Angelyn L. Dale

Ms. Dale has been a practicing attorney for nearly 25 years in the Labor & Employment area. She has an individual AV rating through Martindale-Hubbell and is the 2004 recipient of the Earl Sneed Continuing Legal Education Award presented by the Oklahoma Bar Association. She serves as a Senior Adjunct Settlement Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma; has been recognized as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer in Employment Litigation: Defense and a Top 25 Female Attorney in Oklahoma; has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in Employment Law-Management and Litigation-Labor & Employment; and has been ranked in Band 2 in Labor & Employment Law by Chambers USA.

Ms. Dale’s representation for clients includes:

• Successfully defending employers and supervisors in employment-related litigation and administrative proceedings in both state and federal courts and agencies;
• Drafting policies and procedures for companies’ employment related issues;
• Advising management and human resources professionals on hiring, firing and managing personnel;
• Conducting investigations into allegations regarding work place practices and events;
• Presenting management and staff training in a wide variety of employment related topics;
• Coordinating large scale projects applicable to the defense of employers and supervisors in various litigation matters;
• Defending companies and supervisors in general litigation matters outside the employment realm as needed.
• Conducting settlement conferences, mediations and arbitrations, both as counsel for the litigants and as an Adjunct Settlement Judge or paid mediator.

In addition, she is a frequent speaker on Labor & Employment issues, including: “Settlement Conference Process In Civil Cases: Dispute Resolution In Northern Oklahoma” Lorman Education Services Seminar; December 4, 2001; “Wrongful Discharge Claims” National Business Institute Seminar; May 2, 2002; “Preventative Measures”; and “New Review of Current Law On Wrongful Discharge & Miscellaneous Leave Laws” Lorman Education Services Seminar; June 19, 2002; and : "Settlement Conferences in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma," for the Tulsa County Bar Association, December 2004.

• Shareholder

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Class Action Defense
• Employee & Management Training
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation
• Executive Compensation, Other Employee Benefits & ERISA
• Labor & Employment
• Labor Relations/Union Negotiation (Management Representation)
• Litigation
• Policy Drafting & Implementation
• Wrongful Discharge, Failure to Hire or Promote and Wage & Hour Claims

• Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (J.D., 1984) Editor of the Journal of Air Law & Commerce Law Review
• University of Oklahoma (B.B.A. in Statistics, with high honors, 1981)

• 2001 - Present Hall Estill
• 1991 - 2001 Nichols, Wolfe, Stamper, Nally, Fallis & Robertson, Inc.
• 1987 - 1991 Law Clerk to Judge James O. Ellison, United States District Judge, Northern District of Oklahoma
• 1984 - 1987 Doerner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson

• Oklahoma, 1984
• Oklahoma Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma

• American Bar Association
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Tulsa County Bar Association
• Executive Committee and Master for the Johnson Sontag Chapter, American Inns of Court
• Tulsa Women Lawyers Association

• Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, Trustee and member, Race & Religion Committee
• Member, Board of Directors and YWCA Tulsa Human Resources Committee
• American Heart Association Heart Ball Executive Leadership Team

• Lecture: "Settlement Conference Process In Civil Cases: Dispute Resolution In Northern Oklahoma" Lorman Education Services Seminar; December 4, 2001
• Lecture: "Wrongful Discharge Claims" National Business Institute Seminar; May 2, 2002
• Lecture: "Preventative Measures"; and "New Review of Current Law On Wrongful Discharge & Miscellaneous Leave Laws" Lorman Education Services Seminar; June 19, 2002
• Moderator: "Settlement Conferences in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma," for the Tulsa County Bar Association, December 2004

Angelyn L. Dale

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