Sarah Morton defends employers in class and collective actions arising under the FLSA and related state wage and hour laws and in individual and multi-plaintiff actions alleging violations of federal, state, and local discrimination, harassment, and leave and accommodation laws. Sarah is a trial lawyer, having tried employment cases to verdict in both federal and state court, in private arbitration, and before administrative hearing examiners. She represents clients before administrative agencies including the Texas Workforce Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, US Department of Justice, and US Department of Labor.
To assist clients in avoiding litigation, Sarah counsels them through personnel-related decisions, conducts and directs internal investigations and compliance audits, and assists in the design and implementation of employment policies and practices.
Sarah is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and a recognized “Rising Star” by industry insiders. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Sarah spent eight years as an associate in the Houston office of the nation’s largest labor and employment defense firm, where she managed and conducted several wage and hour compliance audits under the tutelage of the former Administrator to the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division and author of the 2004 FLSA white collar exemptions.
In law school, Sarah was a three-year member of the mock trial team, an executive officer on the Board of Advocates, and recognized for her outstanding oral advocacy skills by induction into the national Order of Barristers.
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Employment, Law360 (2017, 2019)
Rising Star, Employment and Labor Law, Super Lawyers (2016–2018)
Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Houston Bar Association, Labor & Employment and Litigation Sections
Member, Garland Walker American Inn of Court
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