Membership Directory - Individual

Shah Kunal

Partner at Spencer Fane LLP
Member Since: 2023

About

: LAW
streetAddress: 5700 Granite Parkway, Suite 650
cityName: Plano
province: Texas
zipCode: 75024
Mobile Phone: Available to Members
Race: Continental Indian, Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander
Languages (Fluent): English, Hindustani
Primary Areas of Practice: Employment Discrimination, Employment Contracts, Employment Litigation, Trade Secrets, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements
Description of Member's Practice: Kunal Shah provides clients collaborative and proactive counsel, helping identify and avoid legal exposure while simultaneously best positioning them to successfully resolve litigious matters in an efficient and cost-effective manner. With clients ranging from corporations to businesses of all sizes to C-suite individuals, Kunal brings specific industry experience in construction, health care, IT, food service, and retail with a curated track record in successfully resolving disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, breach of restrictive covenants, hacking, fraud, breach of contract, discrimination, and retaliation. He brings an aggressive, thorough, and practical approach to client service, first trying to minimize or avoid legal and financial exposure while remaining prepared to handle litigation from the beginning and through to resolution when needed. In addition to litigation, Kunal brings significant experience in labor and employment. He regularly makes presentations and provides critical guidance to management on claims identification, mitigation, and prevention, along with the creation and implementation of effective best practices and policies geared toward claims avoidance related to Title VII, FMLA, ADA, and FLSA, and counsels and trains management-level employees to make them aware of employee rights regarding employment, discrimination, harassment, and accommodation and related reporting procedures for potential infractions or requests.
Member Type: Outside Counsel
Member Profile: I am an employment and business attorney specializing in preventative counseling to minimize loss and avoid claims. If and when I do litigate, I use a practical and common-sense approach to identify case strengths and weaknesses early on in order to avoid costly litigation and judicial waste. Most importantly, I am a passionate father, husband, foodie and Yankees fan.
Firm/Company Size: 50-100+
Firm/Company Office Locations: Texas
Bar Admissions (up to 10): New Jersey, New York, Texas
Former Member of the Bench: No
Percent of Members Time Spent on Employment Law Matters: 75 - 100
Percent of Member's Practice Spent on Plaintiff's Employment Matters: 1 - 25