M. Scott McDonald has represented clients in all areas of employment and labor law for more than 20 years. He focuses specifically on:

• Employment contracts
• Wrongful termination litigation
• Unfair competition disputes and trade secret protection

Among his notable successes, Scott secured injunctions enforcing non-compete agreements in three consecutive cases involving quantitative analysts in the high frequency trading industry. He led teams in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes that resulted in the protection of millions of dollars of intellectual property. He has served as counsel for amicus curiae that successfully  pursued arguments for the use of a new non-compete test and partial reversal of the Texas Supreme Court's interpretation of Texas law on non-compete agreements. In another precedent setting matter, he helped design a creative trade secret protection argument that established a new test for pre-lawsuit deposition actions in Texas.

Scott's practice involves, among others, a concentration of clients in the following industries:

• Transportation
• Finance
• Technology
• Manufacturing

Scott  has written and contributed to numerous books and articles on employment law. He has been relied upon as a commentator on employment law subjects by both local and national media. He is a frequent speaker at employment law seminars, and has served as a guest lecturer at local universities and colleges.

In law school, Scott was chief note editor for The Review of Litigation.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Former Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section - Dallas Bar Association, 2000
• Member, Texas State Employee Relations Committee - Texas Association of Business
• Member, Advisory Committee - Metro Dallas YMCA Human Resources
• Member, American Law Institute

RECOGNITION

• Named, Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2012
• Named, BTI's Client Service All-Star Team
• Named, America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers USA
• Awarded, Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating
• Selected, American Law Institute, 2010