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Following a rewarding career in special education, Robert Chance began practicing law in 2002 and spent his formative years as an attorney at one of the nation’s premier labor and employment firms under the tutelage of some of the best attorneys in Texas and the country.  Having decided to open his own practice, Robert can now take the lessons learned from his experience and apply them in a wider variety of contexts - from individuals seeking to protect their property rights, to small businesses implementing adequate governance and internal controls, to restaurants looking to improve employee relations, to corporations defending themselves against claims of discrimination, etc.. Robert has represented companies of all sizes, ranging from locally owned restaurants to national retail chains, in all aspects of labor and employment law and civil litigation.  Robert has counseled and advised companies such areas as reviewing contracts, developing handbooks, auditing employment and wage and hour practices and procedures, drafting employment agreements, and managing leaves of absence under the FMLA.  Robert has also litigated countless cases of all sizes, ranging from single-plaintiff discrimination cases all the way up to complex multi-party litigation, developing a set of wide-ranging litigation skills that can be applied in multiple contexts.

Executives require dedicated and aggressive counsel for the protection of their legal rights.. Whether you are moving between companies or renegotiating your current contract, executive employment arrangements are complicated.  An attorney solely focused on your best interest in crafting the contractual relationship with your employer is invaluable.. My practice is dedicated to the representation of executives.  I represent executives in employment negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, contract renegotiations, terminations and severance agreements.. Termination scenarios often involve litigation or arbitration on behalf of my clients.  I have successfully resolved contentious claims involving executives in numerous termination scenarios involving good reason claims, for cause terminations, non-compete disputes and complex contractual disputes regarding deferred compensation and severance benefits.. Whether you are seeking advice on the details and potential tax implications of a deferred compensation arrangement or you need advice regarding the implications of various termination scenarios, my experience can assist you in securing the optimal result.

Employment Law Litigator who defends employers in all areas of employment law and is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Ed represents clients in general business and corporate transactions
with an emphasis on complex technology-related deals involving
intellectual property. He routinely counsels clients regarding licensing
arrangements, development contracts, sales and distribution
arrangements, and a variety of other issues faced by technology
companies.. In addition to his broad transactional practice, Ed has civil jury
trial experience in both state and federal courts, where he has
litigated disputes involving patents, trade secrets, copyright,
trademarks, breach of contract, and Internet-related claims. He has
represented clients in the Internet, software, hardware, and
semiconductor industries. Ed also has experience in media and
entertainment law, with an emphasis on interactive entertainment and the
video game industry.

David G. Langenfeld represents employees in cases and lawsuits against employers and former employers.  These cases usually involve claims of unpaid overtime and discrimination based on sex, race, national origin, religion, age, disability, or pregnancy.  Mr. Langenfeld is Board Certified as an Employment & Labor Law Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Daniel grew up in a military family, lived in a variety of places throughout his life, and ultimately attended high school in San Antonio. It was in San Antonio that Daniel earned his Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. From there, Daniel attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, in 2007. Daniel then graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center in 2010. While in law school, Daniel interned with Houston federal district judges Sim Lake and Gray Miller.. For the first seven years of his career, Daniel solely represented employers in all sorts of employment related disputes, most recently at a prominent international labor and employment law firm. Daniel has extensive experience in wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination litigation. Daniel has jury trial experience, has litigated numerous cases through a final disposition, and has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of his clients. Daniel has also successfully defended his litigation wins on appeal.. Daniel and his wife, Laura, are raising three energetic children in Austin, Texas. When he finds free time, Daniel is an avid outdoorsman, runner, and fisherman.

Colin Walsh graduated from the Univeristy of Texas School of Law with Honors.  Mr. Walsh has practiced employment law his entire career.  He is Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  Mr. Walsh has been selected by his peers as a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, for the past four years.  In 2016, Mr. Walsh obtained a top 100 Texas jury verdict as listed on .  He has been a guest speaker at the Transnational Workers Rights Clinic at UT Law and has presented at multiple employment law conferences.  He is a Fellow with the Austin Bar Foundation.  He is also a member of both the Texas Employment Lawyers Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Clark Aspy is licensed in Texas and in the U.S. District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas. He has tried and handles cases in the areas of personal injury/negligence, products liability, condemnation and eminent domain, construction disputes, DTPA/business claims, employment discrimination, and real estate litigation in various courts around the state. His clients include small and large businesses, individuals, insurance companies, and public utilities. Mr. Aspy is also active in Alternative Dispute Resolution, both as a participant and a facilitator. He has completed the 40 hour basic training course for certification as a mediator and the “Redress” training required for U.S.P.S. mediations. He is an approved arbitrator for the Western District of Texas and has served as a mediator in hundreds of cases.

Charmaine is an associate attorney in Tully Rinckey’s Austin, Texas, office, where she focuses her practice on federal employment law.. Prior to joining the firm, Charmaine volunteered with the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) and the International Refugee Assistance Program (IRAP). She has also worked at USC’s immigration clinic, working on refugee asylum cases as well as assisting clients to apply for and finalize their citizenship. She is also fluent in French and has helped many French-speaking clients with their legal matters.

Caitlin has been on the vanguard of the struggle for civil rights and racial justice in Texas for eleven years, spending the past nine years litigating impact employment claims for low-income immigrant workers. As a Senior Managing Attorney at the Equal Justice Center, Caitlin litigated dozens of employment claims for hundreds of workers in state and federal court. In the process of recovering over $1 million in unpaid wages and damages from unscrupulous employers, Caitlin has developed an expertise in handling individual, multi-plaintiff, and complex class action claims, on issues ranging from wage theft, to workplace sexual harassment, race discrimination, disability discrimination, labor trafficking, and more. Caitlin has argued and won dispositive motions, cross-examined witnesses at trial, and successfully resolved numerous cases in mediation and arbitration, including on behalf of monolingual Spanish-speakers. In 2023, Caitlin won a trial in federal court seeking unpaid wages and overtime for four construction workers.. Prior to litigation, Caitlin was the Director and Co-Director of the Equal Justice Center’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration legal services program. In law school, Caitlin held clerkships at Human Rights Watch in New York, and at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.

Before deciding to open his own law firm, Kevin spent eight years as an equity shareholder in the world’s largest labor and employment law firm representing management, and he co-founded its Austin office.  As a newly-licensed attorney, Kevin was selected by then-Texas Attorney General (current-United States Senator) John Cornyn for membership in the Attorney General's Honors Program, Class of 2001.. Successful Litigator: Skilled and efficient defense of clients in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, and private arbitrations. Recent victories include the dismissal of two contested OSHA citations following trial, defense verdict in whistleblower/retaliation case for national trucking company, defense verdicts in two age discrimination arbitrations involving large insurance carrier, defense verdict in federal civil rights case against school district, favorable ruling in traditional labor arbitration involving large healthcare provider, and defense verdicts in two employment discrimination/tort cases against automobile dealership chain. Also proficient in all aspects of summary judgment and motion practice.. Trusted Advisor: Counsels clients on pressing employment issues, such as terminations and suspensions, the enforcement of non-compete agreements, dealing with difficult employees, and handling disability accommodation and leave requests. Responds quickly to client inquiries and endeavors to provide clients with business-focused, concrete advice upon which they can make real-world management decisions.. Representation of Management in Discrimination, Harassment, and other Employment Litigation. Representation of Management in OSHA and Workplace Safety Matters.  Kevin devotes significant attention to helping clients resolve OSHA matters.  He counsels clients through OSHA investigations and has successfully challenged citations in administrative proceedings before the Occupational Health and Safety Review Commission (OSHRC).. Representation of Executives in Employment Agreement, Noncompete, and Severance Agreement Negotiations. Occasional Representation of Employees in Discrimination and Wrongful Termination Matters

Austin Kaplan is the founder of and lead attorney at Kaplan Law Firm, PLLC, an employment and civil rights boutique law firm that represents individuals.. He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.. He received national recognition for successfully suing a Texas County Clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2015.  In 2016 was won the Austin under 40 Lawyer and  “Austinite of the Year.”  He is the Past President of the Austin Young Lawyers Association, a Super Lawyer Rising Star, Super Lawyer, Texas Bar Foundation Fellow, former Austin Bar Pro Bono Committee Chair, and a past Chairperson of the City of Austin's Ethics Commission.  He graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Attorney Mark Roles is devoted to providing compassionate and aggressive advocacy for clients in Williamson County, Travis County, and the greater Austin area. He established The Law Offices of Mark C. Roles, P.C. in 2005. Mr. Roles’ practice focuses on all aspects of family law, including terminations/adoptions, child support, child custody, divorce, enforcement actions, and modifications. Mr. Roles received his B.B.A. in Management from Texas A&M University in 1998. In 2001, he went on to graduate from St. Mary’s University School of Law near the top 10 percent of his class. During his time in law school, Mr. Roles was on the Dean’s List and the National Dean’s List. He was also a member of Who’s Who in American Law Students, the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honors Fraternity, and was also a staff writer for the St. Mary’s Law Journal. Mr. Roles also had the privilege of being selected as a judicial intern for the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, Chambers of the Honorable Edward Prado (now Justice Prado, Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals). Mr. Roles was also extremely proud to serve as a legal intern for the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, in Friedberg, Germany for an entire summer. Mr. Roles was admitted to practice law in Texas in 2001. He has also been licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, since 2004. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Austin and Travis County Bar Associations, and the Williamson County Bar Association. Mr. Roles has been in private practice since 2005. Immediately after law school and admission to the bar, he served as an in-house attorney for Providence Healthcare Network, located in Waco, Texas, where he gained valuable experience advising the company on regulatory compliance as well as conducting litigation on its behalf. Reported cases Polansky v. Berenji, 393 S.W.3d 362 (.–Austin,2012, no pet.).

Assistant Attorney General working in the Tax division of the OAG, representing the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and the Comptroller in litigation matters.

As a Managing Partner working in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Austin TX  office, Mr. Fallings focuses his practice on federal sector labor and employment law. Mr. Fallings has extensive experience litigating cases on behalf of employees at the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and in both state and federal courts. He also has experience negotiating settlement agreements on behalf of federal employees. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Fallings has defended and taken numerous depositions of both parties and witnesses and prepared successful oppositions to summary judgment motions.. Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Mr. Fallings practiced as an associate attorney with a labor and employment law firm in Maryland. In this position, he helped manage over eighty case files and was involved throughout all aspects of litigation. Before that, Mike worked as both a law clerk and as a volunteer attorney for the Labor Division for the City of Chicago. In this role, Mr. Fallings appeared in arbitrations and administrative hearings and advised Chicago agencies on matters relating to disciplining employees.. Originally from Centerville, Ohio, Mr. Fallings is a graduate of Miami University, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in finance. Mr. Fallings received his juris doctorate from American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where he was a staff member at the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law and the Labor & Employment Law Forum. During law school, Mr. Fallings worked at the United States Department of Justice and served as a judicial intern for the Maryland Court of Appeals.

Aaron’s practice is focused on the efficient and cost-effective prevention and resolution of employment, business, real estate, and consumer disputes. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies, foreign corporations, small businesses, start-ups, and individuals. Aaron is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.