Sarah focuses her practice in employment litigation, counseling and compliance. She represents clients in employment disputes involving alleged violations of federal and state employment statutes, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) and the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA).
Sarah also represents clients in disputes involving common law claims, such as breach of contract, promissory estoppel, breach of fiduciary duties and wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. She has experience representing employers in federal and state courts, and at federal and state administrative agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the Colorado Civil Rights Division, the Colorado Department of Labor, and the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.
In addition to litigation, Sarah advises employers regarding a wide range of workplace issues, including employee hiring, discipline and discharge matters; accommodating qualified employees with disabilities; and complying with wage and hour and leave laws. She assists clients in drafting employment contracts, noncompete agreements, employee policies, employee handbooks and separation agreements, and conducts internal investigations on behalf of employers. Sarah has also trained clients and their employees on ADA and FMLA compliance, and discrimination and harassment prevention.
While in law school, Sarah was the editor-in-chief of the Denver University Law Review. She earned academic honors in employment law, employment discrimination law, immigration law, constitutional law, and legal research and writing. Sarah also served as a research assistant to Professor and now Dean Martin J. Katz, conducting research in the field of employment discrimination law.
Prior to law school, Sarah worked in human resources for the ski industry for six years and was most recently the senior manager of human resources and international staffing for Vail Resorts, Inc.