Partner, Jones Day

Brian Jorgensen dedicates his practice to representing employers in a broad range of high-stakes, complex litigation matters with a focus on class actions. His experience is particularly deep in wage and hour litigation, where he has had repeated success in defeating class and/or collective certification, as well as securing dismissal through motions attacking the legal sufficiency or merits of claims. Brian also has extensive experience defending individual and multi-plaintiff cases involving employment discrimination, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and whistleblower claims as well as trade secret and restrictive covenant matters. Brian advises clients on a variety of employment issues regularly assists with wage/hour audits and compliance and provides guidance on, and leads, internal investigations of discrimination, sexual harassment, and Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower employee complaints. Representative clients include Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Lennox International, and OGE Energy Corp. Brian serves as the administrative partner and the head of litigation for the Dallas Office and is a member of the Labor & Employment sections of the Texas State Bar Association and the Dallas Bar Association. His education is from Texas Tech University (J.D. magna cum laude 1999; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Managing Editor, Law Review); University of Missouri-Columbia (B.J. 1996).