Adrienne Scheffey

Adrienne Scheffey is a distinguished partner at Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod Waterfall LLP in Denver, Colorado, where she provides strategic guidance to employers and business leaders, enabling them to concentrate on their core priorities. Her competence spans a wide array of areas, including wage and hour compliance and litigation, employment defense, classification matters, preventive counseling, and severance and employment agreements.

Clients value Ms. Scheffey's extensive civil trial experience, which includes guiding them through every stage of litigation and trial when necessary. Her trial work ranges from representing clients in single-plaintiff cases in state courts and arbitration to leading trial teams in high-stakes, multimillion-dollar class actions in federal courts across the Western United States.

Ms. Scheffey is known for her ability to devise innovative solutions during complex litigation, particularly in high-stakes "Bet-the-Company" scenarios. She champions a proactive approach to employment law, emphasizing prevention. By collaborating closely with HR teams and management, she helps clients establish strong policies, conduct regular compliance audits and provide ongoing training to preempt workplace disputes. When litigation is unavoidable, she delivers a robust, strategic defense tailored to each client’s business goals.

Regularly sought after for her counsel on all facets of common employment issues, Ms. Scheffey is a trusted advisor to both small and large businesses. Her comprehensive knowledge makes her an invaluable resource from initial counseling through agency proceedings and court appearances. She has also led numerous internal investigations into employee misconduct, guiding businesses through the complexities of adverse findings.

Ms. Scheffey holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Colorado and earned her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 2015. Licensed in Colorado since 2015, she is also admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.