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Ellen Kelman
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Biography
Within the framework of a 35-year general labor and employment law practice, I have extensive experience in rights arbitration under collective bargaining agreements; administrative practice before the National Labor Relations Board, the Social Security Administration, and various state agencies and regulatory bodies; and federal court litigation, with some additional experience in Colorado’s state courts. My field of special expertise within the general framework of labor and employment law is all aspects of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., ranging from establishment and representation of qualified plans to representation of individuals in disputes over plan benefits. I have also represented both union and ERISA trusts as creditors in bankruptcy cases, and have litigated complex questions of the interrelationship between and among the Bankruptcy Code, ERISA (and, in particular, COBRA) and the Tax Code.
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Licensed in Colorado for 45 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1980
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Location
The Kelman Buescher Firm
600 Grant St., Ste. 450, Denver, CO, 80203
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Experience
Honors
2016
Lawyer of the Year, Individual Employment, Best Lawyers, 2009-2016
2016
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Associations
2011 - Present
College of Labor and Employment LawyersFellow
Sample of Legal Cases
Silvestain v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
mediated settlement
In re Qwest Savings and Investment Plan Erisa Litigation
$57.5 million settlement
IBEW 111 et al v. Public Service Company of Colorado
on-going
Education
1980
Harvard University Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1980
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
MA - Masters
1976
Radcliffe College
AB, Magna Cum Laude
Speaking Engagements
2014
NLRB's McDonald's Joint Employer Directive
NLRB's McDonald's Joint Employer Directive Its Impact on Employee Relations and the Franchise Model
2014
2014 ABA Midwinter Conference on the Developing Labor Law
“I can’t pay.” “It would be competitively disadvantageous to pay.” “I don’t want to pay.” Magic Words. Careful Words. Truthful Words. Employer claims and union financial information requests at the bargaining table
2013
7th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference
The PPACA – (Some of) The News (No One is Seeing) Fit to Print: Qui Tam, Black Lungs, “Medical Assistance” and So Much More
2012
2012 ABA Midwinter Conference on the Developing Labor Law
Specialty Healthcare: The End of the World, or Only of Life as We Know It?
2011
Fiduciary Obligations in the JATC world
Fiduciary Obligations In The JATC World
2009
Lawyers' Coordinating Committee Annual Meeting
LMRDA Title I: Free Speech and Discipline. A Brief History, and (a bit of) What’s in the Courts right now
2009
2009 ABA Midwinter Conference on the Developing Labor Law
May the Circle be Unbroken: The historical ebb and flow of circular definitions of impermissible employee actions, and why “disloyalty” and “malice” don’t mean much anymore.
2009
2009 ABA Labor and Employment Law Continuing Legal Education Conference
“Watch the Gap1” – The limits of fiduciary liability under ERISA
2008
2008 Colorado Trial Lawyers' Association annual conference
An ERISA primer for Workers’ Compensation practionners: What you ask. What you do. When you need help
2008
2008 ABA Labor and Employment Law Continuing Legal Education Conference
ERISA for Labor Lawyers: Claims Procedures, and the Scope of Court Review
2006
2006 ABA Midwinter Conference on the Developing Labor Law
Ding Dong the [Clear and Unmistakable Waiver Test for 8(d) violations] is Dead . . . [At Least Until the Next Democratic Board Majority] Bath Iron Works, 345 NLRB No. 33 (September 2, 2005)
Publications
1980
St. John's Law Review
American Labor Law and Legal Formalism
1977
Dissent
Welfare Policy
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers