Danyelle Semjonovs

Senior Associate

Danyelle Semjonovs’ broad labor and employment law experience includes litigation, compliance, enforcement, policy, advising, and investigations.  Ms. Semjonovs advises and defends corporate clients in employment matters from simple discrimination or misclassification claims to SCA audits at the Department of Labor.  She frequently handles matters involving labor and employment law, EEOC proceedings, OFCCP audits, defamation, privacy law, technology abuse, and sexual harassment/assault.  In 2024, Ms. Semjonovs received her Workplace Investigations Certificate from the Society for Human Resources Management.  She has served as first chair and trial counsel in numerous matters across Colorado, California, and Washington.

Ms. Semjonovs began her career as an Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance Officer for the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs where she made employment rights determinations and ensured that complaints and proactive enforcement activities were processed in accordance with directives, regulations, policies, and case law.  She also served as a Staff Attorney for a sexual violence law center in Seattle, WA where she provided survivor-centered legal representation to sexual assault survivors on a broad range of legal matters including privacy litigation, employment discrimination based on sex, and Title IX campus hearings.

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado, 2021
  • California, 2022
  • Washington, 2019
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, District of Central California
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Location

Denver Office
1001 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Education

JD: University of Colorado Law School, 2016

BA: University of California-Riverside, 2012, Political Science, cum laude

Contact

semjonovsd@hallevans.com

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Danyelle

Career Distinctions & Honors
  • Honor Roll of Volunteer Attorneys, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2021

  • Attorney of the Year, Whitcomb Selinsky P.C., 2022

License
  • Workplace Investigations Certificate, Society for Human Resource Management, 2024
Professional Associations
  • Society for Human Resource Management

  • International Association of Privacy Professionals

Articles & Publications // Presentations // Webinars
  • Presenter, “Addressing Sexual Harassment in Brewer Environments: Fostering Respectful Workplaces,” Craft Beer Professionals, CPB Connects, October 2023
  • Presenter, “Employment Law 101 for Small Businesses,” Brewer’s Association, Craft Brewer’s Conference, February 2023
  • Presenter, “Understanding Sex-Based Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace,” Sexual Violence Law Center, Community Outreach Series, September 2021
  • Presenter, “Identifying and Addressing Technology Enabled Abuse,” Access to Justice Board, Annual Conference, August 2021
Languages
  • Spanish