Iris Halpern is a partner at Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC, where she specializes in employment discrimination, constitutional law, and civil rights litigation. Throughout her career, she has been a dedicated advocate for the rights of employees and students, focusing on cases involving harassment, oppression, and systemic discrimination. Before joining her current firm, she served as a Senior Trial Attorney and Acting Supervisory Attorney at the Denver Field Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her extensive experience includes litigating complex class action lawsuits and landmark cases involving religious accommodation and the rights of transgender individuals. Halpern has also gained recognition for her work defending First Amendment rights, representing librarians and teachers against unlawful censorship and book bans. Beyond the courtroom, she has contributed to the legal field as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She is highly active in the legal community, holding memberships in the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and the Colorado LGBTQ Bar Association, which named her Attorney of the Year in 2024. Halpern earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University. Her professional background also includes time as a Fulbright Scholar and a union organizer, experiences that inform her passionate approach to securing justice for marginalized communities.