Gray Reed & McGraw Adds Employment Law Expert

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook.By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 17) — April Terry recently joined Gray Reed & McGraw as a member in its Dallas office. She focuses her practice on litigation and employment matters. Terry, who previously practiced at Locke Lord and Higier Allen & Lautin, said she understands the dynamics of both a large national firm and a small local firm. “Gray Reed, a mid-sized regional firm with a wide variety of practice areas, helps me provide my clients with the benefits of both,” she said. “I am very impressed with the people here. They are friendly, down-to-earth, talented and driven to provide excellent, value-added service for their clients.” The Texas Tech University School of Law graduate represented a national retailer in one of the first cases in Texas to uphold a mandatory arbitration plan without an employee’s signature. “The plaintiff in that case was a top-level executive who was on film promoting the plan to her subordinates, but yet when she had her own employment dispute, she complained that she did not agree to the plan and did not find it fair,” she explained. “The plan was enforced after we went to…