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Best Employment Lawyers in Austin

Ranked by how many employment cases each attorney has actually handled in Travis County, from public court records — not by self-reported practice areas.

Filings on file
1,288
Ranked attorneys
831
Most cases
165
John Foster Melton
Years covered
1999–2025
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Filings by year

1999: 5 filings'992000: 44 filings2001: 49 filings2002: 64 filings2003: 46 filings'032004: 57 filings2005: 56 filings2006: 42 filings2007: 50 filings'072008: 56 filings2009: 72 filings2010: 41 filings2011: 45 filings'112012: 43 filings2013: 45 filings2014: 52 filings2015: 51 filings'152016: 41 filings2017: 52 filings2018: 41 filings2019: 52 filings'192020: 20 filings2021: 60 filings2022: 47 filings2023: 37 filings'232024: 67 filings2025: 53 filings'25
Peak 2009 · 72 filings
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Employment attorneys

  1. 01John Foster MeltonThe Melton Law Firm · Austin165cases
  2. 02Kell Ascher SimonThe Law Offices of Kell a. Simon · Austin47cases
  3. 03Gary L. BledsoeAustin36cases
  4. 04Charles Ashley CallahanLaw Offices of C. Ashley Callahan, P.C. · Austin32cases
  5. 05Robert NotzonLaw Office of Robert S. Notzon · Austin22cases
  6. 06Bruce A. GriggsOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart · Austin19cases
  7. 07Brian S. Greig16cases
  8. 08Robert W. SchmidtRobert W. Schmidt Law Firm · Austin15cases
  9. 09Thomas Andrew NesbittNesbitt Legal PLLC · Austin15cases
  10. 10Russell Scott CookThe Cook Law Firm15cases
  11. 11Kerry Vincent O'BrienO'Brien Law Firm · W Lake Hills14cases
  12. 12Edward Mason SmithCornell Smith Mierl Brutocao Burton LLP · Austin13cases
  13. 13Austin Harris KaplanKaplan Law Firm · Austin13cases
  14. 14Gregory Lenn ReedBemis Roach & Reed · Austin12cases
  15. 15Dominic C. AudinoThe Law Offices of Dominic Audino · Marble Falls12cases
  16. 16Stephanie Simons RojoThompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP. · Austin12cases
  17. 17Wylie Emmett KumlerGermer Beaman & Brown, PLLC · Austin12cases
  18. 18Joanna Lippman SalinasFletcher Farley Shipman & Salinas · Austin11cases
  19. 19Alicia R. DulebaJackson Walker LLP · Austin11cases
  20. 20Nancy L. PattersonMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP · Houston11cases
  21. 21Steven M. SachsEspinoza & Brock, PLLC · San Antonio11cases
  22. 22Patrick S. RichterRigby Slack Lawrence Berger Pepper & Comerford, PLLC · Austin10cases
  23. 23Connie CornellCornell Smith Mierl Brutocao Burton, L.L · Austin10cases
  24. 24Emily Susannah FrostFrost Domel PLLC · Austin10cases
  25. 25Gunnar P. SeaquistBickerstaff Heath Delgado and Acosta LLP · Austin10cases
  26. 26Shafeeqa W. GiarrataniOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. · Austin10cases
  27. 27Daniel B. RossRoss * Scalise Law Group · Austin9cases
  28. 28James Matthew DowJackson Walker LLP. · Austin9cases
  29. 29Gregory D. JordanLaw Offices of Gregory D. Jordan · Burnet9cases
  30. 30Michael DeponteJackson Lewis P.C. · Dallas9cases
  31. 31Sherrard L. HayesHayes Law PLLC · Austin8cases
  32. 32Susan Perry BurtonCornell Smith Mierl Brutocao Burton · Austin8cases
  33. 33Randy HowryHowry Breen LLP · Austin8cases
  34. 34Scott Anthony BrutocaoCornell Smith Mierl & Brutocao LLP · Austin8cases
  35. 35Matthew Bradley BachopDeats, Durst & Owen, PLLC. · Austin8cases
  36. 36Nicole Michelle CongerThe Law Office of Nicole Conger, PLLC · Austin8cases
  37. 37Ellen SprovachThe Federal Employee Rights Law Firm · Houston7cases
  38. 38Michael James GoldenThe University of Texas School of Law · Austin7cases
  39. 39Peter Joel BartonTexas Civil Rights Project · Houston7cases
  40. 40Kimberly Kay Rives MiersLittler Mendelson P.C. · Austin7cases
  41. 41Elaine Fawcett EdwardsEscamilla & Poneck, LLP · San Antonio7cases
  42. 42Julie Christine TowerTeacher Retirement System of Texas · Austin7cases
  43. 43Jennifer A. PowellEichelbaum Wardell Hansen Powell & Muñoz, P.C. · Austin6cases
  44. 44Joseph William GagnonFisher Phillips, LLP · Houston6cases
  45. 45Norma Laura Erazo De SantosGordon & Rees LLP · Houston6cases
  46. 46James Jude SullivanLaw Office of James Sullivan6cases
  47. 47Manuel Alfonso Quinto-PozosDeats, Durst & Owen PLLC · Austin6cases
  48. 48Tonia Lea LucioRichards Rodriguez & Skeith LLP · Austin5cases
  49. 49P. Clark AspyNaman Howell Smith & Lee, PLLC · Austin5cases
  50. 50Joe K. CrewsWright & Greenhill, P.C. · Austin5cases

Also handling employment matters in Travis County

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Other practice areas in Austin

Civil Litigation 12,038Debt & Contracts 8,353Personal Injury 8,293Divorce 4,065Protective Orders 2,478Tax 2,286Family Law 2,219Felony Defense 1,588Child Custody & Support 1,051Property & Real Estate 365Misdemeanor Defense 340Criminal Defense 162Adoption 137

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Case counts reflect employment matters in Travis County public court records matched to each attorney's State Bar of Texas record. A higher count indicates more experience handling this case type in this county; it is not an endorsement or a measure of outcomes. Filing totals count each case once, so they are lower than the sum of the per-attorney counts above.