Bruce A. Koehler
Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan, P.C.
Recognized since 2010
El Paso, Texas
Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mr. Koehler’s practice includes all aspects of employment law and commercial litigation. His daily practice involves employment litigation, including ADEA, Title VII, ADA, workers' compensation retaliatory discharge, employment contracts and wage suits and commercial litigation. His trial experience in this area includes lead counsel in litigation of discrimination, retaliation, breach of employment contract and FLSA cases. He has also served as lead counsel in trials in deceptive trade practices, breach of contract, environmental and personal injury cases. Mr. Koehler routinely handles charges filed with EEOC and Wage & Hour Division and the Department of Labor. He has also handled a variety of OSHA matters, including contests of OSHA citations. He is very experienced in a variety of labor law matters, including collective bargaining agreement negotiations and union campaign defense.
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Location
- Stanton Tower, Suite 1000
100 North Stanton Street
El Paso, TX 79901
Education
- Texas Tech University, J.D. , graduated 1990
- Illinois College, B.A. magna cum laude, graduated 1986
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1990
Affiliations
- El Paso Bar Association - Past President (2011-12)
- El Paso Bar Foundation - Life Fellow and Member of Board of Directors
- El Paso Downtown Rotary - Member
- El Paso Young Lawyers Association - Past President
- Federal Bar Association - Member
- Labor and Employment Law Section, State Bar of Texas - Member
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- The George A. McAlmon American Inn of Court, September 2015-Present - Barrister
- Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee - Former District Chairman
- Yucca Council, Boy Scouts of America - Executive Board
Court Admissions
- United States District Court, Western District of Texas, 1991
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1991
- United States Supreme Court, 1995
- United States District Court, New Mexico, 2015
Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan, P.C.
El Paso, Texas
8 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award
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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Employment Law - Management, El Paso (2024)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, El Paso (2023)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, El Paso (2019)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, El Paso (2017)
- Employment Law - Management, El Paso (2016)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, El Paso (2015)
- Employment Law - Management, El Paso (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
- Employment
- Management
Awards:
- Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- AV Rating (Highest Possible) from Martindale-Hubbell
- Named Outstanding Young Lawyer of El Paso by El Paso Young Lawyer's Association, 1997-98
- Named Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly Magazine, Employment and Labor Law, 2007-15
- Outstanding Community Advocate, 2012 - Mexican-American Bar Association
- Selected to the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Selected to the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward White, Inc.– Employment Law, 2010-14
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