Amber’s national practice assists clients with traditional labor relations and litigation, employment advice and counseling, and complex employment litigation.
Amber is Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and is a trial lawyer who has extensive experience representing and advising clients in traditional labor relations, such as collective bargaining, representation elections, decertification elections, unfair labor practice charges, arbitrating grievances, contract administration and interpretation, and union avoidance strategies. Amber also serves as the Hiring Partner for the firm’s Dallas office.
Amber also provides strategic day-to-day advice and counseling for clients. As a part of Amber’s partnership with clients to avoid litigation, she frequently conducts and coordinates sensitive corporate investigations, and provides training presentations for clients on a multitude of topics such as pay equity, anti-harassment and anti-discrimination, diversity and inclusion, labor relations, and issues related to the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Amber’s litigation experience also includes regularly representing clients in wage and hour collective and class actions, trade secrets and post-employment restrictive covenant disputes, and complex employment discrimination. Amber’s practice also focuses on defending employers before administrative agencies, such as the NLRB, EEOC, DOL, and OFCCP. Regarding the OFCCP, Amber’s work focuses on affirmative action work and audit defense, and advising and counseling clients on various diversity and inclusion policies and practices. Amber represents clients in all industries, and has particular experience working with clients in the energy and utilities, financial institutions, health care, food processing, staffing, manufacturers, transportation, and retail sectors.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Amber M. Rogers
- Sending a Message? As the 2023 Reporting Deadline Approaches, the EEOC Files Suit Against 15 Employers - (Posted On Wednesday, June 12, 2024)
- Fast-Food Workers Flex PUMP Act Protections in Class Action Suits - (Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2024)
- SEC Enforcement Action: Investors Should Pay Close Attention to Changes in Investment Intent - (Posted On Tuesday, March 26, 2024)
- NLRB’s Final Joint Employer Rule Takes Effect This Month - (Posted On Wednesday, February 21, 2024)
- Wells Fargo Retail Branch Employees Vote to Join Union - (Posted On Friday, December 22, 2023)
- Get Your Bargaining Shoes On - (Posted On Friday, August 11, 2023)
- NLRB Restores Leniency for Employee Abusive Conduct and Workplace Outbursts - (Posted On Monday, May 15, 2023)
- The National Labor Relations Board Seeks to Regulate Discussions of Race in the Workplace - (Posted On Wednesday, April 05, 2023)
- NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance Memorandum Regarding Severance Agreements - (Posted On Friday, March 31, 2023)
- Under the Radar Laws Expand Protections for Pregnant Employees in the Workplace - (Posted On Friday, January 20, 2023)