Practice Areas

Houston, Texas Employee Rights Law Firm

Protecting Employees in Texas and Across the Nation

Our passion at the Houston employment law firm of Shellist Lazarz, LLP is to represent employees who need advocacy in employment matters. We have the experience, the energy, and the resources needed to protect employee rights. We also provide consultant services to employers in areas such as sexual harassment prevention and training. Contact us for an initial consultation about your employee rights. In most practice areas, we offer a free initial consultation. In other areas, we ask for a low-cost initial consultation fee, individualized according to the overall circumstances of your case.

Our practice encompasses all areas of employment law, from the most basic to complex litigation matters. We are a full-service employment law firm offering everything from single-session reviews of contracts to representation in extensive lawsuits in state and federal courts. Shellist Lazarz represents clients in Texas and across the United States. We offer in-depth counsel and representation in the following employment law areas:

• Wage claims
• Overtime claims
• Wrongful termination claims
• Whistleblower lawsuits, including exercising the Qui Tam provision of the Federal Civil False Claims Act
• Discrimination based on age, gender, race, national origin, disability, religion, or pregnancy
• Sexual harassment, including opposite sex or same-sex harassment on the job from supervisors or coworkers, and the complaint and grievance procedures for claims of sexual harassment, such as filing complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Severance packages, including lump-sum payments and COBRA and ERISA claims involving such issues as long-term disability coverage
• Executive compensation, including salary, bonus, benefits, stock options and deferred compensation

In every employment law case, we apply our experience, knowledge and skills to achieve timely, satisfactory resolutions. We negotiate with employers, file administrative claims, and undertake lawsuits with the goal of bringing about justice, reform, and compensation for wronged employees.

Employment issues are extremely important in most people’s lives. Getting a job, keeping a job, getting a promotion, or negotiating a severance or retirement package are all significant events for every employee. Losing a job is a very stressful occurrence — with ripple effects impacting all facets of a person’s life. Your employment situation directly affects your family, your living situation, and your future plans — including the range of opportunities available to your children.

In addition to handling individual claims, the employment lawyers at Shellist Lazarz also represent groups of people in collective and class actions. Typically, if one employee in a particular type of job has his or her overtime pay rights violated, it affects more than just the single employee. We have handled collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with national reach and have helped hundreds of employees collect hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Employment Lawyers Committed To Employee Rights

If you are involved in an employment dispute, finding an attorney with extensive trial experience should be your first priority. Our Texas employment law firm offers quality representation to both employees and employers at an affordable cost. We have a depth of experience and knowledge unique for most law firms. Founded in March 1994, our firm is lead by attorneys who possess more than 50 years of combined experience representing employees who have been victimized at work, and employers faced with difficult employment-related issues. Employment law is constantly changing, and you need to find employment law attorneys who understand this area of the law. We assist clients who need to file administrative claims with government agencies, or need help with the filing of lawsuits in state and federal courts in Texas and across the country. Our settlement and trial record speaks for itself.

Additionally, our attorneys are members of the National Employment Lawyers Association, and we have contacts across the country in almost every area of employment law. If necessary, we will work with lawyers in other cities as local counsel to ensure that your rights are protected. We have also handled cases for senior-level key employees against international companies located in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East.

We subscribe to accepted standards of excellent employment law practice. We invite you to contact Shellist Lazarz, LLP to schedule a consultation on your employment law matter.