Mark D. Temple
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.832.239.3741
(F) +1.832.239.3600

Education

  • South Texas College of Law (J.D. 1995; Order of the Lytae; Articles Editor, Corporate Counsel Review); Texas A&M University (B.B.A. in Management, magna cum laude, 1992)

Bar Admissions

  • Texas; before all U.S. District Courts in Texas and the Western District of Michigan, Northern District of Illinois, and District of Colorado; and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Clerkships

  • Intern to: Justice Bob Gammage, Texas Supreme Court (Fall 1995) and Justice William B. Cannon, 14th Court of Appeals of Texas (Spring 1994)

Mark Temple defends companies in all areas of labor and employment law counseling and litigation. He has litigated cases before state and federal courts involving all types of discrimination, unlawful harassment, Employee Retirement Income Security Act violations, Family and Medical Leave Act claims, False Claims Act (qui tam actions), Sarbanes-Oxley claims, Fair Labor Standards Act (wage-hour) claims, breach of contract claims, and other workplace-related causes of action. Mark's experience in these areas ranges from single claimant cases to multiclaimant class actions. He served as lead counsel in a controversial age discrimination appeal (Moss v. BMC Software, 610 F.3d 917 (5th Cir. 2010)) that was featured on the cover of Texas Lawyer newspaper.

Mark regularly handles local and national noncompete cases and has extensive experience litigating matters in which emergency injunctive relief and expedited discovery is sought. One such case was highlighted and described by the Houston Chronicle newspaper as "a gripping cloak-and-dagger tale."

Mark is a frequent speaker at labor and employment seminars and has been repeatedly recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the "Texas Rising Stars" in labor and employment law.

Many articles Mark has written on employment law topics have been published in legal and business periodicals. He has appeared on Houston's ABC television affiliate and been quoted in the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Business Journal newspapers on legal developments impacting local and national employers. Mark is also a coauthor of the Labor Management Law Answer Book 2011-12, published by Practising Law Institute.


Mark Temple