Mr. Hazard's practice focuses on defending management in employment litigation, including race, sex, age, national origin, religious, and disability discrimination lawsuits; wage and hour matters; employee benefits and compensation cases; workplace torts; and wrongful discharge claims.

Mr. Hazard's cases have ranged from single plaintiff discrimination claims to class and collective actions involving hundreds of class members. He has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts throughout the West, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state civil rights commissions, and against the U.S. Department of Labor. He has also represented management in a variety of alternate dispute forums, such as arbitrations, mediations, and mini-trials.

Counseling companies on day-to-day employment issues is an important part of Mr. Hazard's practice. This includes advising employers on hiring, discipline, and termination decisions; leave and disability issues; drug testing and workplace safety matters; preserving trade secrets; and employment issues relating to plant closures and mass layoffs. By helping employers develop legally sound and enforceable personnel policies and auditing their existing human resources practices and procedures, Mr. Hazard has assisted many companies, large and small, in minimizing the risk of employment-related litigation.

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Colorado Bar Association

Member, Defense Research Institute

Member, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association

Member, Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys

Member, Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association

Frequent lecturer on labor and employment matters, unfair competition and trade secrets law, and legal issues facing the lodging and hospitality industries.

"New Law Gives Colorado Employees Leave for Parent-Teacher Conferences," Holland & Hart News Update, June 2009.

"On the Drawing Board: New ADA Access Rules," On Site Magazine, July 2005.

"In the Crosshairs: Colorado's New Gun Law," The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 33, No. 1, January 2004.

"Employers' Obligations Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act," The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2002.

"How To Prevent Employees from Bringing Trade Secrets to Competitors," Front Range Tech Biz, October 19, 2001.