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Steven Murray is an experienced attorney in employment law, civil rights, and trial practice. Steven’s legal experience has been virtually exclusively devoted to practicing private and public sector employment and civil rights law, representing clients in jury trials, litigation, and appeals before federal and state, trial and appellate courts, and in federal, state, and local government agency proceedings. This experience includes representing employees, supervisors, managers, executives, professionals, applicants, former employees, professional entities, and employers.. Steven Murray, as lead trial counsel, has successfully represented clients in all phases of employment and civil rights cases. In civil rights actions, Steven represented prevailing individuals in multiple and consecutive jury trials before the United States Court for the District of Colorado-achieving verdicts in favor of employees, applicants, and former employees, against private sector employers, the United States Government, and the City and County of Denver. He has represented prevailing public sector employees before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and government agencies, including the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the United States Foreign Service Grievance Board, and the Career Service Board for the City and County of Denver.. Prior to opening this practice, Steven Murray served as a Senior Trial Attorney with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Steven represented the EEOC in civil rights cases before United States District Courts in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Arizona.. Prior to serving with the EEOC, Steven Murray practiced as an employment and civil rights attorney. Steven worked as a private practitioner, law firm partner, and lawyer for a public sector labor organization attorney in Denver, and served as a law firm attorney and labor organization lawyer in Washington, D.C.. Steven Murray received a Masters of Laws degree in Employment and Labor Law from the Georgetown University Law Center. Steven received a Juris Doctor degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law, where he served on the Saint Louis University Law Journal. He has written published articles addressing public and private sector employment and labor law, political patronage and First Amendment issues in public sector employment, and constitutional law--the articles appearing in the DePaul Law Review [Lead Article], Saint Louis University Law Journal, and Government Executive Magazine [co-author]. Steven Murray is admitted to practice law in Colorado, the District of Columbia, and Illinois [inactive]. Steven is admitted to practice before United States District Courts for the District of Colorado, and the District of Columbia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth, Federal, Third, and Fourth Circuits. He is a member of the Denver Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

Natalie graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 2017 where she received her Juris Doctorate degree and graduate certificates from the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy and the Critical Race Studies Program. Prior to law school, Natalie spent two years serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Panama. She also worked with the Prison Law Office, in Berkeley, California, where she fought for the medical and disability rights of people incarcerated in California state prisons. During law school, she served as a University of California Human Rights Fellow while interning at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, and spent a semester working with a labor and human rights non-profit in Nicaragua. Following law school, Natalie worked with the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) in Colorado. During her time with RMIAN, Natalie represented children and families seeking humanitarian immigration relief before the Denver Immigration Court, USCIS, and in custody and guardianship proceedings before various Colorado courts. She also trained and mentored pro bono attorneys. Natalie then served as a Supervising Attorney with the Children’s Legal Team at ProBAR, a project of the American Bar Association located in the Rio Grande Valley region in South Texas, and worked at a Green & Maris, P.C., a small boutique immigration law firm located in Boulder, Colorado.. In her current role as a Staff Attorney at A Better Balance, Natalie works alongside grassroots organizations to support workers' rights policy advocacy and implementation at the state level. She also engages in Know Your Rights work to ensure all workers understand their rights and how changes to the law impact workers and their famlies. A Better Balance uses the power of the law to advance justice for workers, so they can care for themselves and their loved ones without jeopardizing their economic security.

For a wage theft victim or an individual in need of estate planning deciding on a lawyer can be a difficult decision. There are many factors that a person takes into account when deciding on which lawyer to hire. Often the two most important factors people consider is how much will it cost me and what kind of service will I receive.  At Mitchiner Law, LLC our attorney understands this and we strive to provide our clients with exceptional employment law and estate planning  services, in Denver, at an affordable price.

Certified in Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

2017 - “Warrior of Justice” Award (SCBA). 2022 - "Top Lawyers ~ Landlord Tenant Law" (Denver 5280 Magazine). April L. Jones, Esq., is in solo practice at Colorado Affordable Legal Services, LLC which is a limited-scope modern law practice.  April obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree (English) from the University of Utah (’02) and is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law School (’05).  She is a veteran tenant rights & fair housing law attorney that presents regular educational clinic’s and workshops on landlord tenant related matters in Denver, Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties.  April is also the 2017 recipient of the Sam Cary Bar Association “Warrior of Justice” Award.. April is also the Co-founder & Legal Services Director at the Colorado Eviction Defense Center (CEDC).  The Mission of the CEDC is to be a valuable community stakeholder that provides information on the legal rights of tenants, the legal process, legal procedures and affordable legal representation when needed to “Balance the Scales of Justice”.. The CEDC is a non-profit, self-sustaining law firm that provides tenants with Access to Justice in the form of advocacy based upon the principles of a Modern Law Practice Initiative (unbundled).  The CEDC developed the Housing Eviction Legal Program (HELP) project to close the civil justice gap in Colorado and to minimize the direct negative effect of eviction actions that can often lead to homelessness.  Call for eviction defense legal assistance.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Denver and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Denver and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Denver and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Denver and surrounding areas.