Kevin D. Allen received his undergraduate degree and law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1975 and 1978, respectively. His practice emphasizes employment law and commercial litigation. In the area of employment law, Mr. Allen 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. He has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the United States Tax Court. He has also been admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits, as well as the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Allen is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney and has been named a Colorado Super Lawyer in 2007 - 2011.

Articles, Publications and Lectures

• Mr. Allen is is on the Faculty of the Council on Education in Management, which provides employment law and human resource training to Human Resource professionals across the United States.
   

• Mr. Allen has presented numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars, including, most recently, the following:
   

  • Presenter: Saturn Systems, Inc. v. Militaire:  Employers Run Rings Around Employees, and Other Recent Cases from the Non-Compete Solar System. Colorado Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, April 2011
     

  • Presenter: Analysis and Impact of Desert Palace v. Costa, Colorado Bar Association 2004 Annual Employment Law Conference Seminar, October 2004.
     

  • 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.
     

  • 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: Duty of Loyalty and Preparations to Compete, Colorado Bar Association Labor Law Section, February 2007.
     

  • Presenter: Protecting Employment at Will; Developments in FMLA Compliance and Overlap of ADA, FMLA and Workers Compensation, Sterling Education Services, June 2007.
     

  • Presenter: Non-Compete Agreements and the Phoenix Capital Case: Into the Voidable, Colorado Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, February 2009.
     

  • 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)
   

• Author: "Annual Survey of Colorado Law, Civil Procedure," 1981, 1982 and 1983, Continuing Legal Education in Colorado.
   

• Co-Author: "Dorman v. Petrol Aspen, Inc.: The Death of Employment at Will?" 25 Colorado Lawyer 97 (November, 1996).
   

• Co-Author: "The Duty of Loyalty and Preparations to Compete" 34 Colorado Lawyer 61 (November, 2005).

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member Colorado Bar Association

• Member 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.

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E-Mail: kallen@allen-vellone.com

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