Kevin D. Allen (Retired)

Kevin D. Allen specializes his practice in employment law and commercial litigation. In the area of employment law, Kevin is experienced in matters involving federal and state civil rights litigation, restrictive covenant and misappropriation of trade secrets litigation and other business tort litigation arising out of the employment setting. He is also experienced in providing counsel regarding a full range of other personnel and workplace issues, primarily on behalf of employers. Kevin is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney and has been named a Colorado Super Lawyer since 2007.

• B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1975
• J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1978

Bar Admissions

• Colorado

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Tax Court

Affiliations

• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• Past Employer Co-Chairperson of the Employer of the Colorado Labor Law Forum, the Colorado Bar Association committee devoted to the study of labor and employment law issues

• Co-presenter: “You say COVID and I say Covfefe – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off! The Nuts and Bolts and Legal Issues of Reopening the Office in the Time of COVID-19.” Sponsored by the Mile High Chapter, Association of Legal Administrators, June 2020
• Presenter: “Workplace Relationships, or, ‘That’s No Lady, That’s My Wife” Sponsored by the Mile High Chapter, Association of Legal Administrators, July 2017
• Presenter: “What’s in Your Employee Handbook?” Sponsored by the Mile High Chapter, Association of Legal Administrators, May 2016.
• Co-presenter: “Between a Softrock and a Hard Place: The Supreme Court Revisits the Definition of an Independent Contractor.” Sponsored by the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, May 2014.
• Presenter: “Social Media in the Workplace” Sterling Educational Services, April 2013.
• Presenter: “Social Media in the Workplace” Sterling Educational Services, April 2013.
• Co-Presenter: Employment Contract Issues: Independent Contractor v. Employee and Non-Disclosure and Non-Compete Agreements, Boulder Area Human Resources Association Annual Legal and Benefit Update, August 2009.
• Author: “What’s New with the Family and Medical Leave Act,” Boulder Area Human Resources Association News (April 2009).
• Presenter: Non-Compete Agreements and the Phoenix Capital Case: Into the Voidable, Colorado Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, February 2009.
• Presenter: Protecting Employment at Will; Developments in FMLA Compliance and Overlap of ADA, FMLA and Workers Compensation, Sterling Education Services, June 2007.
• Presenter: Duty of Loyalty and Preparations to Compete, Colorado Bar Association Labor Law Section, February 2007.
• Presenter: Safeguarding Managers and Supervisors – Including Yourself – from Individual Liability for Violations of the FMLA, Council on Education in Management, March 2005, November 2005 and February 2006.
• Co-Author: “The Duty of Loyalty and Preparations to Compete” 34 Colorado Lawyer 61 (November, 2005).
• Presenter: What to do When Employees Leave for a Competitor: Protecting Valuable Business Interests, Colorado Personnel Law Update, Council on Education in Management, May and October 2005.
• Presenter: Analysis and Impact of Desert Palace v. Costa, Colorado Bar Association 2004 Annual Employment Law Conference Seminar, October 2004.
• Co-Author: “Dorman v. Petrol Aspen, Inc.: The Death of Employment at Will?” 25 Colorado Lawyer 97 (November, 1996).
• Author: “Annual Survey of Colorado Law, Civil Procedure,” 1981, 1982 and 1983, Continuing Legal Education in Colorado.