Jim Goh, a shareholder at Ogletree Deakins’ Denver office, represents management in all aspects of employment counseling and litigation. He specializes in matters involving employment discrimination and retaliation, whistle-blowing, wage/hour compliance, occupational safety and health (OSHA) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) issues, employment-related torts, breach of employment contracts, and labor grievances. Mr. Goh also has substantial experience in the defense of complex multi-plaintiff cases and class actions. Mr. Goh has represented clients in the financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, restaurant, transportation, energy, technology, retail and grocery industries. In addition, Mr. Goh represents colleges and universities on issues related to domestic and international employment, student privacy, student and faculty discipline, tenure denials, student athletics, diversity-based scholarships, and other aspects of education law.
An AV-rated lawyer, Mr. Goh frequently lectures on employment and litigation issues, both nationally and internationally, including Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Indonesia, and Canada. Mr. Goh is a Fellow in Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Goh served as Chair of the Employment and Immigration Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), an association of lawyers from around the world. He served as Subcommittee Co-Chair of the ABA's Trial Evidence Committee—Electronic Evidence, and was also Vice-Chair of the Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee of the ABA's Tort & Insurance Practice Section.
Mr. Goh is a national figure in the legal diversity arena. He received ABA presidential appointments to serve on two blue-ribbon commissions: the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession (2008-2011), and the ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice (1999-2003). From 1995 to 1999, he served on the Board of Governors of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). Presently, Mr. Goh chairs NAPABA's Best Lawyers Under 40 Committee. In 1999, Mr. Goh was invited to be a member of President's Clinton's Lawyers for One America Initiative.
Mr. Goh clerked for Honorable Frank G. Theis, U.S. District of Kansas. He received his B.A. (English) from The Colorado College, and his J.D. (1991) from the University of Kansas, where he served on the Kansas Law Review.
Experience
Colorado
Education and Honors
- Listed in Colorado Super Lawyers (since 2007)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- AV-rated ("Preeminent") by Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Activities
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Committee, 2011-present)
- ABA's Commission on Women in the Profession (Commissioner, 2008-present)
- ABA's Trial Evidence Committee (Co-Chair, Electronic Evidence Subcommittee, 2006-2010)
- National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (Chair, Best Lawyers Under 40 Committee, 2002-present)
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) (Chair, Employment and Immigration Committee, 2002-2005)
- President Clinton's Lawyers for One America Initiative (Member, 1999-2000)
- ABA's Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice (Council-Member, 1999-2003)
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Secretary, 1998-1999)
- ABA's Torts & Insurance Practice Section Employer-Employee Relations (Vice-Chair, 1997-2005)
- Ogletree Deakins Seminar - "EEOC's Final Regulations Implementing the ADA Amendments Act" - Denver - June 2011
- Rajah & Tann Conference - "Cross Border Employment Issues: How Multi-National Companies Can Avoid Legal Pitfalls" - Singapore - May 2010
- National Association of College and University Attorneys' CLE Workshop - "Reaching The High Seas And Beyond: The Extraterritorial Application Of U.S. Employment Laws" - Memphis - April 2008
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association's CLE Expo - "Image-Based Or Appearance Discrimination: When Hip Is Hazardous" - New York - May 2006
In The News
- 2010 - Thought Leadership 2010 - "Caught In The Judicial-Congressional Tug Of War: Making Sense Of Recent And Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions And Congressional Legislation"
- 2008 - Dealing With Discrimination Lawsuits - "Inside The Minds: Employment Discrimination Lawsuits"
- 2008 - NACUA - "The Extra-Territorial Application of U.S. Employment Laws"
- 2007 - Gleiss Lutz - "The Top 10 Issues For A German Employer Doing Business In The U.S."
