Teresa Valderrama is the Resident Manager of the Houston, Texas office of Jackson Lewis LLP.  Ms. Valderrama, who joined Jackson Lewis as a lateral partner in 2008, counsels employers in all aspects of workplace law and a wide range of employment –related government agency matters, such as the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Texas Workforce Commission.  Additionally, Ms. Valderrama handles management-side employment lawsuits and appeals, including defense of discrimination, collective action, labor arbitration, workplace tort, whistleblower, breach of contract, non-competition and trade secret disputes. 

Ms. Valderrama has tried employment cases in state and federal courts, in addition to handling labor arbitrations and agency hearings.  She also has successfully represented clients in a wide range of appellate matters.

Ms. Valderrama is a member of the Firm’s Wage and Hour Practice Group and Class Action Practice Group.  She regularly defends clients in wage and hour lawsuits and collective actions, and represents employers in investigative and agency proceedings with the United States Department of Labor.

Ms. Valderrama received her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 1988 (J.D. summa cum laude).  Her undergraduate degree is from Rice University (B.A., English and economics).  While at the University of Houston Law School, Ms. Valderrama served for two terms as a law intern to the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Ms. Valderrama  also has served as an adjunct professor of employment law at the University of Houston Law Center.

She has been named by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics as a "Texas Super Lawyer" every year since 2003, and one of the "Top 50 Female Super Lawyers" in Texas, 2003, 2006 and 2009.  She also has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America  and the Chambers USA Guide America's Leading Business Lawyers every year since 1999 and 2004, respectively.  Ms. Valderrama is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Ms. Valderrama is a frequent CLE lecturer on a wide range of employment law subjects, such as the defense of collective actions, evidentiary issues in trial, reductions in force, and ethics in employment law matters.