LEGAL AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

Employment Practices Litigation
Management Employment Law
Management Labor Law
Business & Corporate Law
Creditors Rights

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Doyle has been affiliated with Pray Walker since 1987 and has concentrated his legal services in the areas of Management Labor and Employment Law, Creditors Rights and General Business and Corporate Law.

Mr. Doyle consults with clients concerning compliance with state and federal labor and employment laws and represents employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. In addition, he assists in the negotiation of initial and renewed union contracts, union organizing campaigns and plant closing negotiation. Mr. Doyle also has considerable experience in drafting severance agreements, employment agreements, deferred compensation agreements, executive compensation arrangements, and reviewing employee policy manuals.

Mr. Doyle participates in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States and Oklahoma Departments of Labor investigations and administrative hearings; defends claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Equal Pay Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor and Management Relations Act, and various state claims including allegations of workers compensation retaliatory discharge.

KEY CASES

• Ryan v. Equity Bank for Savings, 1996 U.S. App. Lexis 7551 (10th Cir.)
• Ferro Corporation v. Garrison Industries, Inc., 142 F.3d 926 (6th Cir. 1998)
• Lusk v. Ryder Integrated Logistics, 238 F.3d 1237 (10th Cir. 2001)
• Leroy v. Pamax Development, Inc., 2002 U.S. App. Lexis 332 (10th Cir.)
• Foster v. Ruhrpumpen, 365 F.3d 1191 2004 U.S. App. Lexis 8561 (10th Cir.).

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

University of Oregon
University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Arts (1985)

University of Tulsa
Juris Doctorate (1988)

LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Bar Association:
• Member, Section of Labor & Employment Law

Oklahoma Bar Association
• Member, Employment Law Section

Tulsa County Bar Association
• Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• Member, Bankruptcy Section

Society for Human Resources Management

LECTURES & TRAINING

Mr. Doyle regularly lectures and conducts training on labor and employment law issues for client management as well as outside organizations. Previous presentations have been made to the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants, Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors, and numerous lectures to human resources professionals and attorneys concerning federal and state wage and hour laws, independent contractor issues, and policy manuals. Annual lectures were given in the Oral Roberts University School of Business on Human Resources Issues including: the FMLA, job descriptions, hiring practices.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS FREQUENTLY ADVISED CONCERNING LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

• A commercial and industrial heat treating organization
• A national printing and label company
• A company specializing in outsourcing computer programmers
• Several independent oil and gas companies
• Companies that manufacture components for the oil and gas industry
• Doctors, including opthmologists and general practitioners
• Accounting firms
• Local service and repair companies
• Law firms

Other clients include oil and gas production company, chemical fertilizer company, block, sheave and hook manufacturer for the energy and construction industries, a sucker rod manufacturer.

CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS

Chairman & Board Member, Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma
Chairman, The Citizens Crime Commission (2001)
President of the Board of Governors, The Summit Club (2006-2007).
Board Member, Tulsa Press Club