John Alan Doran

John Alan Doran

John Alan Doran focuses his practice in the areas of labor & employment, appellate, and litigation. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for his labor and employment practice, and has repeatedly been recognized by his peers as among the "Best of the Bar" in Arizona. He is also rated in Chambers USA for labor & employment. In addition, John has been recognized by his peers as a "Southwest Super Lawyer" for his labor & employment practice and his appellate practice.

John's labor & employment practice covers a broad range of services from client counseling and prevention strategies, to litigation, to appeals. His practice includes mass employment and wage/hour class and collective action litigation; employment discrimination and wrongful termination litigation; ERISA litigation; non-competition, trade secret, and unfair competition litigation; arbitration; traditional labor law and union avoidance; OSHA compliance and defense; harassment training and litigation; executive employment contracts; downsizing; qui tam and government contractor obligations; and personnel policies and disciplinary issues. John is a nationally recognized lecturer in the labor & employment field.

John's appellate practice is wide-ranging. He has argued multiple cases to the Arizona Supreme Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals. John has also argued dozens of cases in the federal appellate system, including the Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. He has handled countless administrative appeals before state and federal administrative tribunals. John's appellate experience includes diverse cases covering such areas as First Amendment free speech/free exercise, CERCLA, ERISA, OSHA, international arbitration of antitrust disputes, commercial real estate contracts, commercial insurance coverage, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, civil rights, immigration, and workers' compensation.

John also practices in the area of litigation. In addition to the many employment disputes he has litigated, John has litigated cases on such broad-ranging subjects as commercial lease disputes, political asylum, civil rights deprivation, commercial contracts, and personal injury matters. John is a regular instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Areas of Concentration

· Labor and Employment

· Appellate

· Litigation

Significant Representations

· Labor & Employment Matters

- Member of a National Coordinating Counsel team overseeing the litigation of a large number of wage/hour class actions, collective actions, and MDL proceedings on behalf of a large national employer.

- Defeated class certification of a large national ERISA class action.

- Successful defense and resolution of a WARN Act class action.

- Successful defense of age discrimination claims in multiple jurisdictions on behalf of national manufacturer.*

- Trial to defense judgment of employment fraud and contract claims on behalf of a national manufacturer.*

- Countless awards of summary judgment on behalf of employers in employment and wrongful discharge cases in several state and federal courts.

- Obtained a temporary restraining order, and preliminary and permanent injunctions against former employees and their new employer for trade secret theft and unfair competition.

- Defeated a union organizing campaign on behalf of national restaurant chain.*

- Defeated OSHA citations in multiple workplace fatality and injury cases.*

· Appellate Matters

- Obtained reversal of an adverse summary judgment award in a commercial lease dispute.*

- Obtained reversal of an adverse penalty assessment in a wage/hour dispute.*

- Defeated interlocutory appeal of class certification denial in an ERISA matter.

- Defeated appeal of a judgment on a procedural issue of first impression in the Ninth Circuit involving a complex issue of claim preclusion.

- Successful representation of religious entity on First Amendment grounds with respect to defamation and privacy tort claims.*

- Overturned trial court's denial of motion to compel arbitration in multiple, serial appeals of the arbitration issue.

· Other Litigation Matters

- Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a national retailer in a civil rights action.*

- Obtained a verdict and full recovery of attorneys' fees in a commercial lease dispute on behalf of commercial landlord against a former law firm tenant.*

- Obtained an award of political asylum on behalf of a Guatemalan asylum candidate who was tortured, shot, and forcefully conscripted into a village militia.*

- Obtained an arbitration award on behalf of an international medical products manufacturer defending against claims for breach of contract and fraud with respect to an MRI sale.*

*The above matters were handled by John prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference

· Editorial Board, Arizona Employment Law Handbook

· Chair, Arizona State Bar Labor & Employment Section, 2003 - 2004

· Chair, Arizona Association of Industries, HR Subcommittee, 2002

· Special Appointment, Arizona Jury Instructions Committee, Subcommittee on Employment Law Instructions, 2004

· Charter Member, Management Labor & Employment Roundtable

· Member, American Employment Law Council

· Member, Federal Bar Association

· Member, Arizona Bar Association

· Member, Maricopa County Bar Association

· Member, Arizona Celtic Bar Association

· Member, Society for Human Resource Management

· Member, Valley of the Sun Human Resources Association

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2005-2009 editions

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007 - 2010

· Ranked AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5*

· The Business Journal's "Best of the Bar Award" for Labor and Employment Law, 2003, 2004 and 2005

· Selected by Southwest Super Lawyers magazine, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions

· Selected by Franchise Times as "101 Legal Eagles", 2005

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· "Disproportionate Incongruity: State Sovereign Immunity and The Future of Federal Employment Discrimination Laws," Michigan State University Law Review

· "It Takes Three to Tango: The Intentional Interference With Contract Tort and Supervisory Liability in the Employment Setting Under Arizona Law," Arizona State Law Journal

· "An Overview of Massachusetts Law of Wrongful Termination of Employment," Massachusetts Law Review

· "HIV and Disability Discrimination in the United States," International Legal Strategies (Japan)

· "Using Severance Agreements to Avoid Litigation," The Employer's Handbook 1998: Cutting Edge Employment Law Issues for Human Resources Professionals

· "Ten Tips for Buying EPLI and Making Others Pay for Your HR Mistakes," Arizona Labor Letter

· Board of Editors and Contributing Author, Arizona Employment Law Handbook

Speeches

· Speaker, "Protecting Trade Secrets & Proprietary Business Assets - What's Your Strategy?" Fifth Annual Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium, March 2009