Join the Mile High Chapter Education Committee for our annual Law Firm Management Event! To show our appreciation for our attorneys, each Mile High ALA Regular Member is invited to register two attorneys from their office to attend the breakfast at no additional cost. As a bonus, attorneys who attend will be eligible to receive CLE credit.  Registration opens at 8:00 a.m., followed by breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Announcements will start at 8:45 a.m., and the presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m.

We are pleased to welcome Michael Cohen, a partner in Duane Morris’ Employment, Labor, Benefits, and Immigration Practice Group, who will present on "From Disruption to Opportunity: Building Resilience in Your Workplace Culture."

In a world where laws, policies and practices seem increasingly unpredictable, one constant remains: the importance of your workplace culture. As we begin an uncertain 2026, it is absolutely essential to ensure that your most valuable investments, your people, feel seen, heard, safe and appreciated. While we all understand that a utopian existence is mythical, as Administrators and law firm leaders we are responsible for creating and maintaining a working environment that is as comfortable as possible, as much of the time as possible, for as many as possible. This session will examine steps we can and must take and initiatives firms can implement, all with an eye towards employee satisfaction, productivity and security.

Michael concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law training and counseling. He has trained and counseled employers throughout the country on subjects including harassment prevention; diversity, equity and inclusion; combatting implicit bias; performance management; discipline and discharge; hiring and recruiting practices; performance evaluations; FMLA, ADA and FLSA compliance; leave of absence policies; LGBTQ+ issues in the workplace; substance abuse testing; workplace violence; records retention; conducting background checks; and more. Michael also has conducted investigations into claims of harassment and discrimination and has drafted employee handbooks, employment agreements, non-compete agreements and post-termination agreements. Michael regularly conducts in excess of 200 trainings each year.  He has represented clients throughout the country in EEO and other administrative proceedings.

Michael has been cited as a national authority on employment issues by The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today, MSNBC.com, HR Magazine, SHRM On-Line, Employment Law 360, Inside Counsel Magazine, as well as many other publications.  Michael serves as an Advisory Board Member of GenHERation and as a Board Member of Serve, Inc. 

Michael has a passion for education and for taking on a challenge. Both of these traits likely were sparked by his mother, a former high school teacher who, after being fired from teaching due to her being pregnant with Michael, challenged a mandatory maternity leave policy all the way up to the United States Supreme Court where she won a victory for all working women, in a case captioned Cohen v. School Board of Chesterfield County Virginia. Michael is a proud husband to Jamie and father to Maddie and Mia, a travel softball coach for the Philadelphia Phillies Urban Youth Academy and a fanatical Philadelphia and University of Michigan sports fan.

This session has been approved by the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Continuing Legal Education for 2.0 general CLE credits (including 1.0 EDI credit).

This session has been approved for the following re-certification credits:
CLM Recertification Credit: 2.0 hours in the subject area of Human Resource Management.
CLM Application Credit for Functional Specialists: 2.0 hours in the subject area of Human Resources Management toward the additional hours required of some Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application requirements.

This program is valid for 2.0 PDCs toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification.

This Program has been approved for 2.00 General HR recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

Tickets

$0.00 Guest Ticket-2 attorneys

$50.00 Guest Ticket-Guest of Member