Acknowledgements

• Author: Laura M. Franze
• Pages: 12-12

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many people deserve thanks for their support of me and others in the project that became Texas

Employment Law. When this book was first published in 1998, there was no comprehensive or unified study

of state law in many of the areas we tackled. Because each author is a busy practitioner, our task was great

and the first edition took more than three years of work. As of this writing, we have updated book chapters

nine times (each year since 1998) and have added many new chapters to accommodate additions or evolution

in employment law. I am very grateful to many people who gave generously of their time in the preparation

of this book. I am especially grateful to my long-time secretary, Patricia Powers, who worked endless and

often tedious hours typing, proofing and generally shepherding each chapter through the writing, editorial and

publishing process.

Dozensof lawyersread andedited eachchapter andtheir commentarywas essentialto thefinal result.

James Publishing’s carefully chosen Editorial Board worked long and hard to make sure that this book is

accurate, fair and as comprehensive as possible. So many people contributed in so many ways that I am forced

to thank most only generically—thanks, you know who you are. Still, special thanks are due to Rani Garcia and

SandyLauro (whoarealso chapterauthors inthisbook), fortheirtirel essandcheerful assistanceinresearch,

drafting, and review and for their refinement of the forms section of this book. Thanks also goes to Brett Burns,

Andrew Gould, Marcia Jackson, Clay Hartmann, Shannon Schmoyer, Michele Kirk,Rola ndJuarez, Richard

Cortez,Tamara Jones, Justin Smith, Joshua Flynt, Christina Jump, and the many others who also assisted in

research, writing, editing and commenting on the text. This book would not exist without them.

Thanks, too, to the people at James Publishing, in particular, Lisa Dunne. Lisa’s numerous comments,

suggestions,and general good humor through every stage of the editorial process were invaluable. Finally,

I offer sincere and loving thanks to my family. My husband, Kenneth Morton, demonstrated remarkable

commitment (not to mention an incredible tolerance for boredom) by personally reading and commenting on

most of the chapters and making suggestions from a business person’s—not lawyer’s—perspective. Thanks too,

tomydaughter,Irena,andtomymother,CatherineFranze,whohasencouragedandsupportedmeineveryway

possible for as long as I can remember.

—LM.F