Profile
Angeles Garcia Cassin focuses her practice on labor and employment litigation and counseling as well as commercial litigation. In her preventative employment practice, she advises clients and defends against claims arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Angeles also handles litigation related to Title VII discrimination and retaliation as well as workers’ compensation retaliation claims. As a commercial litigator, Angeles helps represent companies with disputes over non-compete agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, and other breach of contract claims. Angeles represents clients in a variety of other types of commercial disputes where documents, witnesses, and/or clients require fluency in Spanish.
Concentrations
- Employment litigation
- Trade secret, non-compete, and breach of fiduciary duty litigation
- Commercial litigation
- Employment advising
- Employment-related diligence for corporate transactions
Capabilities
Experience
- Member of trial team in defense of wage and hour exemption from overtime claims.
- Member of trial team that obtained complete victory in pursuing claims of breach of fiduciary duty and theft against client’s former Vice President.
- Defended against numerous single-plaintiff cases alleging discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, including same-sex discrimination and retaliation claims.
- Successfully opposed conditional certification of wage and hour case involving claims of misclassification and unpaid overtime.
- First-chaired complete jury trial verdict for the defense in breach of contract case brought by consumer against large bank in small claims court.
- First-chaired complete jury trial win in pro bono lawsuit on behalf of non-profit that provides housing for homeless veterans.
- Defended company against claims of trademark infringement involving gray market goods.
- Represented numerous companies in lawsuits involving breach of non-compete covenants and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Labor and Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2021-2024
- Listed, Super Lawyers Magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, “Rising Stars,” 2021-2023
- Recipient, Houston Bar Association, President’s Award for Outstanding Service, 2019
- Director, Wellesley College Alumnae Association Board of Directors, 2021-2025
- Member, Houston Bar Association, 2013-Present
- Member, Labor & Employment Section, 2014-Present
- Member, Federal Practice Section, 2023-Present
- Member, Gender Fairness Committee, 2016-2017
- Member, Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Committee, 2016-2017
- Member, Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, 2014-Present
Credentials
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J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2013
- Board 50 Symposium Editor, Houston Law Review
- Contracts Tutor, Professor Seth J. Chandler
- Criminal Law Tutor, Professor Geraldine Szott Moohr
- B.A., Political Science and Spanish, Wellesley College, 2009
- Texas
- Spanish, Fluent