Todd Shadle Named to 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers Guide for 7th Consecutive Year
DALLAS (Oct. 12, 2023) – FBFK is proud to announce that Shareholder and Board Certified Labor & Employment Law Attorney Todd Shadle was named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers Guide for the seventh consecutive year.
The 17th annual list honors more than 300 employment law attorneys across the U.S. who specialize in employment litigation, defending trade secrets, discrimination, ERISA, wage and hour and other claims.
“Todd is an exceptional employment law attorney, and we’re thrilled Lawdragon has acknowledged this and honored him for seven consecutive years – he is well deserving,” says FBFK CEO Kyle Ferguson.
According to the publishers of Lawdragon, “This recognition comes at an inflection point for labor and employment. Auto workers are on strike, Hollywood has gone dark. Hotel workers are on the picket lines. And no one, it seems, is happy. So we are especially proud to tip our hat to these unsurpassed experts who try to keep the balance between Corporate America and its workers.”
A nearly 30-year attorney, Shadle is also a three-time Texas Super Lawyer, named among the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” by D Magazine, a four-time honoree by the Best Lawyers in America, and is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®.
This recognition comes at an inflection point for labor and employment. Auto workers are on strike, Hollywood has gone dark. Hotel workers are on the picket lines. And no one, it seems, is happy. So we are especially proud to tip our hat to these unsurpassed experts who try to keep the balance between Corporate America and its workers.
As co-leader of FBFK’s intellectual property practice group, Kubasta focuses on a wide array of intellectual property, with particular emphasis on patent, trademark, and trade dress litigation and licensing. He has extensive litigation experience, advising both plaintiffs and defendants, in Federal Court – both trial and through appeal – as well as in Texas state court. Kubasta is a nine-time The Best Lawyers in America honoree, recently served as a Board Member of TeXchange DFW, and works with various non-profit organizations.
A three-time “Ones to Watch” honoree and an attorney and shareholder at FBFK, Smiley has more than a decade of bankruptcy and reorganization law experience, with specific expertise in all steps of the Chapter 11 reorganization process, including asset sales, plan confirmation, and post-confirmation plan administration. She also has experience litigating a variety of disputes, including contested matters and adversary proceedings. Smiley is a Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the Dallas Bar Association – Bankruptcy and Commercial Law section, a Global Executive Board Member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and has served as Chair of the DFW network of IWIRC (International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation).
