"Crowe & Dunlevy continues to serve our management clients with a full service labor and employment law practice, providing prompt and effective legal advice and litigation defense of a full range of labor and employment law issues."

Randall J. Snapp
Director

Labor & Employment

Crowe & Dunlevy is an acknowledged leader in the representation of management in the rapidly expanding area of labor and employment law. We have extensive expertise in all facets of labor and employment law and provide cost-effective, quality representation to our clients. Because of the large number of legal specialties applicable to labor and employment law matters, the Labor and Employment Law practice area includes both lawyers who devote substantially all of their time to these matters, as well as those with focused expertise in a specific area of law.

The Firm's Labor and Employment Law attorneys are involved in a number of networks and professional resource groups, including the Employment Law Alliance, which provides access to a network of top management labor firms throughout the United States and the world.  We handle a myriad of matters for our clients including:

Employment Discrimination/Wrongful Discharge Cases

    • Discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and equivalent state and local agencies
    • Suits alleging discrimination or wrongful discharge
    • Periodic client training programs and legal updates
    • Employer personnel policies, procedures and handbooks

Collective Bargaining

The Firm represents many unionized companies, and provides advice regarding:

    • Coordination of Election Campaigns
    • Contract negotiations
    • Representation of management in grievance and arbitration matters
    • Advising management during strikes and other job actions
    • Practice before the National Labor Relations Board

Coordination of Election Campaigns

    • Contract negotiations
    • Representation of management in grievance and arbitration matters
    • Advising management during strikes and other job actions
    • Practice before the National Labor Relations board
    • Union avoidance strategies both during and after organization campaigns

Administrative Law

Crowe & Dunlevy represents management in defending charges and complaints filed with various state and federal agencies, including the following:

    • U.S. and Oklahoma Departments of Labor
    • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    • National Labor Relations Board
    • Oklahoma Human Rights Commission
    • Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
    • Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
    • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Workers' Compensation

Our labor and employment law attorneys represent many self-insured companies and private carriers in defending workers' compensation claims which positions us to be better able to assist clients in achieving their human resources goals. The Firm also defends retaliatory discharge claims brought under the Workers' Compensation Act.

Immigration Services

Immigration Law and Policy continues to grow in complexity and gain importance in our ever shrinking global economy. Crowe & Dunlevy pulls together extensive experience and a stellar reputation to help employers build a strong and thriving workforce. The Firm focuses on all aspects of immigration law and policy, including:

    • Immigration Compliance
    • Immigration Policy and Advocacy
    • Nonimmigrant (Temporary) Visas through Employment
    • Immigrant (Permanent) Visas through Employment and Family
    • Naturalization and Citizenship
    • Immigration Litigation

Contact Crowe & Dunlevy for more information on labor and employment law.

Speaking Engagements

Adam Childers
"How to Turn a Plaintiff into a Starving Artist" - State Human Resources Meeting - Renaissance Hotel Tulsa - April 26, 2012
"From a Simple Termination All the Way to the Supreme Court" - Western Oklahoma Human Resources Society (Elk City) - July 14, 2012

Leonard Court
"From the Beginning Strokes to the Final Portrait - Hiring & Firing Employees the Right Way" - State Human Resources Meeting - Renaissance Hotel Tulsa - April 27, 2012

Michael R. Pacewicz
Labor and employment law issues in state and local government law - NBI Seminar - March 22, 2012, Embassy Suites Hotel, Oklahoma City

Randall J. Snapp
TAHRA - Lunch and Learn - February 15, 2012
"Top Ten Traps for Employers to Avoid: A collage of Human Resources Issues" - State Human Resources Meeting - Renaissance Hotel Tulsa - April 27, 2012

Courtney Warmington
"Wage & Hour Compliance: Defining the Shades of Gray in Payroll Practices" - State Human Resources Meeting - Renaissance Hotel Tulsa - April 27, 2012

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