Tom Robertson practices labor and employment law, representing management in all
aspects of employment and labor issues. He has defended companies in court on every
type of discrimination claim which can be alleged (race, sex, sex harassment, religion,
color, national origin, disabled status, age, retaliation and veteran status), as
well as Wage and Hour claims. Mr. Robertson has also represented businesses in administrative
proceeding before federal and state agencies, such as the EEOC, the U. S. Department
of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Oklahoma Department of Labor,
and the Oklahoma Human Rights Commission.
Tom also has an active practice advising and assisting employers outside of the
courtroom with such projects as employee handbooks, drug and alcohol control plans,
ADA compliance, FMLA compliance, EEO policies and procedures, Wage & Hour exemption
issues and compliance, unemployment compensation appeals, and misconduct investigations.
Tom is also experienced in assisting companies in union organizing claims, and in
unfair labor practice charges before the NLRB. He has assisted companies in planning
and conducting reductions in force, in employee terminations and termination agreements,
and sex harassment investigations.
Tom Robertson graduated with a B.A. from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and in
1978 received his J. D. from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tom followed his legal education with service as a Trial Attorney with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. He returned to Tulsa in 1979 and has since then
continuously been in private practice representing employers in Oklahoma and the
surrounding states. Tom Robertson has given over 100 presentations to industry groups
and legal seminars on labor and employment law topics, and for more than 20 years
has served on the Planning Committee of the Multi-State Labor and Employment Law
Seminar. He has served as the Chairman of the Labor and Employment Law Section of
the Oklahoma Bar Association, and is active in the Tulsa County Bar Association
as well, where he has chaired several committees and received the President?s Award
for Service in 2003.
Thomas D . Robertson
