Houston Attorneys Who Understand Non-Compete Agreements
Traditionally documents reserved for professionals, non-compete agreements have spread to the general workforce over the past decade. This has left employees struggling to understand what these documents mean, and what they can and cannot do after leaving their current place of work. Many businesses are wondering how to utilize these agreements to prevent former employees from taking their trade secrets to a competitor or their own start-up businesses.
At Garcia-Martin & Martin, P.C., we have extensive experience helping both employers and employees in the Houston area make sense of non-compete agreements. We help employers draft agreements that accomplish their objectives and that are legally enforceable. We help employees understand these documents and the restrictions they impose. For both sides, we provide representation in court for disputes involving these agreements.
Helping Businesses Defend Their Trade Secrets
Our attorneys help businesses across a broad range of industries create enforceable non-compete agreements that protect their trade secrets from use by former employees. We also provide effective representation in litigation when existing agreements have been broken.
Texas courts differ greatly in their enforcement of non-compete agreements. With years of experience representing both large and small businesses in Houston area courts, we will prepare your case to help you achieve your goals.
Helping Employees Understand Their Rights
What does this agreement mean? If I leave my current job, can I continue to work somewhere else? What can and can't I do? These are all common questions when people come to us for legal advice about non-compete agreements (often referred to as confidentiality agreements). Our attorneys can analyze the agreement that you have been presented with, and clearly explain your rights and obligations.
If you have an existing non-compete agreement and want to leave your current place of work — whether to go to a competing company or to establish your own business — we can help you protect your rights in mediation or litigation with your current employer. We utilize our experience on both sides of these cases to protect people from legal action should they choose to pursue work elsewhere.
To schedule a meeting with one of our experienced lawyers, call us at 888-353-4650. You may also contact us online.
