Alice Conway Powers

Alice Conway Powers is Managing Partner of Denver at O’Hagan Meyer. She represents employers in Colorado and California in employment litigation and advises on workplace compliance. Her practice includes discrimination, harassment, disability, retaliation, wage and hour, and employee misclassification disputes. She also handles class actions involving compensation and discrimination. Her work connects the defense of employment claims with advice on the policies and workplace practices that can lead to disputes.

Alice earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Eastern Connecticut State University in 1994, with a double major in English and Political Science. She received a J.D. from Golden Gate University in 1997. Her academic background supports written advocacy, statutory analysis, and the explanation of legal obligations. She is admitted in California and Colorado and before federal district courts in both states relevant to her employment litigation practice.

Alice has handled bench and jury trials, binding arbitrations, and mediations. She appears before employment agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Colorado Civil Rights Division. Her litigation experience also includes sexual assault allegations in state and federal courts. These matters involve factual investigations, workplace records, and competing accounts of employee treatment, requiring attention to both court procedure and the administrative processes that can accompany an employment dispute.

Alice Conway Powers reviews employee handbooks and corporate policies, conducts workplace training, and speaks on employment law topics. She has served as Employment Law Committee Chair of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association and received Best Lawyers in America recognition for Litigation – Labor and Employment. Her preventive counseling draws on litigation experience, helping employers consider how policies operate in practice and how workplace decisions can affect exposure to future claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, O’Hagan Meyer
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Past Employment Law Committee Chair, Colorado Defense Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• California
• Colorado

Education

• Golden Gate University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Eastern Connecticut State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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