
Charles H. Wilson
Office Managing Principal
Houston
Charles H. Wilson is the office managing principal of the Houston, Texas, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Charles has over 25 years of successful experience representing employers across the country in litigation and trials of discrimination, harassment, non-compete, misappropriation of trade secrets, and class and collective action wage and hour claims. Notable examples of his successes include:
- Jury trial defense verdict on behalf of national hospital system in case involving disability discrimination and failure to accommodate claims.
- Jury trial defense verdict on behalf of national railroad company in case involving race discrimination claim.
- Jury trial defense verdict on behalf of a national jewelry chain in racial profiling case where plaintiffs utilized “testers” to corroborate discriminatory practices
- Trying to jury verdict breach of change in control agreement on behalf of a national plumbing company.
- Winning summary judgment on behalf of fortune 50 company in age discrimination and retaliation case where plaintiff unsuccessfully pursued spoliation sanctions.
- Winning summary judgments on behalf of a national logistics company and community services organization in separate age discrimination cases where several of the decision makers made ageist remarks.
- Winning two summary judgments for a national logistics company based on the Motor Carrier Exemption in subsequent FLSA collective actions despite the fact that plaintiffs did not actually load or drive trucks in interstate assignments.
- Winning TRO and securing temporary injunction behalf of national inspection company against several departing employees and their new employer in non-compete and misappropriate of trade secrets case.
- Winning TRO and securing temporary injunction in non-compete case on behalf of an international information technology solutions company against a former employee and the employee’s new employer.
- Winning TRO and securing a permanent injunction using the inevitable disclosure theory on behalf of an international pharmaceutical compounding company against a former employee.
- Defeating applications for TRO and temporary injunction against a publicly traded oil and gas energy services company.
- Winning summary judgment on behalf of an international retail energy services company in FMLA interference and retaliation case where plaintiff produced direct evidence of discrimination and retaliation.
Honors and Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America©, “Employment Law – Management” and “Litigation – Labor and Employment” (2024-present)
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Education
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
J.D.
cum laude
University of Connecticut
B.A.
Admitted to Practice
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Colorado - D. Colo.
District of Columbia - D.D.C.
Illinois - N.D. Ill.
Illinois - S.D. Ill.
New Mexico - D. N.M.
Pennsylvania - W.D. Pa.
Texas - E.D. Tex.
Texas - N.D. Tex.
Texas - S.D. Tex.
Texas - W.D. Tex.
Texas
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
J.D.
cum laude
University of Connecticut
B.A.
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Colorado - D. Colo.
District of Columbia - D.D.C.
Illinois - N.D. Ill.
Illinois - S.D. Ill.
New Mexico - D. N.M.
Pennsylvania - W.D. Pa.
Texas - E.D. Tex.
Texas - N.D. Tex.
Texas - S.D. Tex.
Texas - W.D. Tex.
Texas