About

Provided by Foley & Lardner LLP

Savvy employers, large or small, turn to Foley for guidance and legal counsel on labor and employment issues ranging from compliance with federal, state, and local regulations to preventing and resolving disputes with comprehensive counsel and advice and through litigation, when necessary. We offer diverse services tailored to meet the ongoing employment concerns our local, regional, and nationwide clients face every day.


Our comprehensive Labor & Employment services cover every area of concern employers encounter as they run their businesses. From affirmative action and wage and hour compliance to reductions in force or employment litigation, we provide critical advice, legal counsel, trial experience, and training to help our clients navigate these issues. Our Labor & Employment attorneys have significant experience in arbitration, jury trials, administrative proceedings, injunctions, and expedited court proceedings. We have appeared in hundreds of courts, all federal appellate courts, and the Supreme Court on labor and employment matters. We also have appeared before various agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission, the Mine Safety & Health Review Commission, state non-discrimination agencies, and more

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Labor & Employment - Texas

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Foley & Lardner LLP has skilled lawyers with broad labor and employment expertise, encompassing discrimination and harassment claims, trade secret disputes, and wage and hour litigation. The team has additional experience handling labor relations issues and the labor and employment aspects of corporate transactions, as well as OSHA claims and compliance. The firm's clients include companies in the energy, hospitality and retail sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Foley & Lardner continued to represent STAline and its founder in the company's multistate defense of alleged trade secret theft and violation of restrictive covenants valued at $60 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Rachel Steely
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Rachel Steely
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Band 1
Rachel Steely offers prowess in contentious labor and employment matters, including unfair competition, wage and hour, and discrimination disputes.

Rachel is great and easy to work with. Given all her experience as a labor and employment attorney, I am grateful to have her as a resource.

Rachel is extremely impressive and provides fantastic legal representation and interpretation to help her clients.

Rachel Steely is a talented and energetic attorney.

Jessica Mason
4
Jessica Mason
4
Band 4
Jessica Mason is regularly sought after for her experience representing clients in courtroom matters relating to noncompetition and theft of trade secrets.

Jessica is really great at getting to the core of the issue and conveying that to opposing counsel. She advocates well but in a respectful way to get us to a good result.

Jessica has very good business acumen. She is extremely knowledgeable and has a litigation background which gives her a good perspective to solve issues.

Jessica is really excellent on a variety of issues. She is really capable and does terrific work for us.

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Rachel Steely
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Rachel Steely
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Jessica Mason
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Jessica Mason
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Band 4

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