• Labor and Employment
  • Employment Litigation
  • EEOC and FEPA
• Chemical and Refining Industry Team

Neil Martin is a management labor attorney who represents employers in labor, civil rights, employment contracts, contract negotiations, non-competition covenants, arbitration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), wage and hour, age discrimination, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and equal credit matters.

Mr. Martin has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, and various other federal and state appellate and district courts and agency boards.

Since 2003, Mr. Martin has been annually recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Media Inc.

Mr. Martin currently represents:

• Chemical manufacturers
• Contractors
• Financial institutions
• Manufacturers
• Oil companies
• Real estate developers
• Retailers and wholesalers

Mr. Martin’s representative matters include:

• Contract negotiations
• Employment contracts
• Extensive class action discrimination cases
• Non-competition covenants
• OSHA matters
• Union elections

• J.D., Baylor Law School (1967)
• B.B.A., Baylor University (1964)
  • Accounting

Publications

• Author, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Southwestern Legal Foundation.
• Co-Author, Discrimination Cases Under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, S. Tex. L. J.
• Co-Author, Obtaining Injunctions in Non-Competition Cases, Hous. B. Ass'n J.
• Author, Office Self-Expression, Managing Workplace Conflicts, Aug. 2002.
• Author, Workplace Tensions, Managing Workplace Conflicts, July 2002.
• Author/Contributor, FMLA Can Confound Employers, Oct. 2002.
• Author/Contributor, U.S. Workplace Informants, CBS Market Watch, Feb. 2003.
• Author, Improve the Value of Your Organization, Avoid Litigation Through Effective Diversity Training, Managing Workplace Conflicts, Sept. 2003.
• Author, Flexible Work Program Must Make Sense for Employer and Worker, Managing Workplace Conflicts, Nov. 2003.

Speeches

• Author/Speaker, “Practical Tips on Defending and Enforcing Non-Compete Covenants in Texas,” Annual Meeting, Labor and Employment Law Section, State Bar of Texas, June 2005.
• Author/Speaker, Advanced Business Drafting Course, Employment Agreements, State Bar of Texas, 1993.
• Author/Speaker, "Immigration Law Update," Council on Education in Management, 1993.
• Author/Speaker, Personnel Law Update, Houston, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, Advanced Business Drafting Course, Employment Agreements, State Bar of Texas, 1991.
• Author/Speaker, "Employment Law," Executive MBA Program, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "The Make Whole Remedy in Discharge Cases," National Academy of Arbitrators, Southwest Regional Conference.
• Author/Speaker, "Recent EEOC Developments," National Association of Manufacturers, Industrial Relations Conference, Dallas, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "Equal Credit Opportunity Act," Greater Houston Bankers Compliance Association.
• Author/Speaker, "Deal Making in the Arts: Legal, Financial and Marketing Considerations," The University of Texas School of Law.
• Author/Speaker, "Contract Employment, Employment at Will, Drug Testing, and Polygraph Testing," Thirty-Eighth Annual SWPA Conference, Dallas, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "Equal Employment Opportunity Developments and Implications for International Organizations and Multi-National Companies," Southwest Roundtable, Houston, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "The Theory of Case Law Regarding Drug Testing in the Work Place," ALMACA Conference, Houston, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "Wrongful Discharge Litigation," Labor Law Institute, South Texas School of Law.
• Author/Speaker, "Employee Selection in Testing," Employment Law Institute, South Texas School of Law.
• Author/Speaker, "Affirmative Action Obligations of Government Contractors," American Institute of Banking.
• Author/Speaker, "Legal Problems of Museum Administration," American Bar Association and Texas Bar Associations of Museums, Smithsonian Institution.
• Author/Speaker, "Labor Relations In the 1990s," NAWGA/IFDA Human Resources Conference, Dallas, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "Litigation and Jury Selection in Age Discrimination Cases," Labor Law Institute, South Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas.
• Author/Speaker, "Recent Developments in ADA Matters," Texas Bank Counsel Association, 1995.

Other Engagements

• Contributor, Suspicious Minds, CBS Market Watch, Feb. 2002.
• Contributor, Wage & Hour Issues, Industrial News, July 2002.

• Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Labor and Employment Law Section
    • Member, Labor Law Specialization Approval Committee
  • Former Council Member
• Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Member, American Bar Association
  • Labor and Employment Law Section
• Member, Houston Bar Association
  • Labor & Employment Law Section
  • Council Member
• Member, Liaison Committee, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor
• Member, Texas Labor & Employment Law Advisory Commission
• Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
• Former Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston, Texas

• Recognized, The Best Lawyers in America (Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith eds., Woodward/White, Inc.) (2008–2013)
  • Employment Law – Management
• Recognized, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Tom Wicker, ed., Chambers & Partners) (2006–2011)
  • Labor & Employment [Texas]
• Recognized, Texas Super Lawyer, Law & Politics Media Inc. as published in Texas Monthly (each year since its first publication in 2003)
  • Employment and Labor
• Recognized, Houston Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine (2006, 2011, 2012)
  • Labor and Employment
• Recognized, AV^® Preeminent^™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell^® PEER REVIEW RATINGS^™

• HALA
• Houston Ballet Society
• Houston Holocaust Museum
• River Oaks Breakfast Association