Patricia S. Bellac

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience

Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Law, Wage & Hour, Wrongful Termination, Health Care Law

4845 Pearl East Circle, Suite 101 No. 17, Boulder, CO 80301

About Patricia S. Bellac

Practice Areas

Education

Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1991
J.D.
- Honors: Moot Court Competitor
- Honors: Top 25% of her Class
- Law Review: Fordham Environmental Law Reporter, Member
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1983
B.A., Political Science
- Honors: McGill Varsity Ski Team and Debating Teams
- Honors: Manager, Environmental Political Action Committee
- Honors: Coordinator, Environmental Political Action Committee

Representative Cases

Classes and Seminars

Speaker, Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act's New Frontiers, Boulder County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section), November 12, 2013
Private Disability and PERA: Strategic Considerations for Disabled Clients, Plaintiffs' Employment Lawyers' Association Annual Retreat, 2012
Panelist, Non-Monetary Considerations in Mediating Employment Cases: Where do Emotions go When the Case is Over?, Boulder County Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, December 11, 2012
Panelist, Application of Americans With Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) to Real-Life Scenarios, Plaintiffs', Employment Lawyers' Association, Brown Bag Presentation, June 17, 2011
What Is Left of the Colorado Wage Claim Act: 2003 Revisions, Lorman Education Seminars, March 3, 2004
Speaker, Colorado Wage Claim Act, Boulder County Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section), September 9, 2003
The Legal Advantages of Employment, BCBA Newsletter, 2001
Overview of the ADA, Boulder Chamber of Commerce, 1999
Speaker, Employment Law Section, Boulder County Bar Association, 1998 - Present
Effective Employment Policies, Jung & Assocs. P.C. Firm Seminar, 1998
ERISA and Insurance Claims Appeals: A Patient's Bill of Rights, Labor and Employment Law Sections, BCBA, December 3, 1998
What Is ERISA, and How to Win that Insurance Claim Appeal, Leads Group, October 22, 1998
Speaker, Colorado Women's Bar Association, 1995 - 2005
Speaker, Boulder Chamber of Commerce

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

Past Positions

King & Greisen, LLP, Denver, Colorado, Of Counsel, Part Time: Compliance Enforcement Team in Montez v. Colorado Department of Corrections, 2006 - 2008
Montez v. Colorado Department of Corrections, 2006 - 2008
Jung & Associates, P.C., Boulder, Colorado, 1998 - 1999
Berenbaum, Weinshienk, & Eason, Denver, Colorado, Associate Attorney, 1993 - 1998
Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, New Jersey, 1990 - 1993
Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York, New York, Legal Assistant/ERISA/Tax
Alexander & Alexander Consulting Group, New York, New York

Published Works

“Consequences of Independent Contractor Misclassification,” Boulder County Bar Association Newsletter, May 2018, p.1
“Changes To Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Law –Evolution And Comparison To Federal Discrimination Protections,” Boulder County Bar Association Newsletter, March 2015 newsletter
Book Chapter: "The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act", Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law, December, 2008; Revised 2010 and Supplemented 2011
The Legal Advantages of Employment, Boulder County Bar Association newsletter, January, 2001
Objective Job Requirements Help Employees Avoid Legal Claims, Real Estate Journal, April 5-April 18, 1995
The DOL's Final Regulation Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Colorado Lawyer, May, 1995
Book Chapter, New Jersey Employment Law, 1992
Daily Camera, Occasional Columnist, 1998-1999
Chapter 4 of the Colorado Practitioner's Guide to Employment Law, Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, 2008

Patricia S. Bellac

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.