Gabrielle S. Moses  »  Of Counsel
Gabi represents corporate clients in labor and employment matters including wrongful termination and discrimination claims, OSHA litigation and compliance, class actions, e-discovery issues, and investigations. Prior to joining Muskat, Martinez & Mahony, LLP, Gabi was an attorney with Venable LLP in Baltimore, Maryland, and Thompson Hine LLP in Cleveland, Ohio.

Representative Experience

 

  • Obtained favorable results for employers in federal and state court and in arbitration on claims of discrimination, retaliation, FMLA, and on various state-law claims.

  • Represented employers before the EEOC and obtained dismissal of numerous employee charges of discrimination.

  • Represented employers before the Texas Workforce Commission in claims for unemployment compensation.

  • Handled complex discovery issues, including issues involving electronic discovery.

  • Oral argument in both federal and state appellate courts.

  • Successfully opposed class certification in both state and federal courts.

  • Handled expert issues, including expert depositions and Daubert motions.

  • Represented clients in mediation and settlement proceedings.

Results depend on facts of each case.    

Professional Activities and Bar Memberships

 

  • Admitted to practice: Texas, 2008; Maryland, 2002 (inactive); Ohio, 1996 (inactive); U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas, District of Maryland, Northern District of Ohio, and Southern District of Ohio.

  • Author: 

    • “Independent Contractors – The Perils & Pitfalls of Misclassification & A How-To Primer,” State Bar of Texas Corporate Counsel Section Newsletter (Spring 2011).

    • Maryland chapter, Defense Research Institute Compendium on Trade Secrets (2008). 

    • Maryland chapter, Defense Research Institute Compendium on Unfair Trade Practices (2005) (co-author).

  • Member: American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section, Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee); State Bar of Texas (Labor and Employment Section); Houston Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section).

Education and Background  

  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D. magna cum laude, 1996 (Lead Managing Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review; Order of the Coif).

  • Case Western Reserve University, B.A. summa cum laude, 1993 (Phi Beta Kappa).

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable David A. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1998-1999; Law Clerk to the Honorable Lesley Wells, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1996-1998.