Greisen Medlock won a first-of-its kind whistleblower case under the Affordable Care Act. A regional marijuana dispensary fired our client after she complained that her employer was not providing health insurance. As a cancer survivor, she had started working in Colorado’s legal marijuana industry because she had personally benefited from using medical marijuana during her […]
When the woman in charge of the City of Denver’s hiring and discipline for police and firefighters experienced gender discrimination, she called Greisen Medlock. Our client was passed over for a promotion by a less-qualified man, at the same time her title was taken away. Despite having less experience and qualifications, her male colleague began […]
Colorado prisons will protect transgender women from sexual abuse and provide them with required healthcare thanks to a precedent-setting settlement agreement negotiated by Greisen Medlock. Transgender women are typically imprisoned in male-designated prisons, subjecting them to routine sexual harassment and violence. And necessary medical treatment – such as hormone replacement treatment and gender affirming surgery […]
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today threatens the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, as well as decades of long-standing laws that protect people in all minority groups,” said Paula Greisen, founding partner of Greisen Medlock. “While we think this decision should only apply to a very narrow group of business, we have no doubt that […]
The Colorado courts have again ordered a cakeshop owner in Colorado to stop discriminating against the LGBTQ community. In 2017, a transgender woman tried to order a pink birthday cake with blue icing from a bakery to celebrate her upcoming birthday. The bakery agreed to make the cake until it discovered that the customer was […]
Greisen Medlock represented a gay couple before the United States Supreme Court when a Colorado baker refused to sell them a wedding cake. Here are links to reporting about the case: ‘This happens all the time’: why a gay couple took their cake case to the supreme court | US news | The Guardian
