Ms. Biggs defends employers in employment related litigation and advises employers on a variety of employment law topics, such as complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Family and Medical Leave Act, drafting and enforcing covenants not to compete and confidentiality agreements, drafting employee handbooks and policies, conducting internal investigations, compliance with wage and hour laws, implementing drug testing programs, developing internal dispute resolution systems, and reducing the risks of litigation. She has represented a wide variety of employers in the litigation and mediation of employment disputes, particularly disputes involving claims of discrimination and sexual harassment. She also has extensive experience in training both managers and non-managers, on how to comply with employment laws that may differ from one jurisdiction to another.
Before entering law school, Ms. Biggs was vice president and director of marketing at Westview Press for six years.
Ms. Biggs was listed in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA and was recently named a leading management labor and employment attorney in Colorado by Who's Who Legal USA. She was also a 2007-08 Colorado Black Book Recipient, one of 150 Colorado attorneys voted by in-house counsel as an attorney they would confidently refer to their colleagues and peers.
Practice Group Manager, Labor and Employment Practice Group, 1998-2003 and Administrative Partner, Boulder Office, 2004-2008.
PUBLICATIONS
 Contributor, The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law (1st and 2nd editions), Colorado Bar Association (2008).
"Giving Employees Time Off to Vote," Labor & Employment News Alert, October 2008.
Author, Colorado Employment Law - An Introduction, Second Edition (2008) (available from Jude at jbiggs@hollandhart.com)
Author (with Christina Gomez), Colorado Wage and Hour Laws, Second Edition (2008) (available from Jude at jbiggs@hollandhart.com).
"New law provides job-bias protection for gays, lesbians, transsexual workers," The Law Journal: A Supplement of the Boulder County Business Report, August 3 - 16, 2007.
Co-editor, Colorado Employment Law Letter, a monthly newsletter on Colorado employment law, since 1992.
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