2023-2024 NEWS
Ben Lebsack co-presents to the Faculty of Federal Advocates. October 2024.
Lexis Nexis publishes the 2024 edition of Colorado Labor and Employment Law written by Ben Lebsack and Ariel DeFazio. Available for purchase here. October 2024.
Ben Lebsack presents at Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference. April 2024.
Sarah Parady elected to City Council at-large. April 2023.
Ariel DeFazio and Mary Jo Lowrey win $1.32 million jury verdict in Denver District Court on behalf of client who was terminated one month after reporting sexual harassment. February 2023.
Sarah Parady announces a City Council run. April 2022.
2021-2022 NEWS
Tenth Circuit Win by Ariel DeFazio and PELA, August 2022.
MaryJo Lowrey and Sarah J. Parady Designated Top Lawyers by 5280 Magazine, January 2022.
LPL attorneys recognized Super Lawyers, 2022.
Shelly Bradbury, Ex-Top Prosecutor Alleges Gender Pay Gap at Denver District Attorney’s Office, The Denver Post, 3/6/22.
Ben Lebsack, Forced Arbitration: the Bad, the Bad, and the Ugly, Trial Talk (Oct – Dec 2021) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Alessandra Morales & Ben Lebsack, Don’t Indemnify for Third Party Claims to Money in Settlement Agreements, Follow the Ethics Rules Instead, Trial Talk (July – Sept 2021) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Martina Barash, SkyWest Fails to Get New Disability Bias Trial on Own Slip-Ups, Bloomberg Law, 9/9/21.
Sara N. Maeglin, Intersectional Discrimination and the Courts: Pleading Combined Biases, Trial Talk (April – June 2021) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Marianne Goodland, Equal Pay Dodge Unfair to Colorado Workers, Say Those Who Worked On Colorado’s Law, Colorado Politics, 6/25/21.
Lucy Haggard, Former Buffalo Exchange Employees File Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault, Harassment, Negligence, Colorado Sun, 5/11/21.
Kieran Nicholson, Civil Lawsuit Filed in Denver Against Buffalo Exchange and Former Managing Partner, Denver Post, 5/11/21.
Marianne Goodland, Conflicting Legal Opinions Address Doctor, Hospital Authority in Public Option Bill, Colorado Politics, 5/6/21.
2018-2019 NEWS
Amy Beth Hanson, Jamaican Citizens Sue Exclusive Yellowstone Club Over Wages, The Washington Post, 10/23/19.
Sarah Parady, Charlotte Sweeney & Bill Berger, “Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: What Employment Counsel Need to Know,” The Colorado Lawyer (October 2019).
Ariana Fuentes & Sarah Parady, “The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and the Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws: Lesser-Known Differences,” Trial Talk (June/July 2019) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Ben Lebsack, “Shhhh, Be Quiet – Ethical Considerations in Agreeing to Confidentiality Terms in Settlement Agreements,” Trial Talk (June/July 2019).
Sarah Parady, “The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: A Case for Closing the Gap in 2019,” Women of Denver, 4/29/19.
With Arbitration, Public Antipathy Clashes With Case Law, Law Week, 4/1/19.
Julia Cardi, “Colorado Senate Committee Advances Pay Equity Bill,” Law Week, 2/25/19.
“Perspectives: Featuring Sarah Parady and Ben Lebsack,” Trial Talk (October/November 2018) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Tom Korosec, “Billionaires’ Yellowstone Club Sued for Stiffing Jamaican Staff,” Bloomberg, 9/21/18.
Mary Jo Lowrey, “The Colorado Wage Claim Act: Timing and Penalties – 2018 Reboot,” Trial Talk (June/July 2018) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Kieran Nicholson, “Aurora police settle lawsuits from ACLU Colorado for $75,000 in alleged racial profiling incidents,” The Denver Post, 6/28/18.
2016-2017 NEWS
Lance Hernandez, “Denver Resident Sues Hospital Alleging He Was Denied Access to a Patient, Assaulted by a Guard,” The Denver Channel, 12/28/17.
Noelle Phillips, “Denver Gender Activist Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Aurora Hospital and Its Security,” The Denver Post, 12/27/17.
Dave Young, “Workers On Luxury Denver Building Win $800,000 Settlement,” KDVR.org, 12/20/17.
Joe Rubino, “Workers, Advocates Celebrate Settlements in SkyHouse Denver Wage Case,” The Denver Post, 12/20/17.
Adrian D. Garcia, “Denver Construction Workers Recover More Than $800,000 After Facing Wage Theft, Discrimination,” Denverite, 12/20/17.
Michael Roberts, “What Can Happen If You’re Black and Your Cat Gets Outside in Aurora,” Westword, 12/18/17.
Kirk Mitchell, “ACLU Accuses Aurora Police of Repeatedly Mistreating People of Color,” The Denver Post, 11/13/17.
Doug Chartier, “Jury Awards SkyWest Employee in Discrimination Case,” Law Week Colorado, 10/3/17.
Gregory Deffenbaugh, “Skywest Airlines forced to pay out over $2 million in discrimination suit,” KDVR.org, 9/28/17.
Kirk Mitchell, “Denver jury awards $2.45 million verdict to SkyWest Airlines employee,” The Denver Post, 9/27/17.
Sarah J. Parady, “Remedies for Workplace Sexual Violence,” The Colorado Lawyer (November 2016).
Ben Lebsack, “But I Earned Those Commissions, Didn’t I?” Trial Talk (June/July 2016) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
“A Handful of Apparently Misclassified Workers Illustrate Big State Problem,” Rocky Mountain PBS, 6/13/16.
“Lawsuit Accuses Denver Builders of Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Racism,” Colorado Independent, 6/8/16.
“Denver Construction Workers Allege Wage Theft,” Colorado Public Radio, 6/2/16.
“Denver Workers Sue Construction Companies,” Colorado Independent, 6/2/16.
ARCHIVE
Sarah J. Parady, “Termination for Failure to Sign Discriminatory Discipline: Surviving the Pretext Analysis,” Trial Talk (June/July 2015) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
Ben Lebsack, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: It Moved and Your Client Agreed to Litigate There,” Trial Talk (June/July 2015) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
“Transgender woman’s lawsuit leads to CDC policy change for breast cancer screenings,” 9News.com, 12/23/13.
“Lowrey Parady, Client Jennifer Blair Achieves Trans-Inclusive Changes to 9HealthFair.Org Website,” 10/22/13.
“For Transgender Patients, a Growing Fight Over Health Coverage,” ProPublica, 10/22/13.
“Transgender woman sues after being denied free breast cancer screening,” 9News.com, 10/14/13
Mary Jo Lowrey, “The Valuable Administrative Process: Advantages and Idiosyncrasies of Filing a Charge of Discrimination with the Colorado Civil Rights Division,” Trial Talk (June/July 2013) (reprinted with permission of Trial Talk).
“Lawsuit seeks to void Colorado primary, raising concerns for November,” Denver Post, 8/27/12.
“Worker Says Boss Set His Hair on Fire,” Courthouse News Service, 7/23/12.
Rebekah Cook-Mack & Sarah Parady, “Enforcing the Home Affordable Modification Program Through the Courts,” Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law & Policy (November/December 2010).
“Brighton homeowner in fight to stop foreclosure,” Denver Post, 11/12/09.
“Jeffco bias suits’ tab: $766,000,” Denver Post, 9/10/09.
Mary Jo Lowrey & Robert J. Truhlar, “Understanding Provisions of the Colorado Wage Claim Act When Representing Terminated Employees: Timing and Penalties,” Trial Talk (June/July 2009).
“Fired Jeffco staffers file suit,” Denver Post, 11/12/08.