Nathan L. Whatley Shareholder,
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Biography
In addition to serving as the leader of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group, Nathan Whatley represents management in all phases of litigation before federal and state courts, regulatory and administrative agencies and in arbitration matters. He also handles litigation matters involving the enforcement of non-competition and confidentiality agreements, breach of employment contracts, handbook and personnel policy violations, wage and hour disputes and other issues arising out of employer/employee relationships.
Nathan has litigated in Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, California, South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Washington, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Kansas and Missouri.
Nathan also routinely counsels clients in connection with employee discipline, terminations and reductions-in-force; wage and hour issues; handbooks and policies; drug and alcohol programs; executive compensation, employment and non-competition agreements; and individual and group severance programs and related matters. He also provides training to management and non-management employees in all areas affecting the employer/employee relationship and regularly conducts on-site client training in areas such as sexual harassment, drug and alcohol testing, employee leave and disability and EEOC compliance and investigation.
Nathan is a frequent speaker on a variety of labor and employment topics, has written articles for both the Oklahoma Law Review and the Oklahoma Bar Journal, and has authored White Papers for the Society for Human Resource Management. He is also a contributing author to “Age Discrimination In The Workplace: A Primer For Human Resource Professionals,” SHRM (1999). He has served as editor of the newsletter for the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Nathan is co-author of Entertainment and Media Law Client Strategies, published by Aspatore Books in 2007.
His experience and expertise has earned him inclusion in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Oklahoma Super Lawyers.
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Representative Experience
- Nationwide defense of employment litigation and arbitration matters
- Representation of employers in litigation relating to employment contracts, commission disputes and non-compete agreements
- Representation of employers before the EEOC and various state human rights agencies
- Representation of employers in wage and hour and FMLA investigations by United States Department of Labor
- Representation of employers in state wage and hour and unemployment claims
- Representation of employers before the National Labor Relations Board
- Representation of national retailer in false arrest and related tort actions
- Representation of property owners in ADA accessibility actions
- Burks v. Oklahoma Publishing Co., 81 F.3d 975 (10th Cir. 1996)
- Bell v. Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc., 85 F.3d 1451 (10th Cir. 1996)
- Danner v. Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc., 949 P.2nd 680 (Okla. 1997)
- Frusher v. Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc., 166 F.3d 1220 (10th Cir. 1998)
- Gripe v. City of Enid, 213 F.3d 1184 (10th Cir. 2002)
- Kuykendall v. Gulfstream Aerospace Technologies, 66 P.3d (Okla. 2002)
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