Cheyna H. Galloway

Cheyna is committed to helping her clients maintain productive and competitive workforces while navigating shifts in the legal landscape. With a solid understanding of the issues and trends, Cheyna provides swift action for clients by creating and revising compliant policies, providing timely recommendations to mitigate risk, and advising clients on effective policy implementation.

Cheyna also works with clients to address their day-to-day legal needs. She strives to become an extension of her client’s team by working diligently to keep her clients out of court and leveraging her understanding of the law to provide preventative advice and counsel on various workplace matters. Cheyna has handled a wide range of matters, with a particular emphasis on federal and state wage and hour laws; protection against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; providing advice and counsel on multi-state compliance; and guiding workplace investigations.

Cheyna understands that despite best efforts, litigation sometimes still arises, and when it does, she stands ready to provide full-service litigation defense to her clients. Cheyna has successfully defended many employers in a wide range of matters both at the state and federal level and with local administrative agencies, including class and collective actions; single-plaintiff claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; and alternative dispute resolution.

Cheyna has dedicated her career to advising and defending employers of all sizes. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Cheyna served as an associate attorney with another national labor and employment defense firm, where she clerked for all three years of her law school career.

During law school, Cheyna sharpened her litigation and legal writing skills by serving as managing editor of the Indiana Law Journal (2021), winning the Championship title in the Alternative Dispute Resolution competition (2020), placing quarterfinalist in the Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition (2019, also earning Brief Honors and Oralist Honors), and placing semifinalist in the Transactional Drafting Competition (2019). She also fulfilled several leadership positions, including serving on the Graduate and Professional Student Government, acting as vice-president for the legal honors fraternity Phi Alpha Delta, and serving on the Dean’s Advisory Council.

Outside of work Cheyna spends much of her time learning new creative skills. She enjoys everything from fiber arts to large-scale painting to average-at-best carpentry. She also enjoys spending time outdoors, including tent camping and hiking with her husband and two kids.