Alan represents management in complex labor and employment law matters, including contract, trade secret and post-employment restrictive covenants, EEO litigation, collective bargaining and labor relations.

At Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Alan serves as co-head of the Unfair Competition & Information Task Force and Hiring Partner for the firm’s Texas offices. As part of Alan’s traditional labor practice he advises and represents clients through the development and negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor arbitrations. He defends clients and develops strategies for companies throughout the country in a number of industries including financial services, manufacturing, food services, communication, energy and retail sector. Alan represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board regarding ULP charges of all types.

Alan is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court: for the Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas and Northern District of Oklahoma.

Alan is a contributing author to the the firm’s Employment & Labor Perspectives blog.

Relevant Experience

• Extensive experience litigating trade secret and nondisclosure matters arising from employment and fiduciary relationships, including protection of intellectual property and other proprietary information.
• Defense of businesses in state and federal courts and in arbitrations against employment claims, such as breach of contract, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful discharge under state and federal EEO laws.
• Regularly engaged in transactional matters for publicly traded and privately held businesses to create employment and contractor agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and compensation plans.
• Negotiation of executive employment and compensation agreements in a wide variety of industries, including financial, insurance, construction, technology, utilities, hospitality and health care.
• Substantial experience in traditional labor matters, including collective bargaining, negotiation and strategy, union avoidance and matters before the National Labor Relations Board.
• Represented private equity and real estate investment company with regard to union negotiations and bargaining.
• Represented manufacturing company in holiday pay grievance filed by national and local union.
• Defended energy company before NLRB regarding 8(a)(5) Refusal to Bargain and Bad Faith Bargaining allegations.
• Counsels clients regularly on labor and employment issues fundamental to mergers and acquisitions.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, SMU Dedman School of Law, 1998Visiting Scholar, Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, 1997BA, The University of Texas, 1994

• Extensive experience litigating trade secret and non-disclosure matters arising from employment and fiduciary relationships, including protection of intellectual property and other proprietary information.
• Defense of businesses in state and federal courts and in arbitrations against employment claims, such as breach of contract, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful discharge under state and federal EEO laws.
• Regularly engaged in transactional matters for publicly-traded and privately-held businesses to create employment and contractor agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and compensation plans.
• Negotiation of executive employment and compensation agreements in a wide variety of industries, including financial, insurance, construction, technology, utilities, hospitality, and health care.
• Substantial experience in traditional labor matters, including collective bargaining, negotiation and strategy, union avoidance and matters before the National Labor Relations Board.
• Counsels clients regularly on labor and employment issues fundamental to mergers and acquisitions.

• Member, Sections of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
• Member, Sections of Labor and Employment Law, Dallas Bar Associations

• EEOC Gives Okay for Employer's Vaccine Incentive Programs in Certain Instances

  By Alan Marcuis |June 2021

• EEOC Seeks to Capitalize on #MeToo Movement to Combat Harassment

  By Alan Marcuis |August 2018

• Why Not Having an Employment Contract With Bank Officers Will Hurt You, Bank Director
• Fed's Stance on Trade Secrets Could Mean More Banker Bans, American Banker
• Keeping the Cat in the Bag; Protecting Company Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in an Age of Increased Employee Mobility, Financier Worldwide
• The Necessity of Employment Agreements with Bank Officers, Texas Independent Banker
• Texas Noncompete Law's Atty Fee Preemption Status In Limbo, Law360