Kelli Riley
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education and accomplishments
Kelli Riley has devoted her career to forging best practices in employment law. She earned her law degree, cum laude, at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and served as Membership Editor for the school’s flagship law review. She also served low-income and Spanish-speaking clients in the school's Bankruptcy Clinic as a student attorney.
Additionally, she’s studied at the University of Colorado at Boulder and received her undergraduate degree in both History and Spanish & Portuguese Language and Culture in order to better serve the varying communities
Ms. Riley won a wage case before the Colorado Supreme Court in 2022 with tremendous support from Towards Justice and the PELA Amicus Committee. This case got four truck drivers overtime pay after almost seven years of litigation.
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Publications and Speaking Engagements
Ms. Riley published an article on Zoom Trial tips in the Colorado Lawyer during the height of the pandemic after learning in the trenches. Ms. Riley presents on employment law regularly. She speaks each semester to CSU Business students about Colorado employment laws.
Ms. Riley has presented continuing education classes for attorneys and professionals on mentoring, using government resources to collaborate for clients with disabilities, and on being a great boss.
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Admissions and Associations
Memberships
Plaintiffs’ Employment Lawyers Association
Colorado Bar Association
Colorado Women’s Bar Association, Larimer Chapter
Weld County Bar Association
Admissions
Colorado
District Court of Colorado