[blox img="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dross.jpg" height="260" nomargin="true"][column8] [distance2] [big_title] Dino A. Ross [/big_title] [h4] Director [/h4] [/column8] [/blox] [column10] [subtitle] BIOGRAPHY [/subtitle] [p]Dino A. Ross, a shareholder and director at Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, PC, focuses a substantial portion of his practice to public and private employment law.  Mr. Ross advises and assists public and private employers, including special districts, in all aspects of employment law, including hiring or appointment of employees and volunteers; day-to-day employment and benefit issues; developing or up-dating employment related forms, job descriptions and manuals; employment agreements, non-competition agreements, non-disclosure agreements and severance agreements; corrective and disciplinary actions, up to an including termination; and, all aspects of employment related litigation and administrative proceedings.  He has represented employers in defending charges of discrimination, retaliation or harassment filed with the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Mr. Ross also has represented employers in wrongful discharge and non-competition actions.[/p][accordion title="Read More"] <ul> <li>Several times each year Mr. Ross presents seminars to public and private groups, associations and organizations on a wide-range of employment related topics, including such issues as HR audits, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, CADA and Title VII compliance, workplace investigations, workplace violence, and employment contracts. Mr. Ross also conducts employee-training seminars on personnel handbooks, and workplace diversity/sensitivity training.</li><li>Dino Ross is the head of the firm's Special Districts Practice Group. He serves as general counsel or special counsel to Fire Protection Districts and Fire Authorities, and Park and Recreation Districts. He also serves as special counsel to municipal fire departments. On a daily basis, he advises Boards and management on issues relating to the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act; the Colorado Open Records Act; budget and finance laws affecting special districts; financing mechanisms, such as lease-purchase agreements, bond issuances, and certificates of participation; TABOR and Gallagher Amendment issues; regular and special election rules and procedures; all aspects of negotiating and drafting contracts and intergovernmental agreements with vendors, contractors and other public entities; construction contract negotiation and drafting; equipment warranty claims; insurance coverage issues; inclusions/exclusions of property and related boundary issues; all aspects of regular and special Board meeting procedures; transactions involving the purchase, sale or lease of real property; and, all aspects of special district litigation support.</li></ul> [accordion title="Memberships"] <ul> <li>Special Districts Association (SDA)</li> <li>SDA Legislative Committee</li> <li>Colorado Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA)</li> <li>Colorado State Fire Chiefs Association (CSFCA)</li> <li>Fire Marshals Association of Colorado (FMAC)</li> <li>Colorado Bar Association</li> <li>Society of Human Resource Managers</li> <li>Colorado Human Resource Association</li> </ul> [/accordion] [accordion title="Honors and Awards"] <ul> <li>AV Peer Review Rated Martindale-Hubbell</li> </ul> [/accordion] [distance4] [/column10] [column5 class="offset-by-one"] [subtitle] Contact Info [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row](303) 628-3686 [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="mailto:dross@irelandstapleton.com"> dross@irelandstapleton.com </a> [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Dino-A-Ross.vcf">Download Dino Ross' vCard </a> [/li-row] [li-row] <a href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Ross_Dino-A_Biography.pdf">Download Dino Ross' PDF </a> [/li-row] [/list-ul] [subtitle] Practice Areas [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row] <a title="Special Districts"href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/practices/special-districts/"> Special Districts </a>[/li-row] [li-row] <a title="Employment"href="http://berchman.net/irelandstapleton/practices/employment/"> Employment </a> [/li-row] [/list-ul] [subtitle] Education [/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row] University of Colorado, Boulder J.D., 1991 [/li-row] [li-row] University of California at Irvine B.A. Philosophy major, English Minor, 1987 [/li-row] [/list-ul] [subtitle]Admissions[/subtitle] [list-ul type="arrow"] [li-row]Admitted to practice in Colorado[/li-row][/list-ul] [/column5] [distance4]