Cases & Results for Law Done Right

• Executive Severance Negotiation

  Houston, Texas

  Represented executive in negotiating separation agreement involving severance payments, non-compete provisions, and use of executive’s copyrighted intellectual property.
• Partner Non-Compete Agreement and Severance

  Houston, Texas

  Represented doctor who was partner in medical group in dispute regarding overbroad non-competition agreement, and negotiated severance agreement with practice group.

  Schreiber | Knockaert was able to dramatically reduce restrictions in non-compete and negotiate favorable settlement for doctor.
• Wage and Hour / Overtime

  San Antonio, Texas

  Represented multiple employees of oilfield services company who were not paid overtime on long and dangerous jobs.

  Successfully sued company and obtained confidential settlement for overtime owed and attorneys’ fees.

• Employee Sexual Harassment

  Confidential Settlement

  Houston, Texas

  Represented male administrative employee of school district who was sexually harassed by a female superior and constructively discharged (fired) from employment. Case settled after depositions of plaintiff and supervisor, for five times the amount of pre-suit offer from defendant.
• Defamation & Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

  Jones v. Deep South Crane & Rigging

  Houston, Texas

  Represented employee in male-on-male sexually based defamation by supervisor, and intentional infliction of emotional distress for bullying by supervisor as way to control workers on heavy-industrial worksite.

  Confidential settlement reached just prior to jury questioning.
• Retaliation / Wrongful Termination

  Confidential settlement

  Philippe Heusdain v. Spartan Flow Control Services, LLC

  San Antonio, Texas

  Representing former Spartan Flow Control employee who was fired for participating in wage/hour overtime lawsuit against Spartan, when his wife was 8 ½ months pregnant, taking his job, his health insurance and truck on two hours’ notice.

  Confidential settlement reached

• ERISA – Wrongful Termination

  Confidential Settlement

  Galicia v. Wal-Mart

  Sealy, Texas

  Represented employee with Hepatitis C, who was fired under pretext after utilizing insurance benefits for expensive, prescribed and approved Hep C medicine. Company cut off health benefits and initially contested unemployment, leading to break in treatment with potentially life-saving cure.

  Confidential settlement reached

Representative Pending Cases

• Age Discrimination

  Dr. John McNeely v. UT Health

  Houston, Texas

  Representing anesthesiologist terminated by UT Health to lower costs by hiring a replacement under the age of 40.