Employment Litigation

Experience

  • Employment Counsel + Litigation

    Represented an embedded federal contractor in all matters of employment and traditional labor to assist in bringing multiple on-going disputes to resolution. Employment related issues had a broad range

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  • Fair Standards Labor Act

    Successfully represented an energy services company in an FLSA suit against the Department of Labor (DOL), in which the DOL investigated the energy services company for wrongly misclassifying

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Overview

In representing clients, our primary objective is to provide practical employment advice to prevent workplace disputes from escalating into formal legal proceedings. When disputes cannot be resolved informally, Munsch Hardt is prepared to litigate. Our trusted Labor & Employment attorneys regularly represent management in state and federal courts throughout the country, as well as before federal, state and local administrative agencies. From high stakes multi-plaintiff litigation to single plaintiff discrimination cases, our litigators have the substantive expertise necessary to assist our clients to position themselves in the best possible way.

Operating from offices in Texas, we represent employers across the country in lawsuits and arbitrations involving claims such as:

  • Workplace investigations
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • Disability accommodation and leave
  • Trade secrets
  • FMLA-related leave
  • Wage and hour
  • Employment and executive contracts
  • Whistle blower actions
  • Employment discrimination litigation
  • Workplace privacy and workplace violence
  • State law employment torts
  • Wrongful termination
  • Traditional labor arbitrations and NLRB matters
  • Military leave
  • Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Reductions in force

 

Recognized regionally by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”, published by Woodward/White, Inc. every year since 2011, our Employment Litigation practice is proud to be comprised of a number of attorneys who are Board Certified in Labor and Employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, including Bill Finegan, Matt Holley and Sameer Karim. In addition to litigation, mediation, arbitration and appeals, our attorneys conduct human resource and labor relations audits and develop extensive training programs for client supervisors and managers on union avoidance, workplace harassment prevention, FMLA management and discipline and discharge, among others.

Our experience, reputation and proven cost-effective representation of our clients' labor and employment matters is well-known, and our full service Firm’s ability to deliver more than just labor and employment services to our clients is just one more way we show clients that their success is our success.