Comprehensive Legal Services

An Experienced and Aggressive Attorney

Employment laws are complicated and enforcing your rights can be difficult.  Particularly when an employer does not know he is breaking the law or does not care. Ms. Gilson has worked both sides, representing both employees and employers. This gives her a unique perspective on the strategies used to win an employment law claim against an employer as well as the methods of trying to defend them. Ms. Gilson has been licensed to practice law in Texas Courts since 1992, and is also admitted to practice law before the Federal United States District Courts of Texas and, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit since 2003.


If your matter requires legal representation for:

Sex discrimination, gender discrimination

National origin discrimination or race discrimination

Claims of sexual harassment or a hostile work environment in the workplace

Complaints against your employer for age discrimination

Disability discrimination

Pregnancy discrimination

An employer’s failure to provide equal pay for women

Minimum wage or overtime disputes

Unpaid wages, commission or bonuses under the Equal Pay Act or Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Family Medical Leave Act retaliation (FMLA)

Retaliation for refusing to commit an illegal act under Sabine Pilot

Workers’ Compensation claim retaliation

Retaliation for making a complaint of discrimination

Breach of an employment contract

Prepare a charge of discrimination

Representation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Appeal the denial of a claim for unemployment insurance benefits at the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

Help you with a non-compete agreement

Claims of wrongful termination

Employment and labor attorney Gay E. Gilson can help.