Areas of Specialization:
Labor
and employment law; business law; personnel management.
Background:
Larry is an experienced lawyer. He is Board Certified in
Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and
represents companies and executives in all types of labor and employment
matters, including wrongful termination and employee disloyalty litigation,
development of personnel policies, implementation of workforce reductions,
negotiation and drafting of employment agreements and compensation packages,
union avoidance and collective bargaining, and investigations and
administrative proceedings. Larry has tried cases to verdict, judgment and
decision in state and federal court, before administrative agencies, and in
arbitration, and he has negotiated hundreds of executive compensation packages
on behalf of business executives.
Larry has been named a Texas “Super Lawyer” eight times by
Thomson Reuters (2003-2005 and 2008-2012) and was recognized as a “Leading
Labour Lawyer of the World” by Euromoney in 2003. Larry served as
President and General Counsel of HR Houston and as an instructor for the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission’s Technical Assistance Program. Larry is a
member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Society for
Human Resource Management and other professional organizations and currently
serves as President of Jones Partners. He is a regular speaker at national and
regional human resources conferences, has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Houston Chronicle, and other publications, and has authored
numerous articles on employment law topics. Before founding Stuart PC (a
boutique labor and employment law firm), Larry was a partner at Baker &
McKenzie and co-director of the labor and employment practice at Legge Farrow.
* B.A. (1991), University of California,
Irvine
* J.D. (1995), Tulane University School
of Law