About Us

As a certified mediator and attorney with over 20 years of employment law experience, Natalia brings a unique blend of expertise in communication, negotiation, and emotional intelligence to every mediation session.

Professional Experience

Natalia is a multi-lingual mediator and employment law attorney with significant experience representing corporate, municipal, and non-profit clients in employment-related matters.  

Natalia's employment law practice spans both the public and private arenas.  As a Senior Denver City Attorney, Natalia was responsible for:

 

 

  • Representing Denver in state and federal workplace lawsuits, including Title VII, ADA, ADEA and FLSA claims;
  • Advising various City agencies, including the Denver Public Library and Denver Zoo, on all employment-related issues; and
  • Presenting workplace-related training sessions, including on the mediation process, to the City’s managerial employees.

    Prior to her government service, Natalia practiced in the private sector.  As Of Counsel Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, Natalia's responsibilities included:

    • Defending Fortune 500 companies in employment class and collective actions;
    • Advising retail, hospitality, and non-profit clients on employment law matters, with an emphasis on sexual harassment and discrimination; and
    • Multi-lingual work, including Spanish-language workplace investigations and mediations, and the translation of German business documents.

      As an attorney with the law firms of Snell & Wilmer and Lindquist & Vennum, Natalia oversaw employment and commercial litigation cases.   

       Education

      Vanderbilt University Law School | J.D.1997 - 2000

      • Activities and societies: President and Founder: VLS Chapter of Amnesty International; Co-President: VLS Spanish American Law Students Association; Research Editor: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

      Vanderbilt University | B.A., French Literature/Spanish Literature |1992 - 1996

      • Activities and societies: Top Ten Merit Scholar; Vanderbilt Merit Scholarship; Edwin S. Gardner Memorial Award for excellence in French; Spanish and German Honor Societies

      Graduated summa cum laude

      Languages

      • English - Native or bilingual proficiency
      • Spanish – Native or bilingual proficiency
      • French -  Full professional proficiency
      • German  -  Professional working proficiency
      • Italian -  Limited working proficiency

      Community Engagement

      • Board of Directors, Colorado Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts (2021 - present)
      • Co-Chair, Colorado Ballet Annual Gala (2019)
      • Board of Directors, Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (2010 - 2016)
      • Board of Directors, YouthBiz, Inc. (2006 - 2012)
      • Graduate of Colorado Metro Chamber’s Leadership Denver program
      • Graduate of CBCA’s Leadership Arts Program

      Honors and Awards

      • Designated as “Forty under Forty” by Denver Business Journal
      • Named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers and Colorado Super Lawyers magazines
      • Awarded Pro Bono award by Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
      • Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Vienna by Fulbright U.S. Students Program