Joshua W. Solberg

Practice Areas

Labor and Employment

Litigation

Intellectual Property Litigation

Career

Partnering with employers to successfully navigate state and federal employment law through both practical and preventative counseling and litigation defense

On-demand counseling in all aspects of labor and personnel matters including hiring, family and medical leave, discipline, termination, reductions-in-force, workplace threats and violence, investigating and responding to complaints (including sexual harassment)

Development and implementation of policies and procedures, employment contracts, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, drug/alcohol testing

Corrective and preventative employee training

First-chair representation defending employers before federal agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Wage & Hour Division of the U. S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and state agencies including the Oklahoma Attorney General Office of Civil Rights Enforcement and the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

First-chair representation defending employers in both federal and state courts, trial and appellate, in a wide variety of matters, including claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and other federal and state laws

First-chair representation defending employers in federal courts against collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act

First-chair representation defending employers in arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association and JAMS

Previously served as in-house counsel for an independent oil and gas company

Expert in these Jurisdictions

State Bar of Oklahoma

United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Awards

Education