Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, and Chair of Cantey Hanger’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, Laura Hallmon is a 1996 graduate of Baylor University and received her Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1999.
A career-long employment law litigator, Laura strives to offer her clients practical solutions to the variety of challenges that arise in the modern workplace, specifically focusing her practice on the prosecution and defense of a variety of state and federal employment law matters, including discrimination/harassment, retaliation, wage and hour disputes and restrictive covenants prohibiting competition/solicitation/trade secret disclosure. In addition to litigation, Laura also represents clients in a wide range of administrative proceedings and investigations conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, State Office of Administrative Hearings, and Texas Workforce Commission. Laura also counsels clients on litigation avoidance through effective employment practices and compliance, and regularly conducts independent, third-party investigations. Having completed the 40-Hour Mediation Training by The University of Texas at Austin School of Law’s Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, Laura likewise serves as a mediator in all varieties of civil disputes.
Laura was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in May of 1999 and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, each of the U.S. District Courts for the four Districts of Texas, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Laura is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation.
Laura began her practice with the Law Offices of David Fielding in March 1999, becoming a partner in January 2005. In September 2015, after nearly 11 years of serving clients together as Fielding, Parker & Hallmon, Laura, David and Frank Parker brought their Labor and Employment Law practice to Cantey Hanger.
Labor & Employment
Internal and Independent Investigations
Wage & Hour
Restrictive Covenants
Commercial Litigation
Executive Compensation & Benefits
Insurance Defense
Public & Regulatory
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1999
Baylor University, B.A., 1996
lhallmon@canteyhanger.com
(817) 877-2839
(817) 877-2807
600 W. 6th St., Suite 300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Fielding, Parker & Hallmon, LLP (January 2005 – August 2015)
Law Offices of David Fielding, LLP (March 1999 – December 2004)
Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court
Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas
Texas Mediator Credentialed, The University of Texas School of Law, Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution
Meritas Law Firms Worldwide
– Chair of U.S. Leadership Committee, September 2024 – Present
–Board of Directors, May 2021 – May 2024
–U.S. Leadership Committee, April 2019 – November 2022
–Litigation/Labor & Employment Group Steering Committee, July 2019 – June 2022
– Member Engagement Committee, May 2020 – April 2021
Baylor Line Foundation (originally the Baylor Alumni Association)
– Board of Directors, June 2016 – present
– Executive Committee, June 2016 – December 2022
– President, June 2019 – December 2021
Baylor Scott & White Health Research Institute, Institutional Review Board, 2014 – Present
Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2007 – Present
Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation, 2018 – Present
National Charity League, Inc.
– Member/Patroness, 2018 – 2024
– Board of Directors, 2019 – 2020
Junior League of Arlington, 2009 – Present
Girls Inc. of Tarrant County’s Summer SMART Camps Facilitator, 2014
Leadership Fort Worth, 2007 – 2008
Associate Member of the Eldon B. Mahon American Inn of Court, 2002 – 2003
American Bar Association, 1999 – Present
Tarrant County Bar Association
Labor and Employment Law Section
– Board of Officers, 2002 – 2006
– Section Chair, 2005 – 2006
Women’s Section
– Board of Officers, 2001 – 2006
– Section Chair, 2005 – 2006
National Adoption Day Committee, 2002 – 2004
Member, 1999 – Present
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