2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

John M. Husband

John Husband

Holland & Hart LLP
555 17th Street, Suite 3200
Denver, CO 80202

Denver

Colorado (CO)

Contact Contact John M. Husband
T: 303-295-8228
F: 303-975-5381

Visit: www.hollandhart.com
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor (50%), Employment Litigation: Defense (50%)

Employment & Labor

Employment Litigation: Defense

Profile

Over the course of his career, John Husband has been involved in hundreds of employment related cases.  He has extensive judicial and administrative experience and has tried cases in twenty states and been lead trial counsel in over 300 adversarial proceedings, trials, major arbitrations or administrative actions that have been tried to conclusion. Many of these cases have been precedent setting under Colorado and federal law. He has extensive class and collective action experience and has successfully defended nationwide claims for Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Husband counsels his wide variety of clients from Fortune 500 companies to small employers on a range of employment matters, including wrongful discharge, equal employment opportunity, trade secrets and covenants not to compete, wage and hour, privacy, disability, occupational safety, affirmative action and the law involving collective action, strikes, unions and collective bargaining. He assists companies to meet the challenges of the modern workplace by developing practical solutions to meet business needs and to maintain compliance with federal and state laws regulating the employment relationship.

Mr. Husband currently serves as the Chair of the Management Committee. He also served as the Chair of the firm's Labor Practice Group and was a member of the Management Committee.

Selected To

Colorado Super Lawyers 2011
Colorado Super Lawyers 2010
Colorado Super Lawyers 2009
Colorado Super Lawyers 2008
Colorado Super Lawyers 2007
Colorado Super Lawyers 2006

Certifications and Credentials

Articles about John Husband appearing in Super Lawyers

From Linebacker to Lawyer
John M. Husband took Woody Hayes' football lessons to the courtroom

About John Husband

Admitted: 1978, Colorado

Professional Webpage: www.hollandhart.com/peopleprofile.cfm?IDName=PersonID&ID=087...

Honors and Awards:

  • John Husband is listed as a Top 50 Colorado Super Lawyer.  He is also listed in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America® and The International Bar Association's International Who's Who of Management Labor and Employment Lawyers.  Mr. Husband was named to the "Power Book" and as "Best of the Bar" by the Denver Business Journal.

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • John Husband is involved in the following professional activities: Management Advisory Committee Member for the American Bar Association's Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee (past Co-Chair for the Publications Sub-Committee, past Editor of the ER&R Committee Newsletter, past Co-Chair of the Class Action/Complex Litigation Sub-Committee and past Co-Chair of the Developing Issues Sub-Committee); Editor of bimonthly labor and employment column in The Colorado Lawyer; Editor of The Colorado Employment Law Letter;  Director and Officer of The Colorado Safety Association; Management Member and Past-Chair of the Practices and Procedures Committee for Region 27 National Labor Relations Board; Board of Governors for the University of Toledo, College of Law; and member of the Leadership Denver Association and the Leadership Denver Alumni Association. Mr. Husband speaks frequently at seminars on fair employment and labor relations, and has provided training to over 30,000 professionals on a wide range of labor and employment-related topics. He is a frequent presenter at meetings of the American Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association and on programs for Council on Education in Management, Continuing Legal Education of Colorado, Inc. and M. Lee Smith Publishers.
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