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), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 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 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
- President, Oklahoma Bar Foundation, 2024
- Oklahoma Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees
- 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 - Present)*
- 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
