About the author

• Author: Laura M. Franze
• Pages: 11-11

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

LAURA M. FRAN ZE earned her law degree from Duke University

SchoolofLawin1979.Shecurrentlyisretiredfromthepracticeoflaw.

Ms.Franze was Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by

theTexas Board of Legal Specialization in 1984. In her 30+ years of

practice, she handled significant class-action litigation and litigation in

virtually all substantive areas of labor and employment law, including

discrimination,FLSA, and state wage and hour. She also represented

management in connection with strategic employment decisions;

restructuring; labor union relations; employment investigations; the

ADA,includingpublic accommodations;and employmentissues related

to mergers,acquisitions and restructuring. Ms. Franze tried nearly 100

arbitration cases and federal agency cases. As an accomplished trial

lawyer, she represented management to successful verdict in many

employment law cases, including regional and nationwide class actions

filedinTexas,California,NewMexico,Ohioandina dozenotherstates.

She was particularly experienced in defending management in actions

filedbyor involvingthegovernment byintervention,including theEEOC,the Departmentof Labor,theOFCCP,

theDepartmentofJustice,andStateAttorneyGeneralcases.

Ms.Franze  authored HotTopics and CommonlyAsked Questions; Chapter 1, Employment Relationship

Defined;Chapter 3, Wrongful Discharge; Chapter 13, Internal Investigations; Chapter 14,Arbitration of

EmploymentClaims; Chapter 19, Sex Discrimination; Chapter 20, Sexual Harassment; Chapter 23, Age

Discrimination;Chapter26, Retaliation;Chapter 28,Privacy Issuesin theWorkplace;Chapter29, Defamationin

theWorkplace;Chapter30,OtherWorkplaceTorts;Chapter31,DiscriminationClaimsUnderLaborCodeChapter

451;Chapter34,TexasWhistleblowerAct;andChapter37EthicalDilemmas.Shealsoeditedorcontributedtothe

updates of many other chapters in this two-volume set.