Employment & Labor lawyers in Texas Nicole Conger to Trang Tran

Firm: The Law Office of Nicole Conger, PLLC

13809 Research Blvd. , Austin , Texas 78750

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Nicole M. Conger is an Employee Rights Attorney who represents clients across Texas who are subjected to illegal treatment with their current or former employers. Nicole received her law degree Magna Cum Laude from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2011 where she was an Associate Editor for the St. Mary’s Law Journal, member of the Board of Advocates, as well as, clerking for the Honorable Emilio M. Garza on the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.. Nicole’s practice focuses on labor disputes against large and small companies in various Texas and Federal jurisdictions. She has successfully represented employees through the EEOC and litigation processes with claims arising out of the Texas Labor Code, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the FLSA, and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Nicole brings her passion, eagerness, and enthusiasm  by continuing to represent clients with discrimination, retaliation, medical leave interference, work-place harassment, LGBT-Related sexual orientation and gender identity issues, and hostile work environment claims.. Prior to attending law school, Nicole graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006 in the Top 2% of her class  and earned a Business Management degree from the Red McCombs School of Business. Nicole’s background in business allows her to lead clients in making some of the most challenging economic decisions, while balancing the emotions that clients face in every day realties of their claims.. Nicole is a member of the Texas Bar Foundation, State Bar of Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association, Austin Bar Association, AYLA, Texas Employment Lawyers Association, Texas Exes, and AYLA Leadership Academy Class of 2015. She is licensed to practice in Texas and is admitted in all Federal Courts, which includes the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts, as well as Texas state courts.. Nicole founded her law firm with the goal of enabling employees to determine the best course of actions, by transparently advising them on the merits and drawbacks of their cases. She promotes the notion that it is well past time to end discrimination and afford unbiased opportunities to individuals at every state of their lives. Nicole works tirelessly and with energy that is contagious because she cherishes and appreciates clients and her career. Nicole offers generous amounts of time, clarity, and follow-through at each stage of the process. The Diversity Council recognized Nicole as one of the Top 50 Women in Law. Go Magazine named Nicole as 100 Women We Love in 2020. Nicole was featured on the cover of Top 100 Attorneys for the nation issued by The Top 100 Magazine's 2022 Edition. Nicole was named Top Attorney of the Year for 2022 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). She was also named Empowered Woman of the Year for 2023 by the IAOTP. Nicole was selected as Super Lawyers Texas Rising Star for 2023. Most recently, Nicole was named Top Attorney of the Decade for 2024 by the IAOTP. She was also elected as a Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation. Each year, the Foundation invites the top one-third of 1% of Texas attorneys to become Fellows as one of the highest honors.

919 Congress Avenue , Austin , Texas 78701

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

I represent employees in a wide variety of employment disputes, including unpaid overtime cases, retaliation cases, whistleblower cases, and discrimination cases.  My practice is almost exclusively based on this type of work, and I am Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  Further information regarding my background and qualifications may be found on my firm's website.. I practice in this area of law because I enjoy representing and working with individuals.  My goal is to provide guidance and support to employees who are trying to seek a just result in a workplace dispute.  I believe in providing a voice to employees and standing up for them in protecting their workplace rights.

Firm: Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart

112 E. Pecan St. , San Antonio , Texas 78205

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: TB Robinson Law Firm

7500 San Felipe St., Ste. 800 , Houston , Texas 77063

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

The TB Robinson Law Group is known throughout Houston for excellence in addressing issues of employee mistreatment. Our firm provides results-oriented representation in cases involving discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, pregnancy and disability. We represent whistleblowers and take action when they suffer retaliation in the work place. We work diligently to achieve results in cases involving wage and hour disputes, overtime and other employment law issues.. In these and other matters, you can depend on the TB Robinson Law Group to provide vigorous representation, insightful counsel and quality legal solutions.

Firm: Kaplan Law Firm

2901 Bee Cave Rd , Austin , Texas 78746

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Tanner Scheef is an Associate Attorney at Kaplan Law Firm.. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, she received the Leon Jaworski Scholarship for Outstanding Advocacy to Baylor Law. Tanner graduated with honors from Baylor Law on the Public Interest Track with a Special Distinction in Litigation.. Tanner has a passion for advocacy, having competed in the courtroom since the age of 14 and having won “Outstanding Advocate” at four national mock trial competitions at Baylor Law. After returning to Austin, Tanner began coaching her undergraduate mock trial team, allowing her to give back to the next generation of trial lawyers.. Tanner’s passion for public interest extends to helping victims of abuse in civil and criminal cases. She was the Co-Founder of Baylor Law H.E.A.L. (Help, Educate, Advocate, Learn), training law students on how to best represent victims. Tanner extends this passion to her work at Kaplan Law Firm, helping victims in the employment context.

Firm: Coane and Associates, PLLC

5177 Richmond Ave. , Houston , Texas 77056

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Capitalizing on my 17 years of experience as a teacher and principal in the field of public education, I helped students and their parents navigate the education system and supported teachers and other school district employees in employment matters for over a decade. In 2020, I closed my private school law practice and joined Lone Star Legal Aid as a Staff Attorney.. I joined Coane and Associates as the Senior Staff Attorney in 2023, the firm's 40th anniversary year. Our legal team focuses on employment discrimination, wrongful termination, civil litigation, state and federal administrative proceedings, and immigration. I lead the firm's school law services, which are confined exclusively to the State of Texas.

Firm: Bruster PLLC

303 W. Loop 281, Suite 110 #183 , Longview , Texas 75605

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Mr. Latchford practices a wide variety of civil litigation including: intellectual property litigation (patent, trademark, and trade secret), commercial litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, and employment law.  Mr. Latchford’s broad practice has given him experience in many different aspects of litigation including: case assessment and research, discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, hearing presentation, and trial presentation.  Mr. Latchford has tried multiple jury trials to successful verdict as lead trial counsel and has been selected by Thomas Reuters as a Rising Star in 2014, 2015, and 2016.. Shawn A. Latchford received a received a B.A. from Albion College, graduating magna cum laude, where he double majored in political science and philosophy with a concentration in law, society, and justice.  While at Albion College Mr. Latchford was elected into Phi Beta Kappa.  Before attending law school he traveled to South Korea and taught English.. Mr. Latchford attended Baylor Law School, graduating cum laude.  While at Baylor Mr. Latchford competed on Baylor’s interscholastic mock trial and moot court teams.  He was also an associate editor of the Baylor Law Review and a member of the order of barristers.. Mr. Latchford is admitted to practice in the States of Texas and Arkansas, all United States District Courts in Arkansas, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Federal Circuits, and before the United States Supreme Court.. Mr. Latchford is a proud husband and father of two.

Firm: Protocol & Etiquette Worldwide LLC

111 Congress Ave Ste 400 , Austin , Texas 78701

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Sharon is an intercultural communication consultant, corporate trainer, and international award-winning author of Access to Asia: Your Multicultural Guide to Building Trust, Inspiring Respect and Creating Long Lasting Business Relationships (Wiley 2015). Sharon’s work and travel have taken her to more than 60 countries on seven continents; she speaks French and some Czech. Sharon provides organizations, law firms, universities and executive teams with practical techniques to improve business communication and increase revenue. Sharon earned her undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University, and completed an international pre-law study program at the University of Oxford.  She attended South Texas College of Law on an Advocacy Scholarship. Sharon currently serves on the President’s Advisory Board of The Ohio State University, the Westlake Chamber of Commerce Board and the Austin Boys & Girls Club Foundation. She is a Lifetime Fellow of both the Austin and the Texas Bar Foundations, and a Leadership Austin graduate. Sharon’s training topics include: Global Leadership, Cross-Cultural Communication, International Manners and Etiquette, Multi-Cultural Sales and Marketing. Sharon lives in Austin, Texas with her husband John and their golden retriever, Charm.

Firm: Law Offices of Scott Newar

3700 Buffalo Speedway , Houston , Texas 77098

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Neutral Good ADR LLC

5995 Summerside Drive #795761 , Dallas , Texas 75248

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Tilley Rinckey PLLC

3420 Executive Center Drive, Suite 160 , Austin , Texas 78731

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Dupree Law Firm, PLLC

2800 Post Oak Blvd. , Houston , Texas 77056

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

I began my legal career in the management services division of a large, publicly-traded real estate investment trust. In this role I was responsible for the recruitment, hiring, evaluation, promotion and coaching of all employees reporting to me. As a member of the management team, I was driven to learn everything that I could about employment law to protect the company from liability. During this process I learned that many employment laws are so complex that they often provide no protection for employees at all. I wanted to do something to make sure that employees were treated fairly in our legal system. So, in 2006 I established the Dupree Law Firm with a valuable perspective on how companies approach employment law claims.. I am proud to have represented Texas employees for over a decade in cases before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), in state and federal court and in private arbitrations. I am confident that my unique background has produced favorable results for my clients. The best part of my job is helping employees who have traditionally been shut out of the legal system get the justice that they deserve.. I am a proud graduate of Florida State University where I completed both my undergraduate and law school education. I am licensed to practice law before state courts in Texas and before federal courts including the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the Northern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit.. Outside the office I enjoy spending time with my wife, our two wonderful children and our feisty Miniature Schnauzer.

Firm: Olson & Olson, LLP

2727 Allen Pkwy #600 , Houston , Texas 77019

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Before going to law school I worked in construction, and thereafter in the oil and gas industry.  As a result, I experienced significant workplace harassment and discrimination.  Because of these experiences I dedicated my life to preventing such discrimination and harassment, (as well as the retaliation workers sometimes face when making complaints about such acts).  I focused my legal education on Labor and Employment matters, and after getting out of law school in 1993, I went to work in the Labor and Employment section for the City Attorney's Office in Houston, and then I went to work in Dallas for the largest Labor & Employment firm in the country.  I became Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas State Bar in 1999, and in 2002 I started focusing my practice on helping employees that have been illegally treated in the workplace.  You will not find a lawyer that is more dedicated to protecting employees that have been subjected to illegal treatment in the workplace.

Firm: Shellist Lazarz Slobin LLP

11 Greenway Plaza , Houston , Texas 77043

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Mr. Prieto is a Partner at the law firm of Shellist Lazarz Slobin LLP. He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and devotes his entire practice to employment related issues, including litigation and transactional matters. He is a strong advocate for his clients, and is dedicated to protecting, preserving and fighting for their rights, both at the negotiating table and in the courtroom. In recognition of these efforts, he is honored to have been selected for inclusion on the Texas Super Lawyers' (a Thomson Reuters service) "Rising Star" list on numerous occasions. Mr. Prieto is a member of the College of the State Bar, an organization recognizing commitment to continuing legal education. He has also been named "Litigator of the Week" by Texas Lawyer, and has had trial verdicts selected as the "Featured Verdict" and "Top Texas Verdicts & Settlements," as reported by Verdict Search.. Mr. Prieto has substantial experience representing employees, including executives, in a wide variety of employment-related matters. Mr. Prieto's experience includes litigation in state, federal and appellate courts throughout the country and representing employees before state and federal administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), and the Department of Labor (DOL). He has successfully first-chaired employment matters to verdict. Additionally, Mr. Prieto has extensive experience handling wage and hour class actions in Texas and throughout the country. He is a contributing author to the American Bar Association's FLSA Midwinter Report, a treatise devoted to the litigation of Wage & Hour Collective and Class Action Litigation. Mr. Prieto's transactional experience includes reviewing, drafting and negotiating employment agreements and other workplace documents.. Mr. Prieto represents clients in employment matters arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, and other federal and state laws.. Bar Admissions

315 S. St. Mary's Street , San Antonio , Texas 78205

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: The Poerschke Law Firm, PC

5111 Center Street , Houston , Texas 77007

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Before joining the Ogg Law Firm, Scott served as a law clerk with McFall, Breitbeil & Smith.  He joined the Ogg Law Firm in 2008 and entered into his association as Of Counsel to the Firm in 2009.. While attending South Texas College of Law, Scott founded the School of Rights of Kids (ROK) Program.  The purpose of the Program was to teach high school students about various aspects of the law.  Scott applied for and received a grant from the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation to assist with financial support for the ROK Program.. During his junior year at Southwestern University, Scott participated in an archeological program sponsored by Bilkent University located in Ankara, Turkey.  While digging in Turkey, he met his future wife Derya, and they were married in 2008.  They now enjoy traveling to Turkey at regular intervals.. Scott remains actively involved in the Iota Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Southwestern, one of the oldest continually active fraternities in the State of Texas (Est. 1886).. Scott received the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 642 at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church on August 15, 1995.

Firm: R. Tate Young Attorney at Law

Southwest Freeway , Houston , Texas 77027

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Underwood Perkins PC

5420 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 1900 , Dallas , Texas 75240

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Shellist Lazarz Slobin, LLP

11 Greenway Plaza , Houston , Texas 77046

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

I am Paul Harris and I am proud to have represented workers ever since I graduated from law school. I come from a small town in the Texas Panhandle called Borger. I earned my bachelor’s degree in English, with Honors, from the University of Texas-Austin. As a law student at the University of Houston Law Center, I received the Yale Rosenberg Memorial Award for writing and served as a law clerk for the Houston office of Advocacy, Inc., (currently known as Disability Rights Texas), a federally created nonprofit that protects the legal rights of individuals with disabilities.. In my final year of law school, I became a clerk for a prominent employment law firm here in Houston, Butler & Harris. After graduating law school, I became an associate at Butler & Harris, where I stayed for 12 years.. While at Butler & Harris, I worked on several, groundbreaking cases, many of which were against local governments and various federal agencies. We helped overturn a blanket ban on individuals with diabetes that kept them from serving the State Department in the Foreign Service. We won a gender discrimination, pattern-and-practice trial against the City of Beaumont and its Police Department, achieving justice for our client who worked for so long to become a Detective. We won two disability discrimination trials against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): one on behalf of a person with diabetes who was wrongfully rejected as a Special Agent, and one for a person who went on to become the first FBI Special Agent with a prosthetic hand.. Along the way, I have represented individuals in almost every field of work and almost any place on the hierarchy; from police officers and municipal employees to oil and gas executives, nurses, restaurant workers, and beverage distributors.. My work for my clients takes on many different forms. I advise people about contract negotiations and severance agreements. I have represented clients in matters before both state and federal courts in Houston. I have extensive experience assisting clients through internal grievance processes. I have represented numerous local and federal governmental employees, including employees of the City of Houston, in litigation and before the Merit Systems Protection Board. I have also successfully represented numerous clients and small businesses with claims for Unemployment Benefits through the Texas Workforce Commission.. I am admitted to practice law in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern District of Texas, and all Texas state courts. I handle cases under various state and federal laws, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, and Texas laws that prohibit retaliation against daycare workers and nursing home workers.. I served as the President of the Houston Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, where I helped organize and emcee monthly educational luncheons for local plaintiff’s employment lawyers. I am a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Houston Bar Association. I am a member of the Texas Employment Lawyers Association (TELA), founded in part by my former boss, Margaret Harris, as well as the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA).. I have conducted training sessions for private sector companies, and I am a regular guest speaker at the University of Houston-Downtown’s Paralegal Certificate Program. I enjoy speaking at nearby schools on the importance of jury duty as part of the Houston Bar Association’s Speakers Bureau.

Firm: Tran Law Firm

2537 S. Gessner , Houston , Texas 77063

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor