Soña Ramirez

Soña has over 20 years of experience assisting clients in all aspects of labor and employment issues. She is particularly adept at helping clients avoid litigation and negotiating early settlement of cases, but will aggressively defend companies in trial and arbitration.

Soña regularly defends companies in discrimination/retaliation administrative charges and lawsuits, workers’ compensation retaliation lawsuits, governmental investigation and audits, unemployment hearings, wage and hour disputes, and trade secret and non-compete litigation.

She has experience in preparing and negotiating various types of employment agreements including, executive, employment, non-competition, independent contractor, and severance agreements for privately held and public companies. Soña also prepares handbooks and policies for multi-state employers in highly regulated industries, and conducts in-house employment training for human resources departments, managers and supervisors, and employees. She has regularly assisted multiple large clients in handling employment issues resulting from mergers and acquisitions, including large-scale reductions-in-force and reorganizations.

Court Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit