HOUSTON, TX (April 9, 2012) - Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that Ruthie N. White and Will Stukenberg have joined the firm’s Houston office as Partner and Of Counsel, respectively. Both attorneys were formerly with employment law boutique Meyer White LLP, which was co-founded by Ms. White.
“We are excited to welcome Ruthie and Will to our office,” said Teresa Valderrama, Managing Partner of Jackson Lewis’ Houston office. “Both are premier employment lawyers who are well-known throughout the Texas area, and their decision to join us reflects the firm’s focus on securing the highest level of professional talent in our constant drive to provide top notch legal work and unparalleled client service. Ruthie’s and Will’s combined experience and ties to the local legal and business communities will help us serve our clients better than ever.”
“Will and I could not be happier to be joining Jackson Lewis, a firm we have long been familiar with due to its ever-growing national footprint,” said White. “Our clients will undoubtedly benefit from the firm’s extensive reach, as well as its impressive roster of specialized practice areas - its Employee Benefits Counseling and Litigation expertise in particular, as that is an area of growing significance for our clients.”
Ms. White has more than two decades of legal practice and business experience. Prior to founding Meyer White, Ms. White practiced employment law as a Partner at Jones Day, where she had an active trial practice handling cases for a variety of multinational employers in state and federal courts. She also served for 12 years as a human resources manager and in-house counsel at Conoco, Inc. Ms. White, who has been named a “Rising Star” by Texas Super Lawyers, regularly advises employers on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including policy drafting, investigation of alleged employee misconduct, implementation of disciplinary and job performance procedures and development of selection criteria for reductions in force.
She has served as an employment law adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law and on the boards of non-profit organizations including the Association of Women Attorneys Foundation and the Fort Bend County Women’s Center. Ms. White is a founder of The Downtown Group, a 200-member networking organization of African American female attorneys, and contributes to the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. She earned her J.D. from South Texas College of Law, where she was a member of the South Texas Law Review, a B.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and her M.B.A. from the University of Houston. She is admitted to practice in Texas.
Mr. Stukenberg, who previously worked at Jones Day and Littler Mendelson before joining Meyer White, is an experienced trial attorney who has litigated virtually every type of workplace dispute in numerous forums. His litigation experience ranges from employment discrimination claims to noncompetition agreements/breach of contract claims to ERISA violations. He has an active class action practice and has successfully defended numerous lawsuits alleging FLSA violations.
Mr. Stukenberg was named a 2012 “Rising Star” by Texas Super Lawyers. He received his J.D. summa cum laude from South Texas College of Law, where he was a member of the South Texas Law Review, and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He is admitted to practice in Texas.
Jackson Lewis’ Houston office can be reached by calling (713) 650-0404.
About Jackson Lewis
Founded in 1958, Jackson Lewis, dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law, is one of the fastest growing workplace law firms in the U.S., with almost 700 attorneys practicing in 49 locations nationwide. We have a wide-range of specialized practice areas, including: Affirmative Action and OFCCP Planning and Counseling; Disability, Leave and Health Management; Employee Benefits, including Complex ERISA Litigation and Executive Compensation; Global Immigration; Labor, including Preventive Practices; Litigation, including Class Actions, Complex Litigation and e-Discovery; Non-Competes and Protection Against Unfair Competition; Wage and Hour Compliance; Workplace Safety Compliance and Corporate Diversity Counseling. In addition, Jackson Lewis provides advice nationally in other workplace law areas, including: Reductions in Force, WARN Act; Corporate Governance and Internal Investigations; Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management; International Employment Issues; Management Education, including e-Based Training; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Public Sector Issues; Government Relations; Collegiate and Professional Sports; and Privacy, Social Media and Information Management.
For the 11th consecutive year, Jackson Lewis has been recognized for delivering client service excellence to the world’s largest corporations, once again earning a spot on the BTI Client Service A-Team. Jackson Lewis has also been recognized by in-house counsel of Fortune 1000 companies after a comprehensive survey, as “the single highest-ranked firm clients want by their side in employment battles.” In addition, Jackson Lewis is ranked in the First Tier nationally in the category of Labor and Employment Litigation, as well as in both Employment Law and Labor Law on behalf of Management in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms,” and is recognized by Chambers and Legal 500. As an “AmLaw 100” firm, Jackson Lewis has one of the most active employment litigation practices in the United States, with a current caseload of over 5000 litigations and approximately 300 class actions. And finally, Jackson Lewis is a charter member of L & E Global Employers’ Counsel Worldwide, an alliance currently of 12 workplace law firms in 12 countries.
Additional information about Jackson Lewis can be found at www.jacksonlewis.com.
For more information, please contact:
Lara Hamm
T: (703) 483-8373
Email: hamml@jacksonlewis.com