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About the Author
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Paul Ross is a trial lawyer with the McAfee & Taft law firm. His primary practice involves the representation of employers in labor and employment disputes. His experience includes first-chair management of discrimination, retaliation and wrongful discharge matters in both federal and state courts, trial and appellate, as well as in arbitration and before governmental agencies. He routinely represents employers in a wide variety of matters, including claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal and state laws governing employers.
Paul also provides training and on-demand advice to employers regarding litigation avoidance and assists in day-to-day planning and decision-making, discrimination and harassment investigations, development of policies and procedures, employment contracts, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, reductions-in-force, and alternatives to reductions-in-force.
Paul is a highly regarded speaker on issues in employment law, regularly addressing various human resource groups and management-level employees, and is a contributing author to the Oklahoma Employment Law Letter. He has also provided training to other Oklahoma lawyers on employment law topics through the Oklahoma Bar Association?s Law of the Workplace program in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
In 2011, Paul was appointed to serve as an administrative law judge for the Oklahoma Department of Labor.
Outside of the labor and employment arena, Paul?s experience includes representation of business clients in a variety of complex commercial disputes. He has actively participated in litigation surrounding commercial contracts and business relationships, as well as shareholder derivative claims and toxic mold exposure. He also actively represents Oklahoma Native American tribes with respect to gaming and other regulatory issues with the federal government.
Paul?s achievements have earned him inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers? list of ?Oklahoma Rising Stars? (employment litigation: defense, business litigation, Native American law), which recognizes the state?s top up-and-coming attorneys.
Paul graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2002, ranked first in his class. While in law school, Paul was the recipient of numerous honors, including the Oklahoma City University Law Merit Scholarship, three-time winner of the West Publishing Outstanding Achievement Award (1999 -2002), Ernest L. Wilkinson Award for excellence in Native American Law, Judge Tom Brett Award for Excellence in Criminal Law Studies, and 13 CALI Awards for top performance in various law school subjects.
Prior to embarking on his legal career, Paul taught mathematics at Edmond Santa Fe High School in Edmond, OK. He also supervised a 100+ member customer service staff at one of the nation?s largest mortgage servicing companies.
Paul and his wife Tristi are the proud parents of two daughters and one son.
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