Doerner, Saunders Appoints Brightmire to Lead Employment Practice Group

TULSA, Okla., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P. announced today that attorney Kristen L. Brightmire has been named leader of the firm's ten-attorney Employment Law Practice Group representing Oklahoma corporations and Fortune 500 companies -- Sears Holdings Corporation, American Electric Power and Dillard's.

Brightmire is an adjunct settlement judge for the United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma in labor, employment, and benefits cases, the editor of the Oklahoma Employment Law Letter, and was named a SuperLawyer by the national organization, SuperLawyer, which selects the top five percent in each state in distinct practice areas.

Brightmire began her career with Doerner, Saunders in 1990 following graduation from the University of Tulsa Law School.

The Doerner, Saunders' Employment Law Practice Group represents firms in issues of discrimination, harassment, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), wage and hour, hiring, firing, layoffs, Workers' Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act, unemployment benefits, discipline, documentation, investigations, non-compete agreements, arbitration, human resources' audits, policies and procedures, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), and labor relations.

In addition to leading the firm's Employment Law Practice Group, Ms. Brightmire and the Group are members of the Employers Counsel Network (ECN). ECN is comprised of top-level law firms in each of the 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada, who exclusively represent employers regarding workplace issues and disputes. Attorneys at ECN firms are also authors and editors of state-specific newsletters, monthly newsletters for human resources professionals, and contribute to the content for HR Hero, an online human resources professional support service.

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., founded in 1896, is one of Oklahoma's oldest law firms with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Today, the firm's 49 lawyers engage in virtually every major area of civil practice in Oklahoma and throughout the nation.

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CONTACT: Peggy Striegel, 1-800-663-1136, or +1-918-258-3536, peggy@striegela.com, for Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P.

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