Mike Maslanka believes that his role is two fold: to help clients manage the situation before the situation manages them and to make matters as simple and user friendly as possible for them. He brings 28 years of experience to those dual goals, including being the lead trial attorney in claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII, and Texas noncompete law. Chambers USA states that he is a "strong, insightful thinker" and takes a "holistic approach" to resolving his clients' challenges.
Mike has served as Adjunct Counsel to a Fortune 10 company where he provided multi-state counseling on employment matters. He has also served as a Field Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He serves on the Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Section, of the Dallas Bar Association and on the Planning Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the State Bar of Texas. He is a Barrister for the Inns of Court.
Recent Experience
- Obtained summary judgment in class action alleging that large municipality discriminated on the basis of race in selection of firefighters
- Tried to successful jury verdict in federal court claim of fraud and negligent misrepresentation
- Convinced courts to grant temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions in cases involving theft of trade secrets and employee non-competes
- Resolved on favorable terms, through litigation mediation, a multiparty claim brought against client by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging reverse race discrimination
Recent Publications
- Mike's blog can be accessed at www.texaslawyer.
typepad.com/work_matters
- Maslanka's Field Guide to the FMLA, American Lawyer Media, 2009
- Maslanka's Field Guide to the FLSA, American Lawyer Media, 2009
- Editor, Texas Employment Law Letter, January 1990 to the present
Honors and Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America – Labor and Employment Law
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2004 to present
- "Texas Super Lawyers" and "Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition" by Law & Politics magazine
- One of the "Top 100" lawyers in Texas, regardless of specialty by Texas Monthly magazine
- One the best lawyers in Dallas by "D" Magazine in 2003
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Tulane University Law School
J.D., cum laude, 1981
Cornell University
B.S., 1978
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Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA)
Discrimination
Labor Relations
Litigation
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Wage and Hour/FLSA
State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association