Brian J. Begle

Bar Admissions State Bar of Texas U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U. S. District Courts: Southern District of Texas Eastern District of Texas Northern District of Texas Memberships & Associations Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization Houston Bar Association Harris County Mayors and Councilmembers Association Education Doctor of Jurisprudence University of Houston Law Center, 1992 Bachelor of Science (Public Affairs) Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana), 1983 Professional Experience Olson & Olson, LLP Houston, Texas 2022 - Present Of Counsel Olson & Olson, LLP Houston, Texas 2018 - 2021 Managing Partner Olson & Olson, LLP Houston, Texas 2012 - 2017 Partner Olson & Olson, LLP Houston, Texas 1997 - 2012 Attorney City of Houston Houston, Texas 1992 - 1997 Assistant City Attorney City of Houston Houston, Texas 1984 - 1992 Legal Assistant Concentration Brian specializes in employment and labor law. He represents governmental entities at arbitration hearings, unemployment hearings, EEOC investigations, and regularly defends clients in lawsuits involving matters such as sexual harassment, discrimination, property rights, civil rights, whistleblower claims, personal injury, tort claims, and other employment related claims. Articles, Publications & Presentations Breaking Up is Hard to Do, presented at the Texas Municipal League Annual Conference, October 11, 2013, Austin, Texas Termination of At-Will Employees, presented to Texas City Attorneys Association, June 14-16, 2006, South Padre Island, Texas Consistency in Disciplinary Matters/Preparing for Civil Service Hearings, presented to Texas Public Employer Labor Relations Association/Civil Service Workshop, February 9, 2006, Dallas, Texas Disparate Impact and the ADEA, presented to the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, August 19, 2005, Austin, Texas Personnel Issues For The Governmental Employer, presented at Riley Fletcher Basic Municipal Law Seminar, February 25, 2005, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas Selecting an Arbitrator and Other Tricks of the Trade, presented to the Texas Public Employer Labor Relations Association, February 5, 2003, South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, Texas A Trio of Management Issues: Leave, Return to Work, and Reasonable Accommodation, presented to the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, July 15, 1998, El Campo, Texas Selecting A Third Party Hearing Examiner, presented at the Texas Municipal League Civil Service Workshop, March 7, 1996, Austin, Texas Cases Reese v. City of Hunters Creek Village, 95 S. W.3d 389 (Tex. App. - Houston [1st Dist.], pet. denied) City of Madisonville v. Murders, 10-13-00234-CV, 2014 WL 1518244 (Tex. App.—Waco Apr. 17, 2014, no pet.) Cities of Friendswood, League City, & Dickson v. Adair, 01-03-00205-CV, 2003 WL 22457996 (Tex. App.-Houston 1st Dist. Oct. 30, 2003, pet. denied) Graves v. Mack, 246 S. W.3d 704 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2007, no pet.) Alcala-Garcia v. City of La Marque, 2012 WL 5378118 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th], Nov. 1, 2012, no pet. history) Mills v. City of Port Arthur, Tex., No. CIVA 1:05-CV-298, 2006 WL 3531460 (E. D. Tex. Dec. 4, 2006), affd, 234 F. Appx 285 (5th Cir. 2007) Lewis v. San Jacinto County Appraisal Dist., 2010 WL 3784492 (S. D. Tex. Sept. 23, 2010) Benningfield v. City of Houston, 157 F.3d 369, 376 (5th Cir.1998) Tharling v. City of Port Lavaca, 329 F.3d 422, 428 (5th Cir. 2003)