This book attempts to do something not done before in Texas: to bring together a summary of law, procedure, and provide forms to aid litigation counsel in handling cases in involving departing employees. To be sure, much has been written about many subjects covered herein-such as covenants not compete, trade secrets, confidentiality agreements, and injunction practice. But, never has anyone put all these issues in one place. After practicing in this area for over 30 years, it appeared that such a compilation would be useful and well received. Putting it together has taught me much, and I hope the reader finds it useful. We hope in particular that the reader finds the forms useful. We spend quite a bit of effort in tying the forms to the substantive presentations in the book with the hope that such effort would make them more intuitive. We are interested in any feedback about how to make the content or the forms serve the reader better.
Mark A. Shank is a partner at Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank.Since 1981, he has practiced labor and employment law and civiltrial law in Dallas, Texas, with a substantial part of his practicecentering on the subject matter of this book. Mr. Shank is BoardCertified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in labor andemployment law and civil trial law.He is a graduate of Missouri State (B.S.) University of Missouri(J.D.) and Southern Methodist University (LLM). He teacheslabor and employment law and law practice management as anadjunct professor at Southern Methodist University Law Schooland is a former chair of the labor and employment sections of theState Bar of Texas and Dallas Bar Association, a former presidentof the Dallas Bar Association, and a former chair of the TexasState Bar Foundation.