Practice Areas - Labor and Employment
- Investment Banking and Broker-Dealer
- Employment Litigation
- Counseling and Training
- Social Media
| - ERISA and Other Benefits Litigation
- Unfair Competition, Restrictive Covenants, and Fiduciary Litigation
- Labor and Employment Issues in Business Transactions
- Crisis Management
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 214-651-5628
Fax: 214-200-0455
http://www.haynesboone.com/Melissa_Goodman/
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| University | University of Iowa, B.A., 1991 |
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| Law School | Creighton University, J.D., cum laude, 1994 |
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| Admitted | 1994, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas |
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| Born | Sioux City, Iowa |
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| ISLN | 909840462 |
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| Transactions | Obtained a jury verdict for the employer in a class action case in which the class plaintiffs sought $10 million in actual damages and $20 million in punitive damages, which was affirmed on appeal. Successfully obtained and/or defended injunctions and litigated cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets, covenants not to compete, unfair competition, and other related torts in several states, arbitrations and in various courts of appeal. Draft covenants not to compete for employers and in business transactions. Successfully tried several employment law cases in federal and state courts. Extensive experience in federal and state appellate courts in employment-related cases. Extensive experience in ERISA-related cases representing plans, employers and administrators in several states, including successfully tried a multi-plaintiff lawsuit and obtaining summary judgments where plaintiffs sought several million in damages. Obtaining summary judgment for employers in lawsuits involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, and employment-related torts. Wage and hour litigation, including class actions under state law and collective actions under the FLSA. Advising and defending employers on whistleblower/retaliation claims, such as claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Counseling employers on various issues concerning hiring, disciplining and terminating employees, investigating sexual harassment and employee misconduct, and covenants not to compete. |
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