Practice Areas

 

Employment

  • Negotiation of employment, severance and non-competition and confidentiality agreements

  • Representation of employers and employees in severance, commission and employment
    contract disputes

  • Representation of employers and employees in pre-litigation and post-litigation assertion
    and negotiation of wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation claims, including:

    • Race, sex, age, national origin and disability discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the Texas Labor Code
    • Sexual harassment claims under Title VII and the Texas Labor Code and related assault and battery claims under Texas law
    • Claims under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
    • Claims under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protecting serving members of the military, former members of the military and reservists from discrimination
    • Overtime and unpaid compensation individual and representative and class actions under Texas law, the Texas Labor Code and the federal Fair Labor
      Standards Act (FLSA)
    • Wrongful termination claims under the FLSA
    • Workers' compensation discrimination and retaliation claims under Chapter 451
      of the Texas Labor Code
    • Private and government whistleblower retaliation claims under Texas common law for private employee, the Texas Whistleblower Act for state or local government employees, the federal False Claims Act for employees of employers receiving federal funding, the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act for employees of issuers of securities and the Texas Health & Safety Code and Texas Occupations Code for nurses and other healthcare employees
    • Employment disputes involving defamation, assault and battery, false imprisonment and interference with contract or employment
    • Representation of qui tam claimants under the federal False Claims Act involving fraud against the federal government or federal financial beneficiaries
    • Appeals in employment matters

Benefits and Insurance

  • Representation of employers and employees in disputes concerning healthcare coverage
    under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

  • Representation of claimants in disability, injury and severance benefit appeals and litigation under benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

  • Representation of claimants in claims of bad faith administration of non-ERISA private,
    municipal and non-employer group disability insurance

  • Representation of claimants in claims of bad-faith administration of workers’ compensation benefits

Personal Injury

  • Representation of claimants in catastrophic injury claims arising out of workplace and motor vehicle accidents, including:

    • Traumatic brain injuries
    • Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) injuries
    • Wrongful death claims

  • Representation of claimants in medical, dental and pharmaceutical negligence claims

  • Representation of claimants in premises liability, electrical utility and construction accident claims

  • Representation of employees in on-the-job injury, non-subscriber and third-party negligence claims