Private practice of law emphasizing employment law and litigation, civil rights cases, attorney grievance defense, expert witness services in the areas of attorney fees, professional ethics and grievance procedure • Extensive federal court employment litigation experience, including: Title VII; ADEA; Sections 1981 and 1983; ADA; federal sector employment; ERISA; Veterans Preference; Fair Labor Standards Act; FMLA; and other substantive areas • Extensive state court employment litigation work, including: contract claims; public policy wrongful discharge; wage and compensation claims, and other areas • Hundreds of litigated federal and state court cases, including: numerous jury and court trials; appellate litigation before the Tenth Circuit, Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court • Experience in arbitration litigation pursuant to Federal Arbitration Act and AAA National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes • Administrative litigation before numerous agencies, including: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Merit Systems Protection Board; State Personnel Board; Denver and Aurora Career Service Commissions; and, Colorado Division of Employment • Transactional work, including: drafting of employment contracts; separation agreements; opinion letters; and, personnel manuals • Defense of attorney grievance prosecutions before Attorney Regulation Counsel Office, Attorney Regulation Committee, Presiding Disciplinary Judge and the Colorado Supreme Court • Expert witness testimony in trials, depositions and affidavits before the U.S. District Court, Denver District Court and Denver County Court

Investigation of hundreds of cases of alleged unethical conduct by attorneys, including interviews of witnesses, collection and evaluation of documents, and legal analysis of alleged violations under the Rules of Professional Conduct • Preparation of written reports and recommendations on all investigated cases and oral presentation of reports to the Grievance Committee • Initiation of immediate suspension, disability petitions and other special proceedings before the Colorado Supreme Court