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.