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Rob Friedman is Co-Chair of Littler’s Arbitration Practice Group and leads a national team of attorneys who have extensive experience drafting, promulgating, and enforcing employment arbitration agreements. Rob previously served as the Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Dallas and Fayetteville offices. He is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Rob exclusively represents employers, and litigates on behalf of management before state and federal trial and appellate courts, arbitrators, and state and federal agencies.

As one of the leading nationwide authorities on drafting and enforcing arbitration agreements, Rob is the founding chair of the firm’s national Arbitration Practice Group. And he has successfully argued arbitration enforcement issues before state and United States Courts of Appeals, state Supreme Courts, and the United States Supreme Court. Rob’s practice also includes significant nationwide experience representing businesses in wage and hour class and collective action litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law. And Rob litigates, arbitrates, and manages a large docket of employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases.

Most commonly, Rob works with the following types of clients:

  • Energy, oil and gas and drilling companies
  • Hospital and healthcare providers
  • Rent-to-own companies
  • Retailers
  • Service organizations
  • Telecommunications companies
  • Temporary and PEO agencies
  • Transportation industry

Rob has authored numerous articles, chapters, and publications regarding arbitration, wage and hour matters, class action defense, and the WARN Act, and is a frequent presenter at legal events. He is frequently quoted by leading legal news publications.

Texas Board of Specialization

Aree di competenza

ArbitrationAppellateClass ActionDiscrimination and HarassmentWage and Hour

Affiliazioni professionali e istituzionali

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Federal Labor Standards Subcommittee

American Bar Association

Member

Dallas Bar Association

Member

French-American Bar Association

Riconoscimenti

Named, The Best Lawyers in America®

2012-2025

Named, Dallas 500 - The Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Ft.Worth

D CEO Magazine

2021-2022

News, Analysis & Press

Ninth Circuit: “Transportation Exemption” Does Not Apply to Arbitration Clauses Between Corporate Entities or in Commercial Contracts

ASAP

April 23, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies When the Federal Arbitration Act’s “Transportation Exemption” Applies

ASAP

April 15, 2024

California Supreme Court Holds Plaintiffs with Arbitration Agreements Retain Standing to Pursue Non-Individual PAGA Claims in Court

Insight

July 18, 2023

Ninth Circuit Eliminates Obstacles to Enforcement of Employment Arbitration Agreements in California

Insight

February 17, 2023

Supreme Court Permits Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims

Insight

June 17, 2022

Federal Court Decision Protects Independent Contractor Status

ASAP

March 15, 2022

Dallas 500 - The Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth

D CEO Magazine

2022 Edition

Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Edition Honors More Than 240 Littler Lawyers

August 19, 2021

Pubblicazioni

  • Plant Closings and Mass Layoff Notice Requirements, Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce, Co-Author, 2000-2021
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act, Treatise Supplement, Contributing Editor, 2005-2022
  • Littler on Employee Arbitration Agreements, Co-author, 2016

Speaking Engagements

2023 Dallas Regional Employer Conference

Dallas, TX

August 3, 2023

Arbitration Update: Is it Smooth Sailing After Viking River and What Can We Do to Avoid New Challenges?

Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

May 11, 2023

Who Wants to Be a Lawionaire?

Littler Executive Employer Conference

May 5, 2022

The Enduring Value of Employment Arbitration Agreements Under Attack

Littler Executive Employer Conference

May 5, 2022

The Great Arbitration Debate: Do Employment Arbitration Agreements Still Make Sense for Employers?

Association of Corporate Counsel CLE

October 17, 2019

One Year After #MeToo: The Legal Fallout and What's To Come

Dallas, TX

March 19, 2019

Arbitration After Epic

National Retail Federation HR and Employment Law Fall Meeting, New York, NY

October 23, 2018

Supreme Court Rules on Class and Collective Action Waivers

May 24, 2018

Formazione

  • J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1998cum laude
  • B.A., University of Texas, 1991

Conoscenze linguistiche

  • Francese

Foro di appartenenza

Texas

Abilitazioni

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan