GableGotwals is pleased to announce that 71 lawyers have been recognized in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, two of which were newly included, and two newly named on the “Ones to Watch” list. In addition, 16 GableGotwals attorneys were named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year.”
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 12th consecutive year, announced the "Best Law Firms" rankings. GableGotwals is ranked in the 2023 list regionally in 75 practice areas.
GableGotwals launched The Employment Roundtable, a labor and employment podcast designed to highlight perspectives employers need to make wise decisions for their employees and their organizations.
With more than 23 years of litigation experience, Jennifer advises clients in medical malpractice, health care, general litigation, and bad faith matters. She has handled hundreds of cases involving general and professional negligence, insurance bad faith, products liability, premises liability, employment law, and commercial litigation.
We have prepared an OSHA ETS-compliant policy and documents that can be customized for your business so employers can be prepared to successfully and quickly implement a policy. Employers who proactively use GableGotwals' compliance package will alleviate risk and prevent last-minute scrambling if the uncertainty is resolved in favor of the OSHA ETS.
On August 4, 2021, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma recovered $1.25 million in a fair housing civil rights lawsuit against companies owned by a Del City area landlord, Walter Ray Pelfrey. Pelfrey was accused of preying upon, sexually assaulting, and sexually harassing more than 40 African American female tenants and prospective tenants and demanding sexual favors in exchange for housing.
GableGotwals remains undefeated in labor arbitration cases. Chris Thrutchley, co-lead of GableGotwals’ Employment & Labor Law practice group, along with associate Jeff Roderick and paralegal Tracie Calvin, recently secured another GableGotwals victory for a client.
The American Arbitration Association® (AAA®), the leading provider of conflict management and dispute resolution services, has selected Chris S. Thrutchley to be Oklahoma’s AAA Employment Arbitrator. The use of arbitration to resolve a wider variety of disputes has grown extensively and has become a significant part of the justice system on which our society relies for a fair determination of legal rights.