Labor & Employment Law Section
Provides a forum for employment law practitioners to study employment law issues as well as to meet and mingle with other employment law attorneys. The Section holds monthly CLE meetings, an evening seminar dealing with a specific area of employment law, and organizes social events including a reception for judges.
Meeting Schedule:
The Section hosts monthly CLE luncheons at the Belo at noon on the third Monday of each month.
Upcoming speakers and topics (date, speaker(s), topic):
Monday, February 20, 2012: Nick Bettinger, McDonald Sanders, P.C., "Ethical Social Networking in Labor and Employment Law" (Ethics 1.00)
Section News:
Mediation Volunteer Program:
The Employment Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association offers a mediation volunteer program to both state and federal courts. The program provides a volunteer attorney to “assist and advise” a pro se plaintiff and a volunteer mediator who donate their time for a “one-time” mediation. The program has been operating successfully for a number of years, and is in dire need of volunteer attorneys to “assist and advise” the pro se plaintiffs and of mediators to conduct the mediation sessions.
Will you please participate in our program? Participation means we will add you to our list and call you on a rotating basis. With enough volunteers, it is unlikely we would call more than once a year. You may decline if we call. If you accept, we provide information for a conflict check.
If you are willing to participate, please email Sandra K. Lauro at sandy.lauro@sjmneuro.com and please copy on the email Emily Thompson at emilythompson@andrewskurth.com. Emily Thompson is a paralegal at Andrews & Kurth who has graciously helped administer this program since its inception. Please indicate whether you would like to volunteer as an attorney to represent a pro se plaintiff or as a mediator (volunteering as a mediator requires some mediation experience). Also, be sure to provide your contact information, including your office address, office telephone number and any other numbers where you can be reached.
An overview of the Mediation Volunteer Program is available on this site under Section Downloads. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your consideration!
Best Regards,
Sandra K. Lauro
Section Officers:
Name: Christine Neill
Officer Position: Chair
Firm: Neill & Byrne PLLC
Firm Address: 2214 Main Street
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Business Phone: (214) 748-7777
Email: cneill@neillbyrnelaw.com
Name: Ryan Griffitts
Officer Position: Vice-Chair
Firm: Littler Mendelson
Firm Address: 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 1500, LB 116
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Business Phone: (214) 880-8100
Email: rgriffitts@littler.com
Name: Joe Gillespie
Officer Position: Secretary
Firm: Gillespie, Rozen, Watsky, & Jones, P.C.
Firm Address: 3402 Oak Grove Avenue
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75204
Business Phone: (214) 720-2009
Email: josephgillespie@grwlawfirm.com
Name: Bobby Lee
Officer Position: Treasurer
Firm: Lee & Braziel, LLP
Firm Address: 1801 N. Lamar, Suite 325
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Business Phone: (214) 749-1400
Email: lee@l-b-law.com
Name: Cecilia Morgan
Officer Position: Immediate Past Chair
Firm: JAMS - The Resolution Experts
Firm Address: 8401 N. Central Expwy., Suite 610
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75225
Business Phone: 214-739-1979
Email: cmorgan@jamsadr.com
Name: Kim Askew
Officer Position: DBA Board Advisor
Firm: K&L Gates LLP
Firm Address: 1717Main Street, Suite 2800
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Business Phone: (214) 939-5500
Email: kim.askew@klgates.com
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Section Membership
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Labor & Employment Law Section, please send a letter of request and a $20.00 membership fee to:
DBA
2101 Ross Ave
Dallas TX, 75201
Please note that you must be a member of the Dallas Bar Association to join a section. If you have any questions regarding sections membership, please contact the membership department at the Dallas Bar.
Section Admin-Mass E-mail/Roster
