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. Mr. Doyle also has considerable experience in drafting severance agreements, employment agreements, deferred compensation agreements, executive compensation arrangements, and reviewing employee policy manuals. In addition, he assists in the negotiation of initial and renewed union contracts, union organizing campaigns and plant closing negotiation.

Mr. Doyle represents employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, United States and Oklahoma Departments of Labor; 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 Family and Medical Leave 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.

LEGAL AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

University of Oregon

University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Arts (1985)

University of Tulsa
Juris Doctor (1988)

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.).

• Mayes v. Whitlock Packaging Corporation, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 42286 (E.D. Oklahoma).

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

LEGAL PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES

Oklahoma in the Spotlight, Vol 17 No 19, Sept. 17, 2007 Tulsa Business Journal

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 Tulsa Area Human Resources Association, Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants, Oral Roberts University School of Business, 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.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

• A commercial and industrial heat treating organization
• A national printing 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

CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS

Board Member, Hospice of Green Country

Chairman & Board Member, Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma (2007-2009)
   Just make a wish. Tulsa World.
Chairman, The Citizens Crime Commission (2001)
President of the Board of Governors, The Summit Club (2006-2007)
Board Member, Tulsa Press Club (former)