Denver Metropolitan Area
•Counseled employers on federal, state, and local employment and traditional labor issues, including wage and hour issues, employee classifications and exemptions, internal investigations and compliance, workforce restructuring, leaves of absence and workplace accommodations, restrictive covenants, independent contractors, privacy, and other employment related issues. •Drafted, negotiated, and advised on employee handbooks and policies, including social media, compensation and benefits, privacy, harassment, and other policies, and termination, settlement, employment, IP and confidentiality, proprietary information, noncompetition, independent contractor, and vendor agreements. •Investigated and responded to demand letters, agency investigations, and agency audits at federal and state level. Conducted wage and hour and compliance-related audits for corporations. •Litigated class and single-plaintiff employment actions. •Representative employment litigation comprised of discrimination and harassment, including sexual, same-sex, and sexual orientation harassment, claims asserted under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the FMLA, USERRA and local and state laws, non-competition, and wage claims under the FLSA and state/local laws. •Arbitrated grievances and unfair labor practice claims for companies with a unionized workforce. •Litigated and counseled on non-employment matters concerning insurance, franchises, commercial contracts, partnership, tax, privacy, fraud and corporate malfeasance, immigration, and securities claims.
•Advised on international and domestic employment matters including but not limited to wage and hour issues, privacy, employee-related tax issues, background checks, compensation, privacy, independent contractors, discrimination, terminations, and hiring. •Prepared employee handbooks, policies, and agreements for clients located in the United States and in multiple countries around the world. •Advised on international, multi-country redundancies and employment issues in mergers and acquisitions for global corporations. •Drafted pleadings, conducted discovery, and engaged in motion practice in single-plaintiff and class/collective employment actions.
•Prepared successful brief for Jamaican man seeking asylum based on sexual orientation and HIV status. •Supervised weekly legal clinics and advocated for LGBT youth on numerous issues.