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Raymond's practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on toxic tort, products liability, premises liability, personal injury and commercial litigation. He also has experience representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including employment discrimination litigation, wrongful discharge litigation, ERISA litigation, and collective bargaining.
Raymond has handled defending more than two hundred toxic tort cases involving products liability, premises liability and wrongful death claims for alleged exposure to alleged toxic substances, including asbestos, silica and benzene, for major oil companies, chemical companies, boiler manufacturers and contractors.
Raymond's commercial litigation experience has involved fraudulent conveyances, the "deepening insolvency" doctrine, bankruptcy-related litigation, contracts, commercial torts and covenants-not-to-compete. Raymond also has experience in representing major energy companies in responding to Federal Trade Commission investigations relating to mergers and acquisitions.
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
"Discovering Internal and External Communications Strategies That Quash Rumors and Avoid Liability," Council On Education In Management, Personnel Law Update 1999, Houston, Texas (August 2-3, 1999)
"Application of Arbitration Clauses in Collective Bargaining Agreements to Civil Rights Claims After Wright," Houston Management Lawyers Forum (August 19, 1999)
"Interviewing and Selecting Employees Today: Getting the Right People in the Right Positions... Legally, The Essentials of Employment Documentation, and Organizing and Maintaining Legally Compliant Personnel Files," Council On Education In Management, The Basics of Employment Law, Houston, Texas (September 9-10, 1999)
"Rumors in the Workplace: Discovering Internal and External Communication Strategies That Quash Rumors and Avoid Liabilities," Brazos Valley Human Resources Management Association, Inc., College Station, Texas (September 30, 1999)
"Gain Control Over the Latest Twists to the ADA/FMLA/Workers' Comp Conundrum," Council On Education In Management, FMLA Update 1999, Houston, Texas (December 3, 1999)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Member
Houston Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
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