Texas Employment Law Alliance Representative

Our Representative

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Office Address

2200 Ross Avenue
Suite 2200
Dallas
Texas
75201-6776
United States

Phone Number

(214) 740-8579

Fax Number

(214) 756-8579

Firm

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Main Office Address

2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
Dallas, TX 75201-6776
United States

Office Locations

Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento, Washington D.C.

Firm Phone Number

(214) 740-8641

Firm Fax Number

(214) 740-8800

Firm Website

Personal Background

Kelly Thurman focuses exclusively on employment and labor law and litigation.  She represents employers in state and federal court cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, employment torts and unfair competition.  She has defended numerous local, regional, and national employers in federal and state court litigation.

Ms. Thurman has extensive experience representing employers before various federal and state administrative agencies, including the EEOC, Department of Labor, NLRB, and the Texas Workforce Commission-Civil Rights Division.  She also counsels employers on compliance with state and federal employment and labor laws, including daily advice and counsel to human resources, legal, and executive personnel on employee discipline and termination matters.  She received her B.A. in Criminal Justice, cum laude, from the University of Texas at Arlington and her J.D., summa cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law.

Firm Background

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP is a full-service, national law firm of approximately 700 attorneys with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento and Washington, D.C.  Locke Lord was formed on October 2, 2007, after the combination of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP, a national firm headquartered in Chicago.

Our labor and employment lawyers represent management exclusively in all kinds of employment litigation and before government agencies such as the NLRB, EEOC, OSHA, DOL, and OFCCP. In addition, we devote a substantial part of our practice to counseling, in-house training and union avoidance issues. Above all, we strive to provide the finest legal services by bringing to bear experience, intellect, industry knowledge and intense commitment to our clients.

Firm Practice Areas

Accounting Malpractice, Administrative and Regulatory, Admiralty and Maritime, Antitrust, Appellate, Aviation, Bank Regulatory and Transactions, Banking and Financial Institutions Litigation, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Bonds and Securitizations, Business Litigation and Arbitration, Capital Markets and Transactions, Class Actions, Construction, Corporate and Securities, Direct Insurance, E Commerce, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Energy, Energy Litigation, Entertainment, Media and Sports, Environmental, Financial Institutions Regulation, Health Care, Insurance, International Arbitration, Intellectual Property Litigation, IP Pharmaceutical, IP Transactional, Labor and Employment, Legislative and Administrative, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mergers Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, Oil & Gas, Print & Broadcast Media, Product Liability, Public Finance, Public Law and Government Affairs, Public Utilities and Regulated Industries, Real Estate & Finance, Reinsurance, REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts, Securitization, Taxation Trusts and Estates, Technology and Commercial Transactions (including information law), Title Insurance, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Venture Capital Finance, White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigations.