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Elisa Chen focuses her practice on management-side labor and employment law, including counseling clients on wage and hour and workplace safety issues, defending employers against discrimination and retaliation claims brought under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, and litigates trade secrets issues regarding non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. Ms. Chen is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Colorado and Wyoming.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Chen worked for another labor and employment boutique firm in Denver. In 2007, Ms. Chen clerked for the Hon. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and served as an International Leadership Foundation Public Affairs Fellow with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary working on the White House Initiative in 2005.
Ms. Chen is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese.
Education and Honors
J.D., cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2008
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Northern Colorado, 2005
Professional Activities
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Board of Directors
- American Bar Association (Section of Labor & Employment)
- Colorado Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
Colorado
Wyoming
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit