Michael R. "Mike" Buchanan
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Recognized since 2001
Dallas, Texas
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management


Contact & Links
Location
- Preston Commons West, Suite 500
8117 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75225
Education
- Baylor University, Juris Doctor, graduated 1981
- Vanderbilt University, Bachelor of Arts, graduated 1973
- Vanderbilt University, graduated 1973
Bar Admissions
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
Affiliations
- Dallas Bar Association - Member
- Defense Research Institute (Employment Section) - Member
- Texas Bar Association - Member
270 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
87 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards



Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Labor Law - Management, Dallas/Fort Worth (2018)
- Employment Law - Management, Dallas (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America 2023 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
Special Focus
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Defense
- Discrimination
- Education
- Government Relations
- Harassment
- Litigation
- Management
- State and Federal
- Trade Secrets
- Wage-Hour Law
Awards:
- Texas Super Lawyer
REPRESENTATIVE TRIAL EXPERIENCES
- Dismissal with prejudice of class claims of race discrimination against school district (Dallas 2008)
- Negotiation of Conciliation Agreement with EEOC involving class claims of race discrimination (Houston 2005)
- Trial of misappropriation of business opportunity dispute (Dallas 2004)
- Trial of disability discrimination case brought by blind applicant for employment (Sherman 2002)
- Directed verdict for employer at close of plaintiff’s evidence in a sexual harassment case (New Orleans 2000)
- Judgment for defendant after trial on affirmative defense of failure to mitigate in an age discrimination case brought by a terminated warehouse supervisor (Dallas 1999) (affirmed by Fifth Circuit)
- Trial of (Jane Doe v. John Doe) brought by a female client against her former licensed professional counselor claiming that the counselor misused the confidential relationship to prey sexually on clients (Rockwall 1996)
OTHER COURT ADMISSIONS
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
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