Representative Employment Law Matters

• Created employment handbooks and specific policies for various employment situations, including COVID quarantines and vaccinations, remote work.
• Advised clients on employment terminations and unemployment insurance claims.
• Analyzed Small Business Administration issues and proceedings, including those unique to Tribal 8(a) firms.
• Lead internal investigations into employee misconduct.
• Advised clients on employment terminations, non-competes, confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and non-circumvention agreements.
• Advised on labor and employment issues, and litigation issues, for due diligence on purchase and sale/merger transactions.
• Defended and successfully resolved claims of wage and hour inaccuracies.
• Advised clients and represented them in TWC unemployment claim hearings and directed strategies in other jurisdictions.
• Successfully responded to employees’ claims of discrimination or harassment in proceedings before the TWC and EEOC.

Other Representative Matters

• Lead a team of M&A professionals in selling closely held businesses or their assets, and working though post-divestment tax and liability issues.
• Successfully defended to jury verdict a large manufacturer of waterjet cutting equipment against products liability, warranty.
• Created EULAs and SaaS agreements for software providers.
• Established a UK subsidiary for a US company, including handling insurance, EU counsel, accounting and related set up issues.
• Represent insureds concerned about how their cases are being handled by insurance carriers
  Advised on disputes with State of Texas regarding sales tax issues.
• Tried approximately 50 cases involving claims of general negligence, products liability or medical negligence leading to death, personal injury or property damage.
• Analyzed International Traffic in Arms (ITAR) regulations for government contractor client.
• Analyzed and write distribution agreements for valve manufacturer selling in counties all over the globe.
• Provided coverage opinions and handled insurance coverage litigation for both insurers and policyholders.
• Tried, as co-counsel, and then authored a successful appellate brief for aircraft manufacturing client upholding favorable jury verdict in aircraft accident litigation.
• Created subcontracts for the purchase of materials and services for government contractor clients, including NASA/Johnson Space Center activities and others nationwide.
• Created master services agreements and subcontracts for IT services companies, including the largest IT consulting company in Houston, TX.
• Tried discrimination claims to verdict in jury and bench trials.
• Handled state-wide toxic tort docket for large engineering, procurement, and construction company.
• Reviewed and advised corporate clients on insurance coverage needed for their businesses and activities, including interviews and selection of agencies of record.
• Handled and settled thousands of claims as a senior counsel on a docket of 37,000+ properties allegedly damaged by defective plumbing materials, including several jury trials and appeals.
• Negotiated extremely favorable settlement of cases involving a paraplegic and a death as a result of a powered scaffold accident in a refinery, on behalf of scaffold manufacturer.
• Created and negotiated employment contracts and analyzed Service Contract Act (SCA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) issues for several government contractors.
• Created and negotiated employment contracts for IT services companies, temporary placement agencies, global manufacturing companies, construction companies, and other services companies.
• Authored employment manuals for corporate clients and made periodic revisions as laws changed.