Mr. Goh is a partner at Holland & Hart LLP in Denver, specializing in employment and commercial litigation. He represents management in the areas of employment discrimination, wage/hour, occupational safety and health (OSHA), employment-related torts, employment contracts, and labor arbitration. Mr. Goh also has substantial experience in the defense of complex multi-plaintiff cases and class actions. In addition, Mr. Goh represents and counsels colleges and universities on issues related to employment, student privacy, student and faculty discipline, tenure denials, student athletics, diversity-based scholarships, and other aspects of education law.
An AV-rated lawyer, Mr. Goh frequently lectures on employment and litigation issues, both nationally and internationally, including Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Indonesia and Canada. Mr. Goh is a Fellow in Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Goh served as Chair of the Employment and Immigration Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), an association of lawyers from around the world. He serves as Subcommittee Co-Chair of the ABA's Trial Evidence CommitteeElectronic Evidence, and was also Vice-Chair of the Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee of the ABA's Torts & Insurance Practice Section.
Mr. Goh is a national figure in the diversity arena. He received ABA presidential appointments to serve on two blue-ribbon commissions: the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession (2008-present) and the ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice (1999-2003). From 1995 to 1999, he served on the Board of Governors of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). Presently, Mr. Goh chairs NAPABA's Best Lawyers Under 40 Committee. In 1999, Mr. Goh was invited to be a member of President Clinton's Lawyers for One America Initiative.
Within Holland & Hart, Mr. Goh chaired the firm's Diversity Committee from 2006-2009, and serves on the firm's Recruiting Committee.
Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Mr. Goh clerked for Hon. Frank G. Theis, U.S. District of Kansas. He received his B.A. (English), from The Colorado College, and his J.D. (1991) from the University of Kansas, where he served on the Kansas Law Review.
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