Overview
Compliance, Training and Transactions
Mary works closely with the firm’s corporate lawyers on the employment aspects of all types of mergers and acquisitions, including the integration of workforces, protection of trade secrets and business assets, and limitation of employment risks.
Mary partners with employers to:
- Provide employment advice and strategic direction during mergers and acquisitions to reduce employment risks, minimize disruptions and effectively integrate workforces
- Prepare and provide legal advice on employment agreements, non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements and separation agreements
- Protect confidential information, trade secrets and other business assets
- Address and prevent discrimination, harassment and other workplace claims
- Determine and implement sound wage and hour policies and practices
- Investigate workplace complaints, including complaints under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts
- Address workplace privacy claims
- Draft employee handbooks, codes of conduct, personnel policies and employee training materials
- Strategically prepare for and address workplace developments and trends
- Provide all types of workplace training to executives and employees
- Prepare for and conduct reductions in force and plant closings
Employment Litigation and Government Investigations
Mary advises employers in a variety of litigation matters, including wage and hour cases, discrimination and harassment claims, noncompetition disputes and government investigations.
She represents employers before courts and government agencies. Among others, she represents employers in:
- Wage and hour class actions
- Discrimination and harassment cases brought under federal and state laws and based on race, sex (including sexual harassment), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics
- Non-competition and trade secret disputes
- Governmental investigations and audits related to employee classification, wages, hours and workplace practices
- EEOC and other state civil rights commission proceedings
- Federal and state department of labor investigations and audits
Related Legal Services
Related Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Colorado
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Education
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
J.D. Order of St. Ives (1990)
University of Denver
B.S.B.A. magna cum laude (1985)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
News
Other Perspectives
- New Year, New Rules for Colorado Employers
Republished in Law Week Colorado, December 28, 2023 - Sick leave in Colorado now available for bereavement, power outages and wildfire evacuations
The Denver Post, September 4, 2023 - Employers prepare for changes in Colorado’s paid time-off
Estes Park Trail-Gazette, September 4, 2023 - Colorado Employee Protection And Rights In The Workplace 2023 - Part 2
Republished in HR Legal & Compliance Excellence, September 1, 2023 - Colorado Employee Protection And Right In The Workplace 2023 - Part 1
Republished in HR Legal & Compliance Excellence, August 2, 2023 - Ready or Not, Colorado’s FAMLI Program Is Here and With New Year Requirements
Republished in Law Week Colorado, January 16, 2023 - Are You Smarter Than a Law Student
Compliance and Ethics Forum for Life Insurers, Denver, September 2018 - The Unions Get Their Day — Evolving NLRB, Independent Contractor, Employment and Minimum Wage Issues
Franchise Business Network, July 2015 - Employer Confidentiality Agreements That Violate Whistleblower Protection Rules
Nationally Broadcast Webinar, Sponsored by Clear Law Institute, June 2015 - Joint Employment and Vicarious Liability
Panelist, Innovation Pavilion, Denver, December 2014 - What Will the New Illinois Medical Marijuana Law Mean for Employers?
Faegre Baker Daniels Labor & Employment Seminar, Chicago, June 2014
Firm Blog Contributions
- LaborSphere – a resource providing coverage and insights on breaking cases, recently enacted legislation and a broad range of labor issues
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Colorado State Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Colorado Human Resources Association
- Society of Human Resources Management
Honors
- Best Lawyers® —Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2023-25
- Chambers USA — Colorado, Labor & Employment, 2013-24
- Martindale-Hubbell — Top Ranked Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law, Peer Review Rating: AV® Preeminent™
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.