Ted Smith is a Board-Certified Labor and Employment attorney who specializes in representing employers and individuals in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, from training and advice to litigation and appeal. In particular, Mr. Smith has significant experience in litigating and counseling clients regarding federal and state employment statutes (including Title VII, the TCHRA, the FLSA, the ADEA, the ADA, ERISA, COBRA, the WARN Act, and the NLRB), as well as non-competition and trade secret matters, wrongful discharge matters, individual employee rights issues, retaliation under workers’ compensation laws, and matters related to unions and individual employee arbitrations.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Smith served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where among other aspects of his practice, he litigated federal labor and employment claims before the EEOC, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Office of Special Complaints. Thereafter, he continued his Labor and Employment law practice at the national labor law firm of Littler Mendelson in Dallas, and then with the Austin office of Jenkens & Gilchrist. In 2003, Mr. Smith co-founded the law firm of Cornell Smith Mierl Brutocao Burton, LLP.

Mr. Smith is also a certified mediator. With over 30 years of litigation experience in representing clients on both sides of the docket, Mr. Smith is well-suited to assist parties with alternative dispute resolutions in a wide range of civil litigation matters and disputes. Schedule a half-day or full-day mediation with Ted Smith.

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