Professional Experience

Over ten years of experience representing clients in Employment and Immigration Law matters.  Solo practitioner since 2002.  Practice includes:

·        Employment discrimination

·        Covenants not to compete

·        Employment contracts

·        Employer counseling and compliance issues

·        Layoffs and restructuring issues

·        Employment and family based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas

·        Asylum

·        Immigration-related employer sanctions

Former Partner with the national law firm of Arter & Hadden LLP, where he headed the Firm’s Dallas Employment Law Practice Group and the Firm’s Immigration Law Practice.  Also has worked with Fulbright & Jaworski LLP and Jenkins & Gilchrist, PC in their employment law groups.

Adjunct Instructor, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Spring 2000).

Qualified mediator.

Stanford Law School

JD, 1993

·        Associate Editor, Stanford Law Review

·        Articles Editor, Stanford Law and Policy Review

·        Columnist, Stanford Review

·        Contributor, Stanford Law Journal

California State University, Stanislaus

B.A., History, 1990, summa cum laude

"5 Steps Towards an Effective Harassment Policy," LatinoBiz (May/June 2004)

“Hoffman Plastic May Leave Unauthorized Aliens Exposed to Workplace Abuse,” Immigration Law Today (June 2002)

“Introducing the Immigration Courts to the United States Constitution,” New Jersey Law Journal (June 3, 2002)

“Contingent Workers and Employee Benefits:  Do You Know Who Your Employees Are?” Compensation and Benefits Review (May/June 2002)

“Judicial Policy Making,” National Law Journal (Apr. 15, 2002)

“Act’s Iron Fist,” Texas Lawyer (Dec. 24, 2001) (addressing U.S. Patriot Act)

“No Easy Way to Move Forward When the World Stands Still,” Texas Lawyer (Oct. 15, 2001)

“National Outrage and Its Impact on the Workplace,” Dallas Business Journal (Sep. 21-27, 2001) (reprinted in publications nationwide)

“Legal Loophole Exposes Alien Applicants to Discrimination,” Texas Lawyer (July 2, 2001)

“Embalmers, Garbage Collectors, Etc.: FLSA Update,” The Texas Labor Letter (Nov. 2000)

“Fifth Circuit Update and New Trends,” State Bar of Texas 13^th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (October 1999) (co-authored with William J. Boyce and Marcy Greer)

“Harassment Investigations—Employees Have Duties Too,” The Texas Labor Letter (Oct. 1997)

“Judicial Restraint Averts a Trade War,” Texas Lawyer (Oct. 1997) (co-authored with Richard Kobdish)

“Drafting Enforceable Non-Competition Agreements,” Employee Relations Fast Facts (Texas Association of Business, Dallas Chapter) (June 1994)

“Note:  The Iran-Contra Prosecutions and the Failure of Use Immunity,” Stanford Law Review, Vol. 45 No.1 (Nov. 1992)

Include:

"Retaliation Claims:  The Center of the Storm in Employment Litigation," HR Southwest Conference (Oct. 2004)

“Ethical Issues Relating to Investivations of Employee Misconduct:  When Is an Attorney Not an Attorney?” Advanced Issues in Texas Employment Law (National Business Institute) (Nov. 14, 2003)

“Ten things Employers Do to Keep Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Fat and Happy:  Tips for Preventing and Handling Employment Claims,” Advanced Issues in Texas Employment Law (National Business Institute) (Nov. 14, 2003)

“Before the Honeymoon is Over:  Thinking Strategically When Hiring Employees,” Employment Law Workshop Series 2003 (co-sponsored by the Arlington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) (Nov. 5, 2003)

“The Rise (or Demise) of Negligence Claims Against Employers,” HR Southwest Conference (Oct. 10, 2003)

“Duties in the Employment Relationship,” (Presentation to Spherion, Inc.) (May 19, 2003)

“Hiring and Firing of Alien Employees,” Area IV SHRM & HR Houston, “Human Resources Role in the Global Economy” (Nov. 7, 2002)

“Religious Discrimination and Accommodation,” HR Southwest Conference (Oct.  27, 2002)

“Employees, E-mail, and the Internet:  How Employers Can Take Control,” Management Solutions 2002 (Dallas, May 2002)

“Pre-litigation Internal Investigations Using Electronic Evidence,” National Law Journal Litigation Summit and Exposition (San Antonio, April 2002)

“Managing in the Face of Terrorism:  Challenges for Employers in a Post 9/11 World,” IBF Employer’s Summit on Healthcare (Washington, D.C., Mar. 2002)

“Managing in the Aftermath of September 11,” Management Solutions 2002 (Dallas, Feb. 2002)

“Managing the Injured or Ailing Employee,” Management Solutions 2001 (Dallas, Nov. 2001)

“Help From Afar:  Hiring and Managing an International Workforce,” Management Solutions 2001 (Dallas, Aug. 2001)

“Squatters Rights:  Are Contingent Workers Really Employees Entitled to Benefits?” State Bar of Texas 9^th Annual Advanced Employment Law Seminar (Feb. 2001) (Presenter; co-authored with Sharon Schweitzer)

“The Microsoft Decision and Its Implications for Employers,” Jenkins & Gilchrist Employee Relations Breakfast Seminar (May 2000)

Include:

February 9, 2004 interview on Radio Vida, KTNO 1440 AM regarding immigration law

October 31, 2001 interview on Fox 4 News (Dallas) regarding immigration reform

September 24, 2001 interview on KLRD News Radio 1080 AM regarding employment discrimination

Led internet discussion group for USA Today Talk Today regarding workplace behavior following September 11 events

Also quoted in Austin Statesman, BNA Daily Labor Report, Fort Worth Star Telegram, HR Wire, InfoWorld, BNA HR Report, The Denver Business Journal, HR Magazine, Newsweek Japan, HR Focus, and The Christian Science Monitor

Admitted to practice by the U.S. Supreme Court; the Supreme Court of Texas; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; all U.S. District Courts in Texas

Labor and Employment Section, State Bar of Texas

Labor and Employment Section, Dallas Bar Association

American Immigration Lawyers Association

College of the State Bar of Texas

Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas