The Law Office of Brett Duke, P.C.

01/21/2017

Today is a fitting day to report that yesterday was a great day - at the El Paso County Courthouse. About seven years ago a female employee of El Paso County spoke out against sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace, and as a result, she was fired. Daniela Labinoti Law and I presented her case to a jury that found El Paso County liable for violating our client's rights as an employee to oppose sexual harassment and discrimination, including $500,000 for emotional distress in the past and $250,000 in the future (but these amounts will be drastically cut by Texas law) on top of $203,000 for backpay and additional amounts to be determined for attorney fees and court costs. No employer, including the government, may violate an employee's right

05/02/2016

http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/opinion/columnists/guest/2016/05/01/county-hr-director-asks-violate-rights/83721312/

Management reckons the appropriate remedy to DAC’s broken employment system is to take away from employees the right to a jury trial.

04/24/2016

http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2016/04/23/attorneys-county-settles-discrimination-suit-450k/83417140/

LAS CRUCES - A $450,000 settlement has been finalized between Doña Ana County and a former employee who sued the county last over claims of discrimination and retaliation, the woman’s attorneys confirmed on Friday.

03/08/2016

LAS CRUCES - A Las Cruces District Court judge recently denied a motion asking the court to grant a new trial or reduce the $1.

02/21/2016

​“Here is what can happen to you in Texas today, thanks to tort reformers and the Legislature: If you go to an emergency room with a heart attack and the ER doctor misreads your EKG, you must...

02/11/2016

Attorney Brett Duke represents people that are victims of wrongful termination, retaliation, hostile work environment, harassment, discrimination, and whisteblowing.

09/03/2015

LAS CRUCES >> State District Judge Marci E. Beyer on Wednesday signed off on a final verdict in the Kim Stewart case, approving damages against the county that total more than $1.5 million.

03/09/2011

Attorney Brett Duke represents clients in Texas and New Mexico.