John Alan Doran
Recognized since 2007
Phoenix, Arizona
Appellate Practice
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Qui Tam Law

John Alan Doran has over 25 years of experience counseling and successfully representing employers in all facets of labor and employment law matters. He regularly represents employers in mass employment, wage/hour class and collective action litigation, as well as employment discrimination, public accommodations discrimination, and wrongful termination litigation. He also represents management in areas of traditional labor law, including the defense of unfair labor practices charges, the orchestration of campaigns to prevent workplace unionization, representation proceedings, and arbitrations. In addition, John represents employers in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters in state and federal courts. He also regularly counsels clients on prevention strategies, executive employment contracts, downsizing, personnel policies, and merger/acquisition employment issues.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.taftlaw.com/people/john-a-doran/
- Esplanade V, 2555 East Camelback Road
Suite 1050
Phoenix, AZ 85016
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 1988
- Arizona, American and Federal Bar Associations - Member
- Defense Research Institute - Member
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2008-2009 - Lawyer Representative
- American Employment Law Council - Member
- Arizona Celtic Bar Association - Member
- Arizona Manufacturers Council - Board Member Ex Officio
- Board of Directors, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, 2009-2011 - Member
- Management Labor & Employment Roundtable - Charter Member
- National Society for Human Resource Management - Member
- Society for Human Resource Management of Greater Phoenix - Member
404 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
140 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards


- Labor Law - Management, Phoenix (2012)
- Appellate Practice
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Qui Tam Law
- Appellate
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Defense
- Litigation
- Management
- Title VII Litigation
- Trade Secrets
- Whistleblowers
- Wrongful Discharge
- Rated AV Preeminent in Martindale-Hubbel
- Labor Lawyer of the Year, ACQ Magazine Awards for Excellence, 2016
- Recognized, Southwest Super Lawyers, 2007-present
- Selected, “Best of the Bar Award” for Labor and Employment Law, 2003, 2004 and 2005
- Selected, Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, 2011
- Arizona Labor Lawyer of the Year – CorporateINTL 2013
- Selected, Labour & Employment Attorney of the Year, Finance Monthly Law Awards, 2015
- Recognized, Arizona Business Leader, AZ Big Media, 2015
- Selected, AZ Business Magazine Top 100 Lawyers, 2014-2016
- Selected to Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2015
- Southwest SuperLawyers Top 50 Arizona Lawyers, 2014-present
- Ranked in Chambers USA for Labor and Employment Law, 2005-present
- Arizona Affiliate, Wage & Hour Defense Institute
- Fellow in Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, inducted in 2015
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