David Seserman

With more than three decades of experience, David Seserman is one of Colorado’s foremost civil trial attorneys. As the founding member of Seserman Law LLC, David works with businesses and business people as a trusted advocate and ally. He maintains a broad civil litigation practice that has included multiple trials resulting in seven figure verdicts for his clients. He has successfully tried issues involving commercial disputes, wrongful discharge, intellectual property, disability, breach of employment contract, age discrimination, Title VII, and FLSA claims. To each matter that he works on, David brings years of proven results and courtroom experience.

David is a trained mediator and collaborates with professionals and companies in a variety of industries including finance, accounting and real estate. He is hired to resolve the legal issues that they face related to human resources such as employee benefits and pension (ERISA) claims. As a skilled negotiator, he drafts executive compensation and severance agreements that navigate the complex business and tax issues at play. David is also one of the go-to legal practitioners for law firm dissolution in Denver and has served as the liquidator of the two largest law firm dissolutions in Colorado history.

As a leader in the Colorado legal community, David makes presentations to business professionals and other lawyers on a variety of topics. His speaking engagements explore a variety of attorney ethics topics, the theft of trade secrets, electronic evidence, litigation strategy and tactics, employment law, as well as electronic communications and privacy. David earned his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law and in law school served as the Business Editor of the Denver University Law Review. David graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

Practice Areas

• Civil Litigation
• Employment Law
• Employment Litigation
• Law Firm Dissolution

Education

• JD, University of Denver College of Law (1986)
• BSBA, Washington University in St. Louis (1980)

Admissions

• State of Colorado
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division
• United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Awards

• AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Colorado Super Lawyer (2007, 2019-23)

Bar Associations

• American Bar Association
  • GP Solo Division Council Member
  • GP Solo Division Ethics & Professional Responsibility Committee Chair
  • Litigation Section, Division Director
  • Law Practice Division Ethics & Professionalism Committee (2018-present)
  • House of Delegates Member
  • ABA Presidential Task Force on AI Liaison
  • ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Liaison

• Colorado Bar Association
  • Litigation Section Chair
  • Board of Governors Member
• Denver Bar Association
  • Member
• Arapahoe County Bar Association
  • Member
  • Attorney Mentor (2017-present)

Professional Memberships & Activity

• City of Greenwood Village, Colorado
  • Planning & Zoning Commissioner (2002-2012)
    • Chair (2006-2012)
  • Organizer, Grass Roots Campaign Against High-Density Development (2016-2017)

• The Sedona Conference
  • Member, Brainstorming Group E-Discovery Best Practices for Small Cases (2018)
  • Member, Drafting Committee E-Discovery Best Practices for Small Cases (2019-2020)
  • Member, Brainstorming Group on Initial Disclosures

• Mile High Society for Human Resource Management
  • • Co-Volunteer Coordinator (2013-2015)
• National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
  • Advisor to the Study Committee on Data Breach Notification, appointed by the American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division Chair (2017-present)
• American Jewish Committee, Colorado Region
  • Regional Board President (2009-2012)
  • National Board of Governors (2009-2012)
  • Executive Board (1991-2012)
• Anti-Defamation League – Mountain States Region
  • Regional Board Member (2014-present)
  • Co-Chair, Summer Associate Research Project (2016-2018)
• Washington University in St. Louis Alumni Association
  • • Co-Chair 35th, 30th, 25th & 20th Reunions
    • Chapter President (1993-2004)
    • Chair, Colorado Eliot Society (2014-2021)
    • Colorado Regional Cabinet Member (1999-present)
      • Chair (2020-present)

• The Law Club
  • Chapter President (2004)

• Sundance Hills Homeowners Association
  • Held all officer roles including President

• 50 for Colorado Leadership Development Program
  • Member, Class of 1995
  • Alumni Board Member (1996-present)

Recent Presentations & Publications

• Presenter/Moderator “The Ethics of Remotely Working” CBA Litigation Section Presentation (July 2020)
• Presenter, “Unexpected Dissolution and Succession Planning” CBA Solo-Small Firm Institute (June 2020)
• Presenter, “Maintaining Ethical Standards in Your Law Office Technology” ABA Law Practice Ethics and Professionalism Committee Presentation (July 2020)
• Presenter, “Unexpected Dissolution and Succession Planning” CBA Solo-Small Firm Institute (June 2020)
• Host, “Town Hall Discussion on the Potential Impacts of COVID-19” (March 2020)
• Presenter, “Technological Competency in Employment Law Disputes,” CBA-CLE Employment Law Conference (2019).
• Panelist, “Pretrial Discovery Disputes: How to Wield a Sword Without Falling on It,” CBA Solo-Small Firm Institute (2019)
• Interview, “Transparency and Employee Relationships,” Business Leaders Podcast (2019)
• Presenter, “Big Firm Discovery on a Small Firm Budget” GPSolo Podcasts – Brown Bag Series (2019)
• Keynote Speaker, “Personal Electronic Devices in the Workplace – Should Management Be Concerned?”, Rocky Mountain Area Conference for Finance and Accounting Professionals (2018)
• Speaker, American Bar Association GPSolo Division Brown Bag Podcast (2018)
• Interview, “Managing the Law Firm Break-Up,” Law Week Colorado Article (2017)
• Interview, “Spotlight with ADL Board Member David Seserman,” Anti-Defamation League (2017)
• Interview, “David Seserman, Attorney, on Cell Phone Use at Work,” DailyMotion.com (2013)