About John
John Alan Doran has over 25 years of experience counseling and successfully representing employers in all facets of labor and employment law matters. He regularly represents employers in mass employment, wage/hour class and collective action litigation, as well as employment discrimination, public accommodations discrimination, and wrongful termination litigation. He also represents management in areas of traditional labor law, including the defense of unfair labor practices charges, the orchestration of campaigns to prevent workplace unionization, representation proceedings, and arbitrations. In addition, John represents employers in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters in state and federal courts. He also regularly counsels clients on prevention strategies, executive employment contracts, downsizing, personnel policies, and merger/acquisition employment issues.
John Alan Doran has over 25 years of experience counseling and successfully representing employers in all facets of labor and employment law matters. He regularly represents employers in mass employment, wage/hour class and collective action litigation, as well as employment discrimination, public accommodations discrimination, and wrongful termination litigation. He also represents management in areas of traditional labor law, including the defense of unfair labor practices charges, the orchestration of campaigns to prevent workplace unionization, representation proceedings, and arbitrations. In addition, John represents employers in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters in state and federal courts. He also regularly counsels clients on prevention strategies, executive employment contracts, downsizing, personnel policies, and merger/acquisition employment issues.
Practice Areas
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Labor Law - Management, Phoenix (2012)
- Recognized: Appellate Practice
- Recognized: Employment Law - Management
- Recognized: Labor Law - Management
- Recognized: Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Recognized: Qui Tam Law
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Civil Rights
- Special Focus: Class Actions
- Special Focus: Defense
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Management
- Special Focus: Title VII Litigation
- Special Focus: Trade Secrets
- Special Focus: Whistleblowers
- Special Focus: Wrongful Discharge
- Rated AV Preeminent in Martindale-Hubbel
- Labor Lawyer of the Year, ACQ Magazine Awards for Excellence, 2016
- Recognized, Southwest Super Lawyers, 2007-present
- Selected, “Best of the Bar Award” for Labor and Employment Law, 2003, 2004 and 2005
- Selected, Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, 2011
- Arizona Labor Lawyer of the Year – CorporateINTL 2013
- Selected, Labour & Employment Attorney of the Year, Finance Monthly Law Awards, 2015
- Recognized, Arizona Business Leader, AZ Big Media, 2015
- Selected, AZ Business Magazine Top 100 Lawyers, 2014-2016
- Selected to Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2015
- Southwest SuperLawyers Top 50 Arizona Lawyers, 2014-present
- Ranked in Chambers USA for Labor and Employment Law, 2005-present
- Arizona Affiliate, Wage & Hour Defense Institute
- Fellow in Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, inducted in 2015