Crowe & Dunlevy Attorney Featured Panelist at the Fifth Annual Cle Expo Sponsored by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association

Ms. Barrett served as a panelist on new areas of discrimination exposure, including adverse impact age discrimination, appearance and religious discrimination.
March 22, 2006 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Crowe & Dunlevy shareholder, Gayle Barrett, was a featured panelist at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's Fifth Annual CLE Expo in Chicago, Illinois.

On March 16, 2006, Ms. Barrett served as a panelist on new areas of discrimination exposure, including adverse impact age discrimination, appearance and religious discrimination. The panelists discussed the developing areas of discrimination and shared with attendees practical solutions on ways to prevent exposure to new discrimination claims, such as reviewing policies and procedures, providing appropriate training and ensuring corporate compliance.

MCCA was founded in 1997 to advocate for the expanded hiring, retention and promotion of minority attorneys in corporate law departments, and the law firms that serve them.  The goal in presenting this conference was to build bridges of opportunity by bringing together talented minority and women attorneys by sharing their legal experience on their substantive legal practice areas.

Ms. Barrett is a shareholder and director in Crowe & Dunlevy's Oklahoma City office, and she is a member of the Labor & Employment Law Practice Group.  Ms. Barrett is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Labor and Employment Law) and in Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2003, 2004 and 2005. She currently serves as General Counsel for the Oklahoma City Human Resource Society.

Crowe & Dunlevy is one of the largest and oldest law firms in the State of Oklahoma with offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Norman.

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