John develops employment and labor solutions to help companies maintain compliance with federal and state laws regulating the employment relationship.
He counsels Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike on matters including wrongful discharge, equal opportunity, trade secrets and covenants not to compete, wage and hour, privacy, disability, occupational safety, affirmative action and collective action, strikes, unions, and collective bargaining.
John has tried cases in 20 states and been lead counsel in over 300 adversarial proceedings, trials, major arbitrations, or administrative actions that have been tried to conclusion. Many of these cases have set precedent under Colorado and federal law. He has extensive class and collective action experience and has successfully defended nationwide claims for highly recognizable companies.
John speaks frequently at seminars on fair employment and labor relations, and has provided training to over 30,000 professionals on a wide variety of employment and labor-related topics, including:
- Recent Developments in Employment Law
- The ADEA, FMLA, and Workers Compensation
- Sexual Harassment
- Wage and Hour Litigation
- Class and Collective Actions
- Handling Retaliation Charges
- Union Election Law
- Trade Secret and Confidential Information
- Covenants Not to Compete Law
- The Fair Labor Standards Act
John graduated first in his law school class, and before joining Holland & Hart, completed a clerkship with the Honorable Robert H. McWilliams, U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.