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Gavin Martinson is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Labor and Employment Law, and he dedicates his practice to partnering with employers through all phases of counseling and litigation. Gavin regularly advises clients on employment issues, conducts investigations, and provides pragmatic counsel for handling personnel decisions and avoiding litigation. When employers face government agency complaints or litigation in state or federal court, Gavin has a track record of bringing such disputes to successful resolution through cost-efficient, strategic, and zealous advocacy.
Gavin’s practice focuses on all legal issues impacting the employment relationship, including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, employment-related Constitutional claims, and civil rights issues. He has experience with virtually every federal and state labor and employment law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Texas Labor Code, and others.
As a member of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group, Gavin dedicates much of his practice to representing employers in federal and state courts of appeal. Clients regularly rely on Gavin to defend favorable district court opinions or trial verdicts on appeal, or to seek reversal of unfavorable decisions. Gavin has achieved appellate victories (as both appellant and appellee) for numerous clients in several industries on various employment-related issues.
Before entering private practice, Gavin was a law clerk for Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Robert C. Jones of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Gavin received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School where he was a member of the Law Review. He earned his B.A. from Brigham Young University.
