Scott McDonald

Practice Areas

Class Action; Staffing, Independent Contractors and Contingent Workers; Transportation; Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets; Whistleblowing, Compliance and Investigations

Career

Scott 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

Education