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John A. Ferguson, Jr.

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2008
  • Recognized in:
    Employment Law - Management
    Labor Law - Management...
  • Law School:
    Texas Tech University
  • Website:
    http://www.sr-llp.com
  • Location:
    8000 IH 10 West, Suite 1600
    San Antonio, TX 78230

John A. Ferguson, Jr. is a partner with Schmoyer Reinhard LLP.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ferguson was a counsel with the international law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in the San Antonio office.

Mr. Ferguson’s practice concentrates on all aspects of labor and employment law, including traditional labor relations, litigation, arbitration and counseling. He represents employers in:  

  • Collective bargaining agreements and negotiations
  • Labor arbitrations
  • Union representation elections
  • Proceedings before the NLRB, EEOC and DOL
  • Defense of Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions
  • Wage and hour, and Family and Medical Leave Act matters
  • Title VII and state law employment discrimination litigation, including state law workers’ compensation retaliatory discharge actions
  • Service Contract Act  compliance issues for federal  government contractors
  • Advising management on personnel decisions, policies, and employee handbooks
  • Defense and prosecution of LMRA Section 301 actions in federal courts for enforcement of collective bargaining agreements, including  to enforce and vacate arbitration awards
  • Conducting training programs for managers and supervisors

Mr. Ferguson has over 30 years of experience in traditional labor relations law, especially the National Labor Relations Act. He has tried numerous unfair labor practice complaints to decision before the NLRB, and has represented employers in the appeal of those decisions in federal courts of appeals. He has guided employers through all aspects of the NLRB’s union representation election process. He has also arbitrated to award numerous union grievances before labor arbitrators for private as well as public sector employers and has served as lead negotiator for employers in the negotiation and renegotiation of  collective bargaining agreements.  

He served as a trial attorney with the National Labor Relations Board’s Houston Resident Office (1981-1986). He also served as a briefing attorney for the Honorable Carlos Cadena, Chief Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeals for the State of Texas.

 

 

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John A. Ferguson, Jr. is a partner with Schmoyer Reinhard LLP.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ferguson was a counsel with the international law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in the San Antonio office.

Mr. Ferguson’s practice concentrates on all aspects of labor and employment law, including traditional labor relations, litigation, arbitration and counseling. He represents employers in:  

  • Collective bargaining agreements and negotiations
  • Labor arbitrations
  • Union representation elections
  • Proceedings before the NLRB, EEOC and DOL
  • Defense of Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions
  • Wage and hour, and Family and Medical Leave Act matters
  • Title VII and state law employment discrimination litigation, including state law workers’ compensation retaliatory discharge actions
  • Service Contract Act  compliance issues for federal  government contractors
  • Advising management on personnel decisions, policies, and employee handbooks
  • Defense and prosecution of LMRA Section 301 actions in federal courts for enforcement of collective bargaining agreements, including  to enforce and vacate arbitration awards
  • Conducting training programs for managers and supervisors

Mr. Ferguson has over 30 years of experience in traditional labor relations law, especially the National Labor Relations Act. He has tried numerous unfair labor practice complaints to decision before the NLRB, and has represented employers in the appeal of those decisions in federal courts of appeals. He has guided employers through all aspects of the NLRB’s union representation election process. He has also arbitrated to award numerous union grievances before labor arbitrators for private as well as public sector employers and has served as lead negotiator for employers in the negotiation and renegotiation of  collective bargaining agreements.  

He served as a trial attorney with the National Labor Relations Board’s Houston Resident Office (1981-1986). He also served as a briefing attorney for the Honorable Carlos Cadena, Chief Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeals for the State of Texas.

 

 

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Education:

  • Texas Tech University , J.D., graduated 1980
  • Duke University , BA, graduated 1976

Bar Admissions:

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas

Affiliations:

  • Compadres Therapy - Board Advisor
  • Sam Antonio Bar Association - Member
  • State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
 

Awards:

  • Selected as a “Top Rated Lawyer” in Labor & Employment Law by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell in 2013 and 2014
  • Rated by his peers with the Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” rating
  • Named one of San Antonio’s best labor and employment lawyers in the area of Employment Litigation Defense by S.A. Scene in 2011, 2012, 2015 - 2019.
  • Named by peers for inclusion in the 2008 – 2019 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment

State Clerkships:

  • Texas - Court of Appeals

Special Focus:

  • Management
 

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Schmoyer Reinhard LLP
http://www.sr-llp.com
 
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8000 IH 10 West, Suite 1600
San Antonio, TX 78230
(210) 447.8033
 
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