• 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
