David represents employers in disputes involving claims of wrongful termination, age, sex, disability and race discrimination and retaliation, breach of employment contracts, wage and hour (FLSA) issues, non-competes, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets. Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, David serves clients litigating before federal and state trial courts and agencies.
His practice also involves counseling clients to comply with employment laws, respond to issues raised by their current employees, and remain competitive by hiring competitively and protecting company assets and information from being improperly disclosed and used by former employees and competitors.
David represents employers in disputes involving claims of wrongful termination, age, sex, disability and race discrimination and retaliation, breach of employment contracts, wage and hour (FLSA) issues, non-competes, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets. Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, David serves clients litigating before federal and state trial courts and agencies.
His practice also involves counseling clients to comply with employment laws, respond to issues raised by their current employees, and remain competitive by hiring competitively and protecting company assets and information from being improperly disclosed and used by former employees and competitors.
He represented a government unit before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving an alleged violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act's provisions on the required use of compensatory time. In other cases, he has helped obtain summary judgments in the Southern District Court of Texas and in Texas District Courts in cases involving alleged violations of Title VII, ADA, the Texas Commission of Human Rights Act and retaliation. He has also sought and obtained temporary restraining orders (TROs) and Temporary Injunctions (TIs) in state and federal court on behalf of clients seeking enforcement of noncompete, nonsolicitation, and trade secrets and prevented such relief in actions defending clients against such relief.
Some of his recent achievements include the following:
Experience Defending Against Claims of Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation
Noncompete/Nonsolicit and Trade Secret
Wage and Hour – FLSA
David is well versed in the numerous issues stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), stay-at-home and related orders, and all of their impacts on employers, employees and independent contractors, including critical infrastructure and essential services determinations, paid and unpaid leave, layoffs, pay reductions, reduced hours, furloughs, downsizings, expanded unemployment, and their interaction with numerous local, state and federal laws and regulations. Many of these issues have significant interactions with employee benefits, tax, Small Business Administration, and other issues, where we collaborate closely with our colleagues experienced in those practice areas.
summa cum laude
, South Texas College of Law Houston, 1998Member, South Texas Law Review
Order of Lytae