Donald K. Buckman

Cantey Hanger LLP, Dallas/Ft. Worth, USA

Mr. Buckman is chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section.  He represents a variety of clients in employment discrimination and other kinds of civil rights cases including sex, age, race, and disability discrimination, as well as claims of civil rights violations by law enforcement officers and elected officials. He engages in counseling and litigation related to general employment matters such as discrimination, wage and hour, and employment benefits.

Mr. Buckman is a volunteer with the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, a Texas not-for-profit organization, and is a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel.

Practice Areas

• Employment Discrimination
• Numerous sex, age, race and disability discrimination cases including representing major corporations.
• Civil Rights Cases
• Allegations of excessive force and other civil rights violations by law enforcement officers and elected officials.
• General Employment Matters
• Wage and hour issues arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Worker's Compensation retaliation issues.
• Questions arising under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
• Texas Payday Law.

Bar Admissions

Licensed to practice in Texas, 1973; also admitted to practice before the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Supreme Court of the U.S.

Education

Texas Christian University, B.A., 1962

The University of Texas Law School, J.D., 1973

Representative Clients

• Mrs. Baird's Bakeries
• YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth
• General Motors Corporation
• Palo Pinto County Hospital District
• Texas Refinery Corp.
• Lena Pope Home

Professional Associations

Texas Association of Defense Counsel