Mr. Friesen is a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Group. He joined Hale Friesen after 17 years at Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP where he served as the head of that firm’s Labor & Employment Group. He has extensive trial experience, including more than ten jury trials (all of which he won) many more trials to the court and administrative hearings and arbitrations. He has successfully litigated cases involving all aspects of employment law, as well as numerous large, complex cases and class actions.

Mr. Friesen has published numerous articles and delivered many speeches on every aspect of employment law, including how to win employment cases, discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, sexual harassment, trade secrets and privacy. He has also served on the faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, teaching a course in trial skills.

Mr. Friesen served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jim R. Carrigan of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (1984/85). He was the managing editor of the UCLA – Pacific Basin Law Journal and received honors for his moot court advocacy while attending the UCLA School of Law. Mr. Friesen graduated cum laude from Williams College in 1981 (philosophy), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Friesen has served on numerous charitable and non-profit boards, including President of Family Futures, Colorado Storm Soccer Association and Secretary of The Children’s Hospital.

Mr. Friesen’s awards include Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year (1992), and Colorado Bar Association Civil Litigator Award (1991). In 1994 he was elected Second Vice President of the Denver Bar Association. He has been recognized for his leadership and professional accomplishments by 9-News, The Denver Business Journal, the Colorado Journal and others.

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