Patrick F. Hulla
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Recognized since 2016
Kansas City, Missouri
Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Patrick (“Pat”) Hulla co-leads the firm’s Class Action Defense Group. Since 1993, Pat has represented employers who have been sued by current and former employees. He has led the defense in dozens of class and collective actions. Examples of his recent success include:
- Denial of class certification in consumer race discrimination action;
- Denial of national conditional certification of age discrimination claims under the ADEA;
- Denial of class action certification of off-the-clock claims under various states' laws;
- Denial of state-wide FLSA conditional collective action certification of an off-the-clock claim;
- Decertification of an off-the-clock FLSA action involving 800 employees across the United States and two state law class actions involving more than 3,200 employees;
- Decertification of an off-the-clock FLSA collective action involving more than 475 employees working at a single location;
- Decertification of a nationwide store manager FLSA misclassification case;
- Decertification of FLSA uniform donning and doffing claims;
- Involuntary dismissal of federal misclassification and off-the-clock claims because offers of judgment mooted the controversy denying court's subject matter jurisdiction; and
- Involuntary dismissal of state law claims in a hybrid off-the-clock class and FLSA collective action.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://ogletree.com/people/patrick-f-hulla/
Location
- 700 W. 47th Street, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64112
Education
- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, J.D., graduated 1993
- Baker University, BS
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, United States
- Kansas, United States
Affiliations
- American Bar Association - Member
- The Johnson County Bar Association - Member
- The Kansas Bar Association - Member
- The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
- The Wichita Bar Association - Member
Headquarters:
Atlanta, Georgia
308 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
97 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards:
- Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyer Rising Star for Class Actions and Mass Torts (2008, 2009)
- Yellow Belt certification from Legal Lean Sigma
- "Leaders in their Field," 2012, 2013 and 2014 edition of Chambers USA Leading Lawyers for Business
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Labor Law - Management
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