Holland & Hart Elects John Husband and Maureen Witt to the Firm's Management Committee

At the Annual Partnership Meeting on September 20, 2003, the partnership of Holland & Hart appointed Denver labor and employment lawyer John Husband and former Managing Partner Maureen Witt to the firm's Management Committee. The Management Committee, consisting of five attorneys serving for three years, oversees both the tactical and strategic direction of the firm.

Mr. Husband is a labor and employment lawyer and has been lead trial counsel in over 250 adversarial proceedings, trials, major arbitrations or administrative actions that have been tried to conclusion. Many of these cases have been precedent setting under Colorado and federal law. Mr. Husband is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and was the first ranked employers' employment lawyer in Colorado in Chambers USA. Mr. Husband is an officer and director of the Colorado Safety Association and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America.

Ms. Witt, who served as the firm's Managing Partner from 1988-1991, has 23 years of experience in a wide variety of subject matters including commercial disputes, business torts, labor and employment, personal injury and medical malpractice, antitrust, toxic torts and other areas. Ms. Witt has defended a wide-variety of employers against claims of sex, age and race discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of express and implied covenants and National Railway Labor Act claims and has also represented plaintiffs in nation-wide tort litigation. Ms. Witt also has significant appellate experience, including appeals in the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals as well as before the Colorado Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Wisconsin Supreme Court.