Leslie A. Eaton

Leslie A. Eaton focuses on commercial litigation and has experience in a wide variety of complex cases, including those involving insurance coverage, employment and discrimination claims, director and officer liability, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, product liability, and business torts.

Pro Bono Experience

Jury trial, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado – court appointment, December 2008

Professional Activities

American Bar Association

Colorado Bar Association

Colorado Women's Bar Association

Denver Bar Association

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Faculty of Federal Advocates

Pro Bono Committee and Denver Office Pro Bono Coordinator, Ballard Spahr

Recognition & Accomplishments

The Best Lawyers in America, commercial litigation, 2013

AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Publications

Co-author, "Employee’s Firing over Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use Is Legal, Colorado Court Holds," Ballard Spahr alert, May 7, 2013

Co-author, "Employee’s Facebook Posting Not Protected Activity, Says NLRB," Ballard Spahr alert, October 4, 2012

Co-author, "Price-Cost Test Does Not Apply in Exclusive Dealing Cases Where Pricing Is Not the Exclusionary Tool, Third Circuit Holds, While Circumscribing Prior Holding in LePage's," Ballard Spahr alert, October 3, 2012

Co-author, "EEOC Clarifies ‘Reasonable Factors Other Than Age’ Standard: New Rule Complicates Defense of Age Discrimination Claims," Ballard Spahr alert, April 3, 2012

Speaking Engagements

"Strategic Decisions: How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Franchise Employers?" Franchise Business Network Meeting, October 17, 2012

"Family and Medical Leave Act CLE," Colorado Corporate Counsel Association, September 2007

"Enhance Your Chance for Success at Trial: Finding and Using Your Ideal Expert Witness," Colorado Women's Bar Association CLE presentation, September 2002

Board Memberships

Colorado Lawyers Committee

Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado, Trustee (2009-2012)

University of Denver Sturm College of Law (J.D. 1988)
Member, Order of St. Ives

University of Calgary (B.A. 1981)

Colorado

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court