Sean Gallagher

Practice Areas

Appellate

Commercial Litigation

Employment Advice and Investigations

Employment Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

False Claims Act Defense

Labor and Employment

Labor and Employment - Health Care

Litigation

Public Policy

Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets Litigation

Professional Memberships

College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

- Fellow

Colorado Supreme Court Pattern Civil Jury Instructions Committee

- Member

United States District Court Chief Judge's Select Committee on Judicial Working Group

- Chair

The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law, published annually by the Colorado Bar Association

- Managing Editor

American Bar Association

- Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Committee Chairman

- Annual Labor and Employment Conference, Litigation Track Coordinator

Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies

- Member

Republican National Lawyers Association

- Member

The Sedona Conference

- Electronic Discovery Working Group, Member

Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Committee

- Former Member (2000-2006)

Rocky Mountain Junior Achievement

- Former Board Member

Rocky Mountain Human Services and Denver Options

- Former Board Member, Treasurer and Chairman

Faculty of Federal Advocates

- Former Board Member

Denver Active 20-30

- Founding Member

University of Colorado Law School

- Former Adjunct Law Professor, Electronic Discovery

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

- Former Adjunct Law Professor, Lawyering Process

Publications

ITR Americas Tax Awards 2022: The winners | Mentioned, International Tax Review, September 23, 2022

Attorneys warn employers must prepare for law change on noncompete agreements | Quoted, Denver Business Journal, April 18, 2022

Colorado Court of Appeals Rejects TABOR Attack on Hospital Fee | Quoted, Law Week Colorado, November 23, 2020

Jury Might Scrutinize Hospital Response to Safety Concerns | Quoted, ED Legal Letter, November 1, 2020,

Reopening the Economy and Getting Back to Business: Will Liability Waivers Protect My Business? | Co-Author, COVID-19 Blog, May 11, 2020

Re-Opening the Economy and Getting Back to Business: Business Owners’ Liability Risk When Dealing With Customers and Others | Co-Author, COVID-19 Blog, April 29, 2020

Polsinelli Obtains Favorable Decision in Challenge to Colorado’s Medicaid Funding Program, March 2019