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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Nathan J. Oleson
Work Department
Partner; Labor
Position
Nathan Oleson has served as counsel in several precedent-setting cases and arbitrations, particularly in the area of wage and hour and sports law. He defends employers in complex litigation involving a range of employment issues, including wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws, employment discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and labor disputes under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Nathan also has handled several high-stakes disputes between sports entities and athletes and officials regarding compensation, discipline, benefits, workplace injuries, and labor-management rights under collective bargaining agreements.
To learn more about Nathan, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/nathan-j-oleson.html
Career
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, 24 Hour Fitness (2014)
Memberships
ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards Committee; Member, Board of Directors, Sasha Bruce Youthwork
Education
B.A., American University, cum laude, 1996; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, 1999
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization