Member

Representative Matters

• Advice on employment, safety and health compliance
• Development of employment, safety and health programs, including OSHA and MSHA policies
• Supervisor training
• OSHA and MSHA inspections
• Catastrophic and fatality accident investigations and coordination, including OSHA/MSHA, emergency response, law enforcement, insurance and public relations
• Defense of citations before the federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and state occupational safety and health agencies
• With the assistance of criminal defense counsel, defense of state and federal safety and health criminal prosecutions
  
  Cases
• Secretary of Labor v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., No. 10-1156 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 2012) (In case of first impression, citations for non-payment of required footwear vacated.)
• United States of America v. Xcel Energy, Inc. et al., No. 09-cr-00389 (U.S. District Court, 2011) (Assisted criminal defense counsel in successful acquittal of OSHA criminal charges.)
• Secretary of Labor v. Stahl Roofing, Inc., Nos. 00-1268 and 00-1637 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 2003) (Fall protection citations vacated on employee misconduct defense.)
• Secretary of Labor v. Mobile Premix Concrete, Inc., No. 95-1192 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 1997) (Willful confined space citations reduced.)

Professional Activities

• Member, American Bar Association Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
• Board of Directors, Colorado Safety Association
• Past-Chairman, Colorado Bar Association Labor Law Committee

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of Colorado School of Law, 1975
  
  • Articles Editor, Colorado Law Review
• Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, University of Colorado, 1970

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers' 2012 and 2013 Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year, Denver, CO
• Listed in Colorado Super Lawyers

Previous Experience

• Clerk to Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 1975