Scott McDonald

Practice Areas

Class Actions; Staffing, Independent Contractors and Contingent Workers; Transportation; Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets; Whistleblowing and Retaliation

Career

Scott McDonald has represented clients in all areas of employment and labor law for more than 20 years. Among his notable successes, he secured injunctions enforcing non-compete agreements in three consecutive cases involving quantitative analysts in the high-frequency trading industry. McDonald led teams in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes that resulted in the protection of millions of dollars of intellectual property. He has served as counsel for amicus curiae that successfully pursued arguments for the use of a new non-compete test and partial reversal of the Texas Supreme Court's interpretation of Texas law on non-compete agreements. In another precedent-setting matter, McDonald helped design a creative trade secret protection argument that established a new test for pre-lawsuit deposition actions in Texas.

He has written and contributed to numerous books and articles on employment law. McDonald has been relied upon as a commentator on employment law subjects by both local and national media. He is a frequent speaker at employment law seminars and has served as a guest lecturer at local universities and colleges.

Professional Memberships

American Law Institute; Dallas Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section; Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Association of Business, Texas State Employee Relations Committee

Publications

Texas Employment Law Handbook, Texas Association of Business, Chapter Editor and Contributing Author, 2004-2013; Drafting and Enforcing Covenants Not to Compete, Bloomberg BNA, McDonald & Lichty, 2009; Employment Arbitration Agreements: A Practical Guide, Aspen Publishers, 2009; Tortious Interference, Bloomberg BNA, 2003-present; Covenants Not to Compete: State-by-State Survey, Bloomberg BNA, 1996-present; Employee Duty of Loyalty, Bloomberg BNA, 1996-present; Trade Secrets: A State-by-State Survey, Bloomberg BNA, 1996-present

Personal

J.D., University of Texas School of Law; B.A., University of Texas, El Paso