Allen L. HutsonShareholder/Director
Allen Hutson serves as a director in Crowe & Dunlevy’s Oklahoma City office.
Allen focuses his practice on employment litigation, representing employers in state and federal courts on workplace-related issues. He also represents employers in a number of state and federal administrative agencies, such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.
A member of the Labor & Employment and Litigation & Trial Practice Groups, Allen advises clients on a wide range of employment matters, including:
- Discrimination claims
- Harassment claims
- Protection of trade secrets
- Retaliation claims
- Wage and hour disputes
- Whistleblower claims
- Confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements
- Covenants-not-to-compete
- Policies and training
- Discipline and termination
- Compliance with federal and state law
- Internal investigations
Allen earned his Juris Doctor degree with honors from Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he was a member the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
- Oklahoma Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Oklahoma City, OK
Juris Doctor, 2010
Honors:
Cum Laude
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Faculty and Dean's List Honor Roll
CALI Awards for Excellence
Merit Scholar
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
B.S. Agribusiness,
Honors:
President's Leadership Council, 2002 - 2003
- Leadership Oklahoma City LOYAL Class XIII member, 2017-18
- Named as a Super Lawyers Oklahoma Rising Star in Employment Litigation: Defense (2014 - Present)*
- Listed in Benchmark Litigation as an Oklahoma Labor & Employment Star (2021)*
- Top 20 Under 40, The Edmond Sun and The Business Times of Edmond, 2019
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by the Super Lawyers or Benchmark Litigation publications.
- "Performance Evaluations Important in Defending Employment Actions," The Oklahoman, February 2018
- "Gavel to Gavel: High in the Workplace," The Journal Record, April 2018
- "Noncompete Agreements Generally Unenforceable in Oklahoma," The Oklahoman, June 2017
- "Free Speech May Look Different in the Workplace," The Oklahoman, November 2017
- Speaker, “Walking the ADA Accommodation Tightrope: The Government Just Made the Rope Longer,” Crowe & Dunlevy Labor & Employment Seminar, September 2016, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK
- Speaker, “Avoiding Retaliation Claims by Current Employees,” Clear Law Institute, July 29, 2016
- Speaker, “Equal Pay and Retaliation: Developments in Workplace Retaliation Claims,” SHRM Ponca City Chapter Meeting, May 11, 2016, Ponca City, OK
- Panelist, “Legal Q&A,” 2016 Oklahoma Human Resources State Conference and Expo, April 2016, Tulsa, OK
- Speaker, “Charting a New Course in Murky Waters: LGBT Legal Issues in the Workplace,” 2015 Crowe & Dunlevy Labor & Employment Seminar, September 2015, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK
- Speaker, Great Plains SHRM Chapter Meeting, October 14, 2015, Lawton, OK
- Speaker, Ponca City Area SHRM Chapter Meeting, March 11, 2015, Ponca City, OK
- Speaker, “Fair Credit Reporting Act & Class Actions: How Much Do You Have in Your Wallet?,” 2015 Oklahoma Human Resources State Conference & Expo, April 16, 2015, Oklahoma City, OK
- Speaker, “OSHA Recording and Reporting Requirements Seminar,” Ponca City Area SHRM Chapter Meeting, November 19, 2014, Ponca City, OK
- Speaker, Great Plains SHRM Chapter Meeting, October 8, 2014, Lawton, OK
- Speaker, “Birdies, Bogies and Pars…A Case Study of Recent Federal Court Decisions Affecting Employers, Including the Good (Birdies), the Bad (Bogies) and the In-Between (Pars),” 2014 Crowe & Dunlevy Labor & Employment Seminars, September 30 and October 2, 2014, Tulsa, OK and Oklahoma City, OK
- Speaker, “Retaliation in the Workplace,” Stillwater Area SHRM Chapter Meeting, July 17, 2014, Stillwater, OK
- Speaker, “Retaliation in the Workplace,” Child Support Services Attorney Training, December 6, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK
- Speaker, Great Plains SHRM Chapter Meeting, October 8, 2014, Lawton, OK
- Speaker, “Employment Law Update: Open Carry and Other Issues,” OK Ag Coop Council’s CEO & Board Retreat, July 23, 2013, Branson, MO
