• Dayna recently obtained summary judgment as well as sanctions
and fees against a former employee who sued her clients (a corporation and its executives).
• Dayna resolved a difficult non-compete case with counterclaims on
behalf of her client; the plaintiff dismissed its claims against her client then
paid him for his counterclaims.
• Dayna successfully defended a religious university client against
claims of invasion of privacy and violation of Colorado’s Legal Off-Duty Activities
statute in a Denver District Court trial.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining the firm in 2015,
Dayna worked at an employment and professional liability defense firm, She represented
clients in an array of employment-related matters that included counseling regarding
Department of Labor investigations, employment handbooks, employee disciplinary actions,
and lay-offs, She also litigated cases involving the Family Medical
Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Colorado’s
Legal Off-Duty Activities Statute, and federal discrimination statutes.
Prior to working in private
practice, Dayna served as a law clerk for Honorable R. Brooke Jackson.
Awards & Professional Distinctions
• 2014 – 2020 Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star in employment litigation defense
Education
• DePaul University College of Law, 2006, J.D., cum laude
• Illinois Wesleyan University, 2003, B.A., summa cum laude
Admitted
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• United State District Court for the District of Colorado
• State of Colorado
Publications & Presentations
Co-presenter, “how_to Workshop on
Client Intake with a Little Help from YouTube”, 2016 Employment Law Update, CBACLE, Nov. 10, 2016.
Co-author, Can you Represent
Both?, FOR THE DEFENSE, May 2012, at 68.
Memberships
• Denver Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association
• Faculty of Federal Advocates
