Employment Law | Corporate Investigations | Appeals | Lawyer | Attorney at Law | Denver
 
 
 

 
Dayna L. Dowdy
Of Counsel

 
 

720 South Colorado Blvd.
South Tower, Suite 1020
Denver, CO 80246
P: 303.597.4000
F: 303.597.4001
dowdy@mlgrouppc.com

 

 
Practice Areas
    • Corporate Investigations
     
    • Appeals
     
    • Employment Litigation
     
    • Civil Litigation

Representative Matters
    • Dayna successfully defended a corporate client against disability discrimination and hostile work environment claims brought by a former employee. The arbitrator found fully in favor of the employer client.
     
    • Dayna 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 (individual) 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 a decade ago, Dayna worked at an employment and professional liability defense firm. In her career focused on labor and employment law, she has represented clients in an array of employment-related matters that include counseling regarding Colorado’s new employment statutes and administrative requirements, Department of Labor investigations, hearings and appeals, EEOC and CCRD charges, leaves, disciplinary actions, and lay-offs, She has litigated cases involving the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Colorado’s Legal Off-Duty Activities Statute, Colorado wage claims, and state and federal discrimination statutes.Her focus on employment law since she began in private practice has provided her with a wealth of knowledge concerning the laws and the legal issues employers and employees face.

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
     
    • 2024 - 2025 Best Lawyers, Litigation - Labor & Employment Law
 
Education
    • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., cum laude
     
    • Illinois Wesleyan University, 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
 
Dayna can be reached directly at (303) 597-4006 or dowdy@mlgrouppc.com.