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| Michael W. Fox |
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Shareholder
Office(s):
Austin
p: 512-344-4711
f: 512-344-4701
Practice Area(s):
Labor and Employment, Litigation, Records Retention and E-Discovery Practice Group
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Bio:
Mr. Fox has more than thirty years of experience representing employers, has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1980 and is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has been regularly listed in the Best Lawyers in America in Labor and Employment Law, as a Texas Monthly “Super Lawyer” in employment litigation and as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA, where he was characterized by clients as a “great trial lawyer” with a “knack of identifying the points in the case to focus on.”
Mr. Fox defends employers in employment law litigation all across Texas, including successfully defending the first male on male sexual harassment case tried to a jury in Texas. He has had jury trials in the four largest cities in Texas as well as other parts of the state including Amarillo, Texarkana and El Paso.
In addition to jury trials, he has represented employers in more than 25 arbitration hearings on non-labor matters including race, sex and national origin discrimination, wage and hour claims, breach of contract and enforcement of covenants not to compete.
Mr. Fox also has extensive experience representing employers in collective actions under the FLSA. In 2008, he was successful in decertifying a class of more than 1,000 opt-ins and then obtaining a favorable jury verdict in the claims of the named plaintiffs.
In July, 2002, Mr. Fox started the first employment law related web log, Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer, now affiliated with law.com Mr. Fox is also the Editor of HR Specialist, Texas Employment Law, a National Institute of Business Management publication and regularly contributes content to BusinessManagementDaily.com. |
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Education:
J.D. with high honors, University of Texas, 1975. Member of Order of the Coif
B.A., with honors, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1972 |
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Admitted to Practice:
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas |
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Publications:
Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer
HR Specialist, Texas Employment Law Editor (National Institute of Business Management) |
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Activities:
American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section, Texas State Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section, Society for Human Resource Management, Management Labor & Employment Roundtable, Fellow - College of Labor and Employment Lawyers |
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