Michelle Gomez

  • Shareholder
  • Senior Director, Engagement & Development
  • Denver
mgomez@littler.com
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Michelle Gomez creates and oversees Littler’s firmwide onboarding and integration programs for all newly hired talent, as well as for individuals moving positions within the firm. She manages all aspects from the first interview through the initial 18 months of employment, serving as a talent liaison to introduce new hires across the firm, and assisting in individual onboarding and integration plans. Michelle additionally oversees the firm’s internal trainings, including the orientation training called Littler Academy, level-specific training, skills-based training, leadership training, and practice group-specific training. In her role, Michelle also liaises with the firm’s offices, providing engagement ideas and also overseeing coaching needs, and oversees events such as the Global Wellness Challenge. Michelle also works very closely with the Chief IED Officer to ensure that the firm’s inclusion, equity, and diversity commitments are reflected throughout Littler’s talent lifecycle.

In addition, Michelle continues to represent and advise employers on a wide variety of employment matters, including claims based on age, race, color, national origin, and sexual discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She has defended clients in employment-related disputes before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Colorado Civil Rights Division, and the Montana Human Rights Bureau. Michelle’s recent trial experience includes two federal court jury trials, a federal court bench trial, a state court jury trial, and numerous arbitrations in Colorado and Montana, all of which concluded favorably for Littler’s clients.

Michelle is a member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Steering Committee, co-chair of Littler’s Career Advocacy Program, and a member of the Reunion affinity group for Littler’s Latinx attorneys.

Prior to joining Littler, she practiced commercial litigation in New York City, Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Federal and State Employment Law Highlights

  • November 5, 2022
  • Senior Women’s Corporate Counsel

Game Changers: Top Compliance and Litigation Plays to Protect Your Company in 2022

  • October 27, 2022
  • Rocky Mountain Employer Conference

Navigating Disability and Accommodation Issues in a Pandemic/Post-Pandemic Era and Other Related Issues

  • October 12, 2022
  • Panelist, ACC Mountain West Webinar

Navigating Novel Employment Issues: What You Need To Know In 2020

  • September 16, 2020
  • General Counsel Conference

Insights From Colorado: The Post-COVID-19 Workplace: Session 1: Litigation in the Post-COVID-19 World

  • May 28, 2020
  • Littler Webinar

From #MeToo to #WhatToDo? Time to Reboot Your Harassment Training and Investigation Protocols

  • September 21, 2018
  • Rocky Mountain Employer Conference

How to Handle Political and Social Commentary - Off Duty and On Duty - in the Current Climate

  • October 3, 2017
  • 2017 Littler Rocky Mountain Employer Conference

Age Discrimination: Best Claims/Defenses

  • January 2015
  • 2015 National CLE Conference

The Limits of Work Time: What is Compensable Time?

  • September 21, 2016
  • Rocky Mountain Employer Conference

Blurred Lines in the Workplace: Drawing the Lines Between Work and Your Personal Life

  • October 7, 2015

Additional Thought Leadership

Courts Differ on Subpoena Power of Arbitrators Over Non-Parties

  • March 25, 2009
  • New York Law Journal
  • Stefan W. Engelhardt

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