Ian Scharfman - Houston, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1993
    J.D.
    Honors: Who's Who Among American Law Students

• Non Legal Education

  • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    B.A.
    Honors: Outstanding College Students of America
    Honors: Dean's List
    Major: Political Science

Classes and Seminars

• Watch What You Say in the Workplace, Jefferson County Bar Association Employment Law Seminar, 2019
  
• Drafting and Negotiating Non-Competition Agreements, Bloomberg BNA, 2016
  
• Religious Accommodation and Discrimination in the Workplace, Texas Diversity and Leadership Conference, 2015
  
• Navigating the EEOC's Practice and Procedure, Houston Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 2015
  
• Religion and Politics @ Work, EEOC Training Institute – Technical Assistance Program Seminar, 2012
  
• Talking to the Employer’s Employees, National Employment Lawyers Association – Houston Chapter, 2012
  
• Non-Compete Agreements: Where Have We Come From and Where We Go from Here, University of Texas Law School 19th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, 2012
  
• Employment Law Ethics – When Can a Plaintiff’s Attorney Contact a Defendant Employer’s Employee? , Houston Bar Association Labor & Employment Section “25” function, 2012
  
• Back to the Future: Proceeding Before and Litigating with the EEOC, University of Texas Law School 18th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, 2011
  
• The University of Texas Law School, Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Planning Committee, 2011 - 2012
  
• State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial, Continuing Legal Education Course, Planning Committee, 2008
  
• Speaker, Featured Television show Guest - Houston Bar Association Legal Lines Television Program
  
• Speaker, Featured Radio talk show Guest - Fox Affiliate KOLE 1340 AM, Beaumont
  
• Speaker, Quoted in the Houston Chronicle
  
• Speaker and Author at Various Other Seminars and Conferences

Pro Bono Activities

• Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region - Regional Board
• Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston-Co-Chair Public Affairs Committee (2020-present) (Vice-Chair 2019-2020), 2019 - Present
• Fort Bend Education Foundation - Board of Directors, 2021 - Present
• Fort Bend County Citizens Engagement Group - Chair (2020-2021), 2019 - Present
• Anti-Defamation League, Chair of 2 Nat'l Committees, and Vice-Chair of 1 Nat'l Committee (2015-2017 & 2017), 2015 - 2017
• Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region Board Chair, 2015
• Jewish Children's Regional Service - Prior Board of Directors

Representative Cases

• In re Methodist Healthcare System
  • Citation: 2004 WL 1903536
  • Court: Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.]
  • Year: 2004
• Schwager v. Telecheck Srvcs., Inc.
  • Citation: 2002 WL 31995012
  • Court: Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist.]
  • Year: 2002
• Prevost v. Burns Int'l Sec. Srvcs., Corp.
  • Citation: 126 F.Supp.2d 439
  • Court: S.D. Tex.
  • Year: 2000
• Carney v. Sabine Contracting Corp.
  • Citation: 914 S.W. 2d 651
  • Court: Tex. App.-- Amarillo
  • Year: 1996
• Bloch v. Dowell Schlumberger, Inc.
  • Citation: 925 S.W. 2d 301
  • Court: Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.]
  • Year: 1996
• Fuller v. Temple-Inland Forest Prod. Corp.
  • Citation: 942 F.Supp. 307
  • Court: E.D. Tex.
  • Year: 1996

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of Texas, 1993
• Texas, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2011
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1996
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2010

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2000

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Houston Bar Association: Labor and Employment Law Section
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization Labor and Employment Law Exam Commission, 2014 - 2017
• Houston Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, 2006 - 2010 (Chair (2009-2010) and other council and leadership positions (2006-2009))
• District 4 Nominating Committee of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2006 - 2013 (Subcommittee Chair (2006-2007); Committee Member (2007-2008), (2012-2013))
• Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, 1999 - 2002 (Chair (2001-2002) and other council and leadership positions (1999-2001))
• Houston Young Lawyers Association, 1997 - 2000 (Director and Various Committee Chairs)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Gamma Delta