John Alan Doran
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
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.
Overview
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 1988
- Arizona, American and Federal Bar Associations - Member
- Defense Research Institute - Member
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2008-2009 - Lawyer Representative
- American Employment Law Council - Member
- Arizona Celtic Bar Association - Member
- Arizona Manufacturers Council - Board Member Ex Officio
- Board of Directors, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, 2009-2011 - Member
- Management Labor & Employment Roundtable - Charter Member
- National Society for Human Resource Management - Member
- Society for Human Resource Management of Greater Phoenix - Member
- Arizona, American and Federal Bar Associations - Member
- Defense Research Institute - Member
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2008-2009 - Lawyer Representative
- American Employment Law Council - Member
- Arizona Celtic Bar Association - Member
- Arizona Manufacturers Council - Board Member Ex Officio
- Board of Directors, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, 2009-2011 - Member
- Management Labor & Employment Roundtable - Charter Member
- National Society for Human Resource Management - Member
- Society for Human Resource Management of Greater Phoenix - Member
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 1988
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

- Labor Law - Management, Phoenix (2012)
- Appellate Practice
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Qui Tam Law
- Appellate
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Defense
- Litigation
- Management
- Title VII Litigation
- Trade Secrets
- Whistleblowers
- 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
News & Media
Additional Information
- Publications and Presentations
- Editorial Board, Arizona Employment Law Handbook
- Editor, Lexis Arizona Employment Law Advisor
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Employment Law360, 2010-2011
- Contributing Author, BNA Wage & Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey
- “Is There a Way to Stop Legal Fee Advancement?,” Corporate Counsel, November 3, 2016
- “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)
- Speaker, “FMLA Roundtable,” Labor & Employment Advanced Program, April 2011
- Speaker, “Understanding Discrimination Class Actions,” Labor & Employment Advanced Program, April 2011
- Speaker, “Dukes v. Wal-Mart Supreme Court Oral Argument Post Mortem,” Management Labor & Employment Roundtable, April 2011
- Speaker, “Mid Term Madness: Making Sense of the Last Election and Impact on Arizona,” Arizona SHRM State Employment Law and Legislative Conference, March 2011
- Panelist, “Employment Law Update,” Arizona SHRM State Council Annual Conference, September 2010
- Speaker, “A Global Barn Door: Protecting Trade Secrets and Key Customer Relations in a Global Employment Environment,” National SHRM Annual Conference, June 2010
- Speaker, “The New Wage and Hour–Why Plaintiffs Don’t Care About FLSA Any More,” National SHRM Conference, June 2008
- Representative Matters
- Represents employers in mass employment and wage/hour class and collective action litigation; employment discrimination and wrongful termination litigation; trade secret, unfair competition, restrictive covenant and employee loyalty litigation.
- Obtained countless awards of summary judgment on behalf of employers in employment and wrongful discharge cases in several state and federal courts.
- Counsels clients on prevention strategies, executive employment contracts, downsizing, qui tam and government contractor obligations, personnel policies and disciplinary issues.
- Argued multiple cases to the Arizona Supreme Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals, as well as the federal appellate system.
- Appeals have covered workers’ compensation, immigration, civil rights, free speech/free exercise, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, commercial real estate contracts, international arbitration of antitrust disputes, employee benefits, and safety and health.
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