Labor & Employment Law
The firm's employment law section represents management in a wide variety of employment law matters. Because we have offices located in Austin, Corpus Christi and McAllen, Texas, we can offer exclusive and timely insight into handling particular employment matters in diversified areas of the state. Of course, our focus is still on claim avoidance through timely advice and counsel before events occur which can lead to lawsuits; however, the firm has extensive jury trial experience in a wide variety of employment law matters.
Our expertise includes the following areas:
- Management counseling
- Review and preparation of personnel policy and procedures including employee handbooks
- Representation in administrative matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Texas Commission on Human Rights and Texas Workforce Commission
- Representation of management in state and federal court for employment related claims involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Polygraph Protection Act, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, Worker’s Compensation Retaliation, Family Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Texas Commission on Human Rights Act and a variety of state court claims such as intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, defamation and negligence
- Preparation of arbitration agreements and non-subscriber programs
- Training and preventative seminars to comply with recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions
- Wage/hour audits; FLSA claims.