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| | Address | | 3402 Oak Grove Avenue, Suite 200 | | Dallas, Texas 75204 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| Gillespie, Rozen, Watsky & Jones, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Employment and Labor Law. | | Year Established: 1990 | Firm Profile:
The firm represents labor organizations and employees in labor and employment matters. The firm's attorneys have extensive trial, arbitration, mediation, appellate, and office experience concerning all aspects of labor & employment law, including the pursuit of both individual and class actions involving harassment and discrimination (race, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability), retaliation and whistleblower claims (including Sarbanes-Oxley claims), wrongful discharge, breach of contract, fraud, defamation, tortious interference with contract, and claims brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. In addition, the firm handles a full range of union representation, including labor arbitrations and matters under the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act. Four of the five partners and the Of Counsel attorney are Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm can be found in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers under labor and employment law. | | Firm Size: 9 | Rate Information:
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Discover | | Hal K. Gillespie (Member) born Orlando, Florida, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1973, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1974, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with honors, 1969; J.D., with honors, 1972). Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Dallas and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Labor Law Section). (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Reported Cases: Olitsky vs. Spencer Gifts, Inc., 964 F.2d 1471 (5th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 61 FEP Cases 1507 (1992); George vs. Farmers Elec. Cooperative, Inc., 715 F.2d 175 (5th Cir. 1983); Black Fire Fighters Assn. of Dallas, Texas City of (CA 5, 92-147), 4/18/94, 19 F3d 992; aff'g 60:349. Practice Areas: Wrongful Discharge Law; Wrongful Termination; Defamation; Age Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Labor (Union) Law. Email: Hal K. Gillespie | | Yona Rozen (Member) born Oakland, California, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1984. U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1974); Vanderbilt School of Law (J.D., 1978). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Labor and Employment Section, 1991-1992); National Employment Lawyers Association; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor (Union) Law; Employment Law; Employment Discrimination Law; Sexual Harassment; Age Discrimination. Email: Yona Rozen | | David K. Watsky (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1987, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1983); Tulane University (J.D., 1986). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); Louisiana State, Dallas and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Employment Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Union Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Discrimination; Sexual Harassment. Email: David K. Watsky | | James A. Jones (Member) born Palestine, Texas, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1994, Minnesota. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.B.A., 1980); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane Law Review, 1981-1983. Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, Tulane University School of Law, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to Hon. Carolyn Dineen Randall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1983-1984. Member: Dallas, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Family and Medical Leave Act; Sexual Harassment; Wrongful Termination. Email: James A. Jones | | Cheryl R. Drazin (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2000). Recipient: Outstanding Teacher Quizmaster, 1999-2000; Consul Award, 2000. Associate Editor, The Review of Litigation, 1999-2000. Author: "Legislating Religious Liberty Locally: The Possibility of Compelling Conflicts," 19 Review of Litigation 289 (2000). Member: Dallas (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Cheryl R. Drazin | | —————————— | | Joseph H. Gillespie (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Member: Dallas Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; Dallas-Fort Worth National Employment Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association; Texas Employment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Joseph H. Gillespie | | Karla S. Jackson (Associate) born Center, Texas, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Centenary College (B.A., cum laude, 2000); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, State Bar of Texas, Labor and Employment Section's Best Law Review Article Award, 2002. Listed, Who's Who Among American Law Schools, 2002-2003. Associate Editor, The Scholar Law Review, 2002-2003. Author: "Is Anything Ever Free?: NAFTA's Effect on Union Organizing Drives," 4 SCHOLAR 307, 2002. Member: Dallas (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association for Young Lawyers; J.L. Turner Legal Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Union Labor Law. Email: Karla S. Jackson | | M. Jeanette Fedele (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, 1970; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Benedictine College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2003). Briefing Attorney to Hon. Douglas S. Lang, Texas Fifth Court of Appeals, 2003-2004. Associate Managing Editor, The International Lawyer, 2002-2003. Associate Managing Editor, Law and Business Review of the Americas, 2002-2003. Author: "NAFTA on the Move: Free Movement of Workers," NAFTA, 2002. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); State Bar of Texas; National Employment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: M. Jeanette Fedele | | James D. Sanford (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1999); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: James D. Sanford |
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