When a new client sits across from me after losing a job they believe they were unlawfully denied or fired from, the conversation almost always turns to money — specifically, what they can recover in back pay and front pay.
hat that stack of paperwork really asks you to give up, and why it’s hard to take back.
Losing a job is one of the most stressful things that can happen. So, when your employer slides a severance agreement across
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees the right to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specific family and medical reasons. It’s one of the most widely used federal employment protections, but also one of the most misunderstood
Summary: The law separates the wages your employer cost you from the harm your employer did to you. The duty to mitigate has always applied to the first. In July 2026, the Fifth Circuit answered for the first time whether
Most people know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees and applicants who have disabilities. Fewer know it also protects people who don’t have a disability themselves but are closely connected to someone who does.
The ADA defines unlawful
If you work in health care in Texas, you have probably signed something with a radius in it. Maybe twenty-five miles. Maybe every location your employer operates. What the document says and what Texas law will let an employer actually
If you’ve started a new job in the last several years, there’s a good chance you signed an arbitration agreement without realizing it. It might have been buried in your onboarding paperwork, tucked into an employee handbook acknowledgment, or presented
One of the most common misconceptions employees have when they come to our office is this: “I wasn’t fired, so I probably don’t have a case.” That belief stops a lot of legitimate claims before they ever begin. The truth
Working through a disability, a pregnancy, or a serious health condition is hard enough without feeling like your employer is making it harder. If you asked for a change at work so you could keep doing your job, and got
Racial gaslighting rarely announces itself. It shows up as a nickname you never agreed to, a story about an incident that keeps shifting, work rules that seem to bend only when you’re the one following them, or a derogatory comment
