Although the Southwest Borderplex area is one of the most litigious areas in the country and employment verdicts are routinely among the highest in the U.S., Ms. Marin and her team have enjoyed great success in the courtroom. The following is a representative list of Ms. Marin’s recent courtroom victories, some of which were dismissed without the time and expense of a jury trial. Asterisks indicate published cases.
Moreno v. Mimbela Contractors, Inc. (State Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claim for workers’ compensation retaliation.
Flores v. El Paso Times (State Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claim for workers’ compensation retaliation.
Duron v. El Paso Independent School District (State Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claims for national origin discrimination, gender discrimination and retaliation.
Corral v. Levi Strauss & Co. (State Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claim for workers’ compensation retaliation.
Cruz-Ortiz v. Ysleta Independent School District (State Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claims for disability discrimination and retaliation.
Maldonado v. El Paso Psychiatric Center (State Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claims for workers’ compensation retaliation.
Corral v. Levi Strauss & Co (Federal Court). Trial victory and dismissal of claims for disability discrimination and retaliation.
Duron v. El Paso Community Action Program/Project Bravo. (State Court). Trial Victory and dismissal of claim for retaliation, following partial pretrial dismissal of disability discrimination claim.
Kraft v. Earnhardt Motors, Inc. (State Court). Trial Victory and dismissal involving claim for age discrimination, following pre-trial dismissal of discriminatory advertising claim.
Lopez v. AT&T (State Court). Trial victory dismissing a workers’ compensation claim, including extent of injury.
Rodriguez v. YISD (Federal Court). Victory before the trial court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding dismissal of claim for violation of civil rights under First Amendment.
Vicari v. Ysleta Independent School District (Federal court). Victory before the trial court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding dismissal of claims for gender and sex discrimination, as well as retaliation.
*Fernandez v. YISD. Victory in administrative trial and appeal before the Texas Education Agency, upholding termination of teacher contract for good cause.
Talamantes v. YISD. Victory in administrative trial and appeal before the Texas Education Agency, upholding termination of teacher contract for good cause.
Rodriguez v. YISD. Victory in administrative trial and appeal before the Texas Education Agency, upholding termination of teacher contract for good cause.
Ochoa v. YISD. Victory in administrative trial before the Texas Education Agency, upholding termination of teacher contract for good cause.
Hernandez v. EPISD. Victory in administrative trial and appeal before the Texas Education Agency, upholding termination of teacher contract for good cause (on appeal).
*Ysleta Teachers Association/TSTA/NEW and Teri Sanchez, on behalf of all affected members v. Ysleta ISD. Victory before Texas Education Agency regarding teachers’ (exempt employees) dispute of District’s right to require a 40-hour workweek.
Rojas v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. (State Court). Motion for Summary Judgment granted, dismissing workers’ compensation retaliation claim. No appeal filed.
*Garcia v. Levi Strauss &Co. (State Court). Motion for Summary Judgment granted and upheld, dismissing workers’ compensation retaliation claim because employer articulated a legitimate business reason for the action taken and Plaintiff was unable to meet her burden of proving the reason was a pretext for discrimination.
Sommers v. City of El Paso, (Federal court). Motion for Summary Judgment granted, dismissing gender, age and retaliation claims against the El Paso Police Department. No appeal filed.
Duron v. Project Bravo, Inc. (State Court). Motion for Summary Judgment granted, dismissing “disability,” “regarded as disabled” and “failure to accommodate” discrimination claims. No appeal filed.
Shane v. Fed Ex Freight (Federal Court). Motion for Summary Judgment granted, dismissing national origin & age discrimination claims. No appeal filed.
Medina v. Texas- New Mexico Newspaper Partnership (Federal Court). Motion for Summary Judgment granted, dismissing age, national origin & gender discrimination claims. No appeal filed.
Ace Cleaning Services, Inc. and Genesis Total Management, Inc. v. Industrial, Technical & Professional Employees Union, OPEUI Local # 4873, AFL-CIO. Launched successful union avoidance campaign and successfully represented janitorial company in union election before the National Labor Relations Board, defeating the union.
Big 8 Food Stores vs. United Food and Commercial Workers. Launched successful union avoidance campaign against a large retailer.
ACE, USA v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 351. Participated in successful union avoidance campaign and successfully represented janitorial company, defeating the union.
LOCAL 351, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, AFL-CIO. Successfully negotiated a Collective Bargaining Agreement for a large government contractor and defended claims of unfair labor practices before the National Labor Relations Board.
