Elizabeth A. "Liz" Schartz

Recognized by Best Lawyers^® since 2008.

One Arts Plaza, Suite 1500, 1722 Routh Street Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 969-1700

Firm: Holland & Knight LLP

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Overview

Firm

Holland & Knight LLP

Years In Practice

Phone Number (214) 969-1700

Liz Schartz represents management in client counseling and litigation of employment and labor law matters. Her expertise includes litigating discrimination, wage-and-hour, employee benefit, and state-law contract and tort claims; counseling employers on sensitive personnel and complex employment law matters; workplace investigations; employee classification issues; executive compensation, change-in-control, and separation issues; drafting and litigating non-competition and related covenants; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act. She also represents professional and executive-level employees in negotiating employment and severance agreements and arrangements. As part of her practice, Liz regularly advises companies on the labor and employment aspects of corporate transactions, including management buyouts. Liz is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She chairs the Firm's Employment and Labor Law Practice Group.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?

Business Management

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Awards

The Best Lawyers In America® by Woodward/White Inc. (Labor and Employment Law); 2008-2013
Texas Super Lawyers® by Thomson Reuters (Employment Litigation: Defense, Employment & Labor); 2004, 2006-2012
Chambers USA by Chambers & Partners (Labor & Employment); 2012-2013

Education

University of Kansas, J.D.

Graduated 1988

Contact Details and Office Locations

Office: (214) 969-1700

One Arts Plaza, Suite 1500, 1722 Routh Street
Dallas, Texas 75201

Dallas, Texas 75201

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