Mark A. Waller is a Member and Director of Waller Jorgenson Warzynski, PLLC, where he practices primarily in the areas of complex business litigation, class-action and mass torts litigation, personal and business torts, and labor and employment law.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Tulsa.  He graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1991, with highest honors.  Following seven years of private practice, Mark was in-house Senior Labor and Employment Attorney for The Williams Companies, Inc., from 1998 through 2000, and Senior Attorney with Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Co. from 2000 through 2002.   Since that time, Mark has been in private practice, with Sneed Lang PC and now with his current firm.

During his career, Mark has been involved in a variety of class actions and collective actions representing plaintiffs against employers, financial institutions, producers of genetically-modified crops, and manufacturers.  He was instrumental in recovering $43 million for plaintiffs in a case against officers and directors of an aircraft manufacturer that pre-sold jet aircraft but failed to deliver.  He has also been plaintiffs’ counsel for consumer plaintiffs who recovered more than $26 million from banks based on wrongful overdraft-fee practices.  In addition to representing employees in federal and state civil rights litigation, Family & Medical Leave Act claims, and Americans with Disabilities Act claims, Mark has successfully represented commissioned salespersons in a variety of industries in cases seeking recovery of improperly withheld wages and commissions.

Mark has represented numerous Southwest Airlines employees with various employment issues, and he is experienced with arbitrating employee grievances, the flight attendants’ collective bargaining agreement, and other applicable company rules.

Mark represents employers in his private practice as well, counseling on a wide range of employment issues, including preventive measures and compliance, proper investigations and documentation, interfacing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, State and Federal Departments of Labor, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  Mark is experienced in mediating, arbitrating and litigating business and employment law disputes, from both the perspectives of a Fortune-500 company’s in-house counsel and an outside, private firm. 

Mark is a member of the Oklahoma and Tulsa County Bar Associations, and is admitted to practice before all Oklahoma state and federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  Mark can be reached at:

mwaller@wjwattorneys.com

(918) 629-3350