Cornish & Dell'Olio, P.C.

Employment law focus since 1982

Since 1982, the firm has handled employment matters in Colorado Springs and across Southern Colorado. Cornish & Dell'Olio, P.C. advises employees and employers. Its lawyers also litigate employment disputes in several legal forums.

The firm's stated work covers events that shape an employment relationship. These include hiring, firing, compensation, hostile work environment claims, and breaches of employment contracts. The scope also includes personnel rules and agreements that govern conduct during and after employment.

Courts and administrative agencies

Cornish & Dell'Olio litigates in federal and state courts. Its lawyers also appear before state and federal administrative agencies. That forum coverage matters because employment disputes can proceed through an agency, a court, or both, depending on the claim.

The website describes advice and litigation as distinct parts of the firm's work. Advice may concern an employment document or workplace policy. Litigation covers disputes that have reached a formal court or agency process.

Claims involving discrimination and workplace conduct

The firm lists claims based on race, age, sex, disability, religion, and national origin. It also handles sexual harassment and hostile work environment matters. These categories give the firm's employee-side work a clear civil rights focus.

Wrongful termination is another stated area. The firm handles retaliation and whistleblower claims as well. Those matters may concern the reason for an employment decision or an employer's response to conduct by an employee.

Pay, leave, and public employment

Cornish & Dell'Olio handles overtime and minimum wage claims. Donna Dell'Olio's work includes fair labor standards and wage and hour law. The firm's listed services also include matters under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Public sector employment has a distinct place in the firm's work. The website lists claims under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments for public employees. Shareholder Ian D. Kalmanowitz devotes a substantial portion of his work to representing public employees.

In my opinion, the public employee focus is a useful point of distinction within the firm's stated employment law work. Constitutional claims add a legal dimension that does not arise in every private workplace dispute. The site identifies both those claims and Kalmanowitz's work with public employees directly.

Employer advice and employment documents

Employers can seek help with workplace policies and written terms. The firm drafts personnel policies, employee handbooks, confidentiality agreements, and non-compete agreements. It also prepares other employment documents.

Contract work extends beyond drafting. Cornish & Dell'Olio lists breach of employment contract disputes among the matters it handles. The firm also addresses non-compete issues through agreements and litigation.

Work for employees and employers

The firm openly states that it represents both employees and employers. That gives its listed services two clear sides: individual claims and employer counseling. The same subject, such as compensation or a non-compete agreement, can appear in either setting.

The range remains tied to employment law. The firm's website does not frame employment work as one department within a long list of unrelated legal fields. Its service descriptions stay focused on workplace advice, documents, administrative claims, and court cases.

How the legal team is built

The attorney page names two shareholders and one associate. Ian D. Kalmanowitz and Donna Dell'Olio are the shareholders. Bradley J. Sherman is an associate, while the site identifies Craig M. Cornish as retired.

Ian D. Kalmanowitz

Kalmanowitz focuses exclusively on employment law at the firm. His work includes a substantial commitment to public employee representation. This focus fits the firm's listed work on constitutional claims involving public sector employees.

He received a bachelor's degree from Binghamton University in 1997. He earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2000. The site identifies him as a shareholder.

Donna Dell'Olio

Dell'Olio handles labor and employment matters. Her stated areas include fair labor standards, wage and hour law, and wrongful termination. Those areas align with the firm's work on overtime, minimum wage, and discharge disputes.

She received a B.S. from George Washington University in 1972. She earned her J.D. from the University of Denver in 1976. She practices in Colorado Springs and holds a shareholder role at the firm.

Bradley J. Sherman and Craig M. Cornish

Sherman's work focuses on employment and labor matters, including discrimination. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas in 2004. He graduated from the College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 2007.

During law school, Sherman worked on the William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review. He now holds an associate role at Cornish & Dell'Olio. The attorney page lists Craig M. Cornish separately as retired.

Service across Southern Colorado

The firm's base is in Colorado Springs. Its stated service area includes Pueblo, Canon City, Monument, Castle Rock, and other parts of Southern Colorado. This regional coverage applies to the employment advice and litigation described on its website.

The firm's record presents a focused employment law office with work for employees and employers. Its lawyers handle workplace documents, agency proceedings, and litigation in state and federal courts. Cornish & Dell'Olio has maintained that employment law focus since 1982.