Elizabeth A. "Liz" Schartz

Elizabeth A. "Liz" Schartz


Holland & Knight LLP

Recognized since 2008

Dallas, Texas

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

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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.

Location
  • One Arts Plaza, Suite 1500
    1722 Routh Street
    Dallas, TX 75201
Education
  • University of Kansas, J.D., graduated 1988
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Dallas Bar Association - Member
  • Employment Law360 - Editorial Board, 2010
  • Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas - Board of Directors
  • Southern Methodist University - Guest Lecturer in Law & Psychology course, 1994-1996
  • Thompson & Knight LLP - Partner
  • University of Kansas School of Law - Board of Governors, 2001-2004

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • Management
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

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