Bru, Courtney

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Courtney Bru practices primarily in the areas of commercial and civil litigation and labor and employment law. Ms. Bru has experience in individual and class action litigation, and has represented clients in state and federal appeals.    Ms. Bru represents employers on matters arising under state and federal laws, and works with employers to develop policies and practices designed to protect employers from employment-related claims. Ms. Bru has also advised and represented unionized employers in all aspects of labor-management relations, including arbitration of grievances.    Ms. Bru is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in Oklahoma and Georgia. Prior to joining Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Ms. Bru worked as an associate with one of the nation's largest employment and labor law firms, and represented employers in various matters arising under both state and federal laws and regulations. During that time Ms. Bru served as an attorney for the 2006-2007 edition of The National Employer. 

Ms. Bru received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Vanderbilt University Law School.  She received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Auburn University. 

Areas of Practice

• Commercial and Civil Litigation
• Employment and Labor

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Communications & Media Law, Freedom of Speech, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Family Law, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 2005
• Oklahoma, 2006
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Honors and Awards

• 2009 Super Lawyers/Oklahoma Rising Star
• 2010 Super Lawyers/Oklahoma Rising Star

Classes and Seminars

• Employer or Contractor? It really does matter, 2008 Oklahoma Employers Workshop: Dealing with New Challenges in the Workplace, Tulsa, OK (5/13/08), Oklahoma City, (5/15/08)
• ADA Master Class: Practical problems at the boundaries of the law, Navigating through the ADA, FMLA and Workers' Comp Maze, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (October 28, 2008)
• Recordkeeping: What to keep and for how long?,, Tulsa Area Human Resources Association Workshop, Tulsa, Oklahoma (November 6, 2008)
• FMLA Audio Conference: New FMLA Regulations, Part I FMLA Documents, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma (January 8, 2009)
• FMLA Audio Conference: New FMLA Regulations, Part II Day-to-Day Compliance, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma (January 15, 2009)
• FMLA Audio Conference: New FMLA Regulations, Part III Military Leave Provisions, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma (January 22, 2009)
• Family and Medical Leave Act: How to Survive Under the New Regulations, The Employer's Legal Resource 2009 Workshop, DSDA., Tulsa, O (3/26/09) & Oklahoma City, OK (4/2/09)
• State and Federal Recordkeeping Requirements, Tulsa Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 6, 2009
• FMLA/ADAAA, Tulsa Metro Chamber Human Resources Forum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 7, 2009
• Recordkeeping: What to Keep and For How Long?, Featured Speaker, Tulsa Area Human Resources Association, 2009 Employment Law & Practices Seminar, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 5, 2009
• Social Networking, Texting and Technology Concerns for Employers, The Employer's Legal Resource 2010 Workshop, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 22, 2010

Education

• Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, 2005
  Juris Doctor
• Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 2002
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: summa cum laude

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• The National Employer, Littler Mendelson, 2005
• Invasion of the Blogs: An Introductory Survival Guide for Assessing, Addressing and Managing Employee Blogs and Other Alien Publication Life Forms, Media Law Resource Center Committee Report, March, 2009

Address

Williams Center Tower II
Two West Second Street, Suite 700
Tulsa, OK 74103-3117

Phones

(918) 591-5339

Faxes

(918) 925-5339

Emails

cbru@dsda.com

Websites

http://www.dsda.com