Goodnow, James

Ms. Riley is a litigation attorney with a specialty in employment related matters. Her experience includes representation of employers in employment related claims before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Colorado Civil Rights Division. Ms. Riley regularly advises local and national employers on a wide range of issues, including personnel policies and practices, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, equal opportunity complaints, internal investigations, advising audit and special committees on employment related issues including compensation and complaints concerning officers and directors, management and workforce training, employment audits, compensation, wage and hour matters, terminations, layoffs, large scale reductions in force, performance management, and dispute resolution measures, including arbitration and mediation. She has extensive experience representing employers in discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of restrictive covenants and breach of employment contact lawsuits, and all state and Federal employment laws Ms. Riley also has extensive experience working with corporations, as well as corporate officers and directors, in the negotiation of executive employment agreements and the negotiation and enforcement of the provisions of such agreements following separations or in connection with Change in Control Transactions.

In addition to her employment practice, Ms. Riley handles commercial litigation, including contract disputes concerning complex structured transactions and special purpose entities, and claims of corporate mismanagement and breach of fiduciary duty relating to companies of all sizes.