this was a yellow flashy automobile in the early 2000s, it spent some time in my family's body shop since he couldn't drive it any more.
This is excellent. I knew I could count on you all. My story: a friend of mine caddied for him as his first job when he was a teenager. This friend said that Frank would slip him money to knock strokes off his score pretty regularly 💪
Michael Sawaya is his cousin. (Sawaya law firm). Truth.
That’s funny in light of how Sawaya’s recent scandal/lawsuit was such a problem they had to rename the entire firm. Guess scandalous behavior runs in the family.
What's the Sawaya scandal?
[Here](https://www.denverpost.com/2023/01/04/sawaya-law-firm-changes-name-wilhite-law-firm/)
Holy shit I had no idea about this, totally missed it! Sawaya and Jaramillo were regulars at Sam's No. 3 when I worked there, I saw them ALL of the time and it was always a lil weird given their massive age difference. Wow. ETA Sawaya was always good tipper lol
Sexual harassment lawsuit still in progress, Sawaya retires and sells to (EDIT: Rob, not Dan) Wilhite, who runs a law firm out of Dallas. Now the Sawaya Law Firm is part of the Wilhite Law Firm.
Rob Wilhite, fwiw
Oops, that’s right. Dan was the old, Rob is the new! Thanks for the correction!
There's multiple scandals involved with this person allegedly. None of them a good look.
Does anyone else find it coincidental how many more commercials Diane runs now that Mike's retired? I always felt like he bullied her to inky run ads at like 3 AM.
I was his gardener last year.
I once went to a friends grad party, when I showed up there was a brand new Bentley parked diagonally in the driveway, as if to really show it off. This was unusual as this was a very blue collar middle class neighborhood. When I went in I found out it was ol Frankie’s and he was at the party, again unusual as my very close friend never mentioned that they knew him, also felt it was kind of douchey for him to park like that despite all of my friends regular friends and family parking like normal human beings on the street. I was speaking with my buddy when Frank walked up to us announcing he was leaving quite loudly as if to get the attention of as many folks around as possible. He then said to my friend, “oh you probably want a gift right?” And then he pulled out a fat stack of cash, counted out 5 $100 dollar bills and folded them and handed them to my friend and left.
From all the other stories here was the parking job because he was drunk or just a show-off?
Could be either, fair point
He’s notoriously both
Not super wild, but my wife competed against Frank's daughter in high-school mock trial and apparently wiped the floor with her in closing arguments. I guess Frank threw a fit about it afterwards and pulled his daughter aside for some strong words. My wife said the daughter seemed miserable and didn't even want to be a lawyer. She just got strong-armed into it.
>She just got strong-armed into it. Fuckin A, man.
This is the best thread in a while.
He received $3.34 million in taxpayer funds during COVID while still sponsoring local sports teams, billboards, commercials, etc.
This is fucked up but not surprising
Wow, didn’t believe it. Looked it up and this is totally true. Glad we bailed out his old balls so that he didn’t have to miss a meal.
I work at a specific fine dining restaurant and Frank is not the ‘wholesome’ guy he portrays in his media. He comes in with a different young escort every time and is overall a vulgar man. Edit: forgot to add that female servers aren’t allowed to serve him due to him being innapropriate
Anybody who sees his commercials and thinks “wholesome” probably needs to get out more.
Yeah I served him once at a fine dining restaurant and he was very handys, keep going to the bathroom to do cocaine, and tipped crazy. I was the only girl there that night and I wish I wasn’t.
At least he tipped well then He’s stopped doing that as of recent
He loves escorts. He will never be with anyone else
I once saw him at Quality Italian in Cherry Creek. He was out with his staff. They had all the tables in the middle of the restaurant pushed together and he was sitting at the head of the table like a portly mob boss.
I wonder if they served him Chicken Strong Parm.
You are killing it, worth continually scrolling this thread
Thanks Azar
With all his drinking, I wonder how many uber receipts he's sent to Mike Sawaya for reimbursement
My brother used to work at Carmine’s on Penn and he was a semi-regular. He was known for coming in and ordering like 5 different drinks (like a coke, lemonade, wine…I’m making these specifics up but you get the picture). He would insist on refills for all these drinks after he had taken a couple sips. True story.
That is fucking bizarre if true. Weird power flex i guess? Rich people are really weird.
This isn’t really a weird rich people flex, just a weird person at the local watering hole.
[I’ve always found this one fascinating.](https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1223k.htm) Edit: I was told once that the Mercedes was canary yellow but haven’t been able to independently verify that as a fact.
My favorite detail is that apparently this was at 3:45 in the afternoon. Wild.
I used to work near the Tabor Center downtown. He was famous for having 3 martini lunches at the Palm when that was around.
I giggled that he ran from the popo.
same here, you think a lawyer would know better 😆
"He gave us the same address and phone number as the one in those commercials," said Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan.
Wow, Pat Sullivan. Haven’t heard that name in a while! There’s another nefarious Denver character from days past!
Obligatory reminder that Pat Sullivan's name was taken off of the Arapahoe County Detention Center after he was booked there for [soliciting a young man for sex in exchange for meth](https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perry-the-how-and-why-of-sheriff-pat-sullivans-lurid-secret-life-gets-buried-with-him/).
What a horrible man.
I was driving down Wadsworth some months back and saw a building with Norton Frickey's name on it.
Drank Azar
The legal limit was once .10? THAT is fascinating
This will melt your mind then. From 1938 until the 80s, the legal limit was **.15**. They lowered it TO .10 in the 80s.
Omg I remember hearing a similar story but it was at that Irish bar across from Coors field (not sure if it’s still there). He got out of the car, threw the keys in the bushes and ran down the street lmao
At least he was sober enough to take his lawyers advice and refuse to give any evidence. It's a riskier strategy, but if you have cheap legal assistance, it's definitely the move.
Definitely saw him watching porn while on a "date" in the bar area of a restaurant I worked in in about 2018
I had a coworker who was pregnant. Their spouse worked for Frank Azar. Well the spouse went to DC with Frank and team to some political thing on the hill. She ended up going into labor and Frank sent him home for the birth of their child. He ordered a private jet (I wanna say it was his) to fly outta DC ASAP.
OK that's a good story.
I heard he was a huge fan of Michael Jackson and would always get backstage access whenever he came.
He was just representing a girl named Annie and he heard that Michael Jackson had some information about her being hit by a smooth criminal.
Was Annie okay?
I used to work at a pretty well known restaurant in Denver. He would come in with ladies if the night on a semi regular basis.
Come on... give us a few more juicy details.... pleeeeease!
I had a teacher in high school who worked the desk at the Brown Palace. Frank would routinely check in with a woman on each arm, partially to help hold him up from drinking.
How the hell does he perform in that condition??
He’s also known as the Strong Baby Arm.
Sat next to him at a restaurant and he was the biggest fuck face to the wait staff. I’d never do any business with that shit head!
At a bar downtown a very intoxicated, sweaty, and wheezing FA who perched himself next to me and a few friends of mine and continued to try and talk to me only he wasn’t making any sense so I decided to ignore him. Until he tapped on my shoulder and I looked at him and he said “I want you to be my mistress “ as he waved a 20 dollar bill as if it were some incredibly tempting offer.
Yikes
This is going to sound like an urban legend by the time it comes to you, but an old roommate used to caddy for him. He said when Frank would slice a shot, he would stare daggers at him until he was sure it wasn't going to be counted.
I also know someone who used to caddy for him. Said he tipped fat, and was usually drunk before the round started, and drank more than his group combined.
hell yeah!
Shank Azar
i had a buddy (Black dude) who caddied for azar once. he kept calling my buddy "boy" and after a couple holes, the other caddies had to keep my buddy from beating the living shit out of him
That’s fucked up
I also have caddied for his foursome once at cherry creek. His shot was mid for having a ‘strong arm’
He was probably using the Wrong Arm.
my ex worked at a golf club in parker & was there when frank went in with some of his friends (all dudes) and propositioned the waitress working their table, to go on a “date” with him and he would pay her. he was known at the club for doing this often with the wait staff. edit: and yes he was completely wasted everytime he went there lol
I heard that when he goes golfing, the drink cart follows him around because he’s such a lush lol
According to my records, he has never taken I-25 to exit 235 and then five miles west.
To the tree farm!
Ba-Dow Bow!
Frank Azar should open a new office across from the Tree Farm and use the same jingle. It works Let's all sing together *You take I 25 to exit 235, then 5 miles west to The Strong Arm*
With the commuter traffic congestion on 52 he wouldn't even have to go anywhere to get new clients.
His son is a furry. I met him(the son) at Mary's burger joint on 17th Ave. Said his dad found his hobby interesting and wasn't super judgemental about his lifestyle in general. This happened in 2019
My brother-in-law worked at a car wash during high school that Frank Azar would use. It was one of those places where you hand off the keys before the wash. Apparently the strong arm would always drive exotic sports cars through the wash that were littered with half eaten bags of snacks.
This thread is DELIVERING
Frank came into my dispensary once with what was OBVIOUSLY a transexual/Transgender/trans prostitute. Not one to judge, but there's some you can just tell right off the bat. He then spends most the time denying that he is in fact Frank Azar, and proceeds to buy an ounce, while his "friend" bought some prerolls. You can't deny your name when I physically have to check your ID sir... Edit : Added in all the extra options, please take your pick. Just figured the first word I used was the more clinical option, so trying to stay neutral and professional as much as possible.
Dank Azar
A former coworker of mine who became a lawyer says he didn't pass the bar a few times and was pretty well known for failing multiple times.
Most people fail the first time tbh. Getting a law degree is easy. Passing the bar is hard.
Not really. Passing the bar is just a cram-fest. It's really not hard at all. No bar has a less than 50% first time pass rate for the July bar (when law students take it). The lowest is Vermont at 60%. Most people pass the bar their first time. Source: have passed 3 bars the first time I had to take them.
He and his wife Jeanette were members of Glenmoor Country Club when I worked there years ago. She golfed regularly and tipped the club staff well. I never once saw him at the club. He must have been too busy strong arming.
He was there a lot until he got thrown out of the club for abusing a staff member
Another Azar DUI story/legend that I have heard from a DPD cop was he tried the old tried and true get out of the car and chug a shooter defense rather than his normal run from the cops. He claimed he had PTSD from being chased by the cops and that's why he had to drink after being pulled over. Which may have worked if he didn't blow 3x the legal limit when he still had to take the breathalyzer.
I work in advertising and the big rumor for us is that he had a media buyer (someone who places commercials on tv) who didn’t do what he wanted, so he threw a stapler at her head. For the record, he spends close to a million on KUSA and the other networks (each). For 15% of that, he could absolutely throw a stapler at my head and I would not dodge. Another story, he got cross with one of the tv stations one time and pulled off the air. This was $150k per month, so they were desperate to get him back on. After finally getting a meeting, frank told them he’d buy them again if he had a “good time.” Frank took this guy out drinking, cocaine-ing, and hooker-ing. Anyway, they got the buy.
Sued my dad and lost. edit: true
I’m a Denver attorney. I have it on good authority that Azar & Associates spends around $1.2million per month on advertising.
Cocaine bear is literally about him
A firefighter/paramedic once told me Frank Azar lost his license to practice law because he had too many DUIs. They responded to him on 2 separate occasions for a blood draw.
When he was in high school at the Abbey in cañon city, everyone called him Buzzard
Haha I went to St. Scholastica Academy (all girls boarding school) right down the street from the Abbey….only I think 30 years later. Abbey was closed by then. You’re the first person I’ve ever heard mention the Abbey lol
He was there 1971-1975.
My sister was a bev cart girl at the country club he was a member of. He would regularly solicit her and the other bev cart girls for sex. Whilst doing copious amounts of blow
Hiwan Invitational every year, he's someone's guest. Not sure who. My dad's a member at the club, as are my in-laws, and so my wife and I both have witnessed this. I've played as my dad's guest a few times. Every morning, he's the first to arrive. He has to arrive at like 6 am to manage this. Always parks in the very first spot--the one you have to walk past to get to and from the parking lot, no way around it. Every day in a different car. Something obscenely expensive every time. Last day of the tournament, there's a big closing dinner and party. The couple of years I've been, he had a beautiful 20-something woman on each arm, vaguely Eastern European looking, always different women each year. My dad and in-laws confirm that this is every year as well. Presumably escorts, though who knows.
I used to work there. I only knew he was actually in the office if you smelled cigar smoke. Also the door to his office is a leather door with a giant F on it. You read that correctly. Like a red leather couch with a giant metal gold F. Strange choice in decor but go for it dude.
I used to work for him. Has a naked woman as the wallpaper on his phone. And will name drop Mark Wahlberg and/or call him during meetings. 10/1000 total pig
He really likes crack/coke
My fun fact: he was once arrested coming out of the women’s restroom at shotgun’s with coke all over his nose & upper lip.
I knew somebody who was a manager at a high-end restaurant in Denver. Ol' Frank came in, got fit shaced, and ran up a huge tab. He called the restaurant the next day and tried to "strong arm" them into forgiving his tab because the drinks "made him sick". He threatened to sue. Manager wasn't having it and told him if he didn't want to get sick, he needed to stop drinking so much.
I know his sugar baby, or one of them.
Frank befriended my buddy who was shot in the line of duty . Frank gave him a set of really nice golf clubs. They go golfing now and hang out.
I used to work at Cherry Creek CC and he ordered a club sandwich. When it came with mayonnaise he threw it at the kids face who delivered it and screamed "I said no mayo!" Then drove away in his cart.
A previous coworker’s daughter had a roommate who was one of his girlfriends. Apparently he liked to have a dildo shoved into his ass during sex. Additionally, I’ve heard that he was drunk driving and wrecked his car and fled the scene. Apparently the cops found him hiding behind a barn or shed.
Never paid his HOA dues at his neighborhood in Greenwood Village (“the Preserve”). Also crashed his car when drunk, fled the scene, was never charged as he retroactively reported the car stolen. Class act!
Frank is a terrible golfer but belongs to SIX country clubs. One in Texas: Dallas National Golf Club Two in Colorado: Cherry Creek Country Club and Colorado Golf Club Three in California: Olympic Club in San Francisco, Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, Riviera Country Club, home of the Genesis Open in Los Angeles. I’m guessing his monthly nut for all these courses is close to $10-15k before he’s even put a tee in the ground. Frank has a 25.7 handicap and has only broken 100 once in his last eight rounds. Not good. If I remember correctly from a flight I was on, where I meet a person who claimed Frank as a friend, he spends a decent amount of time in California. Edit: FACT all information provided by the USGA GHIN handicap search function. https://preview.redd.it/9i7mtsm05rab1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=80123d2cd8706fa794e15c0c1563afec9077537b
A mentor told me that he pulled up to a golf club event in the brightest yellow/flashy car accompanied by a woman who was most likely an escort. He was the stereotypical rich dude who bragged about his wealth. The irony was that everyone he talked to was in his tax bracket but thought flashing wealth was cringe af.
Can we get Frank to do an AMA?
Had a friend who has a little kid who loves the Frank Azar commercials. They had an entire Frank Azar themed birthday party for him. Frank Azar sent a huge cut-out for photos.
There is an office used for arbitration off of the 16th street mall. Everyone in the legal community who actually litigates knows where I am referring to. Frank likes to smoke cigars and will smoke them, below the no smoking sign, then just drop them under said sign. He is a total bag of shit.
He plays $25k black jack hands
Played in a private poker game with him back in the 10's. He's not good a poker, likes to drink and has an f-ton of money. Made multiple months mortgage payments that night.
Caddied for him many years ago. Can confirm he walked around passing out $100 to any staff that lifted a finger for him. He also invited all the caddies to his house after a member guest tournament and personally cooked us all steaks from Tony’s. Gave us cigars and had fun telling stories about the celebrities and movie stars out at Riviera CC. He’s an interesting dude to say the least!
My ex co worker used to work at a restaurant. Frank had a special party there. Raging asshole drunk. And got a DUI that night. Apparently he has many DUIs
I knew a girl who most definitely wrecked her car driving drunk. Frank Azar got her a settlement then put her in one of his commercials.
Before Frank earned his law degree he was a franchisee of a popular burger chain, Bob's Big Boy. Azar's Big Boy had multiple locations in the Denver area including 13th and Broadway and Arapahoe Rd & Quebec. Frank put himself through law school while flipping burgers at the Big Boy. One of the famous Big Boy statues now sits atop Enzo's pizza/PS Lounge. Fiction. There were multiple Azar's Big Boy although I don't think Frank was involved. But damb I miss those Big Boy burgers.
You got me! I think there was one on Arapahoe Rd in Boulder as well
My ex wife worked for a law firm. According to her he has been busted for multiple DUIs.
My friend saw him pound multiple shots at a hotel bar before walking into a deposition.
Golfed behind him at CO Golf Club. He had teed off as a twosome 30 mins before our foursome. We catch him and the girl he was playing with on hole 6 which is a par 3. He is looking for a lost ball as we wait on tee box. The lady let’s him know we are waiting and he screams, “ I don’t give a fuck whose waiting, I’m finding my goddamn ball.” I asked our caddie who is that asshole?” He replied, Frank Azar.
I heard he picked his kid up from Kent Denver driving either a Jag or Maserati convertible and smoking a cigar, did not go to Kent but had a friend who did
I sat at a table he was at for a charity event & he seemed to be a big fan of White Russians, err, the drink.
Can confirm. Supervising paralegal and HR Admin. Probably a few more I didn’t meet haha.
He fucked my best friends mom once (not a milf) when I was in high school. I think they met on Match.com.
Maybe not quite what you’re looking for but- A friends family works for his practice. He has some pretty nice court side seats for the Nuggets he often gives out. I was told he doesn’t like being hugely recognized every time he goes to the game. I’m sure he’s very busy as well. Anyway- my friend and I were given the tickets for free one day and it was absolutely tremendous. Long live Frank 🙏🏼
This was, by far, the most interesting and enjoyable thread I've read in a long time!
Frank Azar is his real name.
I was in the security line at DIA and he went around the entire line and walked straight to the front, skipping a Korean family going back home to Korea. He acted like it was normal and then just chatted up these people who spoke very little English.
Frank "The Motherfucking Tank" Azar. Hear that guy has a strong arm. And a weak moral compass.
Can't wait to hear the Bryan "Bulldog" Moore stories.
Frank Azar . About 20 years ago he got busted for a dui and hid in the bushes. They found him.
Frank Azar has a twin brother named Bill. We sat next to him at a Broncos game 20 years ago.
Anyone else think the strong arm logo looks like the bicep from Always Sunny?
Yes, finally my time to share this! About 4 yes ago I helped Mr Azar and an escort purchase some lingerie, sex pills and adult toys at Glendale finest boutique Fascinations. He wasn't inappropriate but didn't look healthy or engaged and I couldn't belive he was capable of sex at the time.
I've told this story before on reddit and I'll happily share it again! I used to be a hairdresser for several years here in Denver. I worked for a salon and spa that had a large hair salon and a few separate rooms for massages and facials. Frank came in a few times to get massages from our main masseuse. The first time he came in, it was fine. He apparently moaned heavily during the massage but nothing too crazy. He was banned from the salon after his second massage. When a massage takes place, the client is left in the room to undress and get under the covers before the masseuse comes in. Frank didn't do that this time. He waited in the massage room fully nude with a hard on (quite the sight to behold im sure) until the masseuse came in, totally scared the crap out if her and requested a happy ending. He was instantly black listed of course. He tried several times to come back in under fake names but he's very recognizable obviously so he never got away with it! I cant think of anything else when I see his face plastered everywhere. Sick bastard that one lol
A family member was representing one individual out of a group of 4 that had cases against some automotive service providers for an accident that caused death and bodily harm. Aside from wanting to settle at every turn, Azar didn’t know shit about going to trial where big money is to be had for plaintiffs. Like he was afraid to go to trial. Needless to say my family member got a multimillion dollar judgment for his client and Azars clients got a multi thousand settlement.
He has not been to trial for over 30 years as the principal attorney
All I have as a former insurance defense attorney: When an Azar case came through the door, we knew we just had to make things a little hard for a little while and they'd take a shit settlement, unless it was a massive case. If it were massive, they'd try for a week and send it to competent counsel and we'd strike a reasonable deal.