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Employment Counsel & Advisory Services
Executives & Professionals
Employment Agreements & Offer Review
I review and negotiate offer letters and employment agreements so executives and professionals understand compensation, severance, termination terms, restrictive covenants, and other obligations before signing.
Compensation, Bonus & Equity Agreements
I review bonus, commission, equity, and incentive-plan documents to explain vesting, payment conditions, and the effect of a promotion, job change, or separation on your compensation.
Noncompetes, Nonsolicitation & Confidentiality
I evaluate noncompetes, nonsolicitation provisions, and confidentiality obligations before you sign an agreement or make a career move, and help identify terms that may warrant negotiation.
Job Changes & Career Transitions
I help executives and professionals compare existing obligations with a proposed role before changing employers, joining a competitor, starting a business, or accepting outside work.
Resignation & Departure Planning
I help plan resignation timing, notice, employer communications, final compensation, and continuing obligations so you can prepare for departure before giving notice.
Severance Review and Negotiation
I review and negotiate severance and separation agreements, including compensation, bonuses, equity, benefits, releases, confidentiality, and post-employment restrictions, so you can evaluate the package before signing.
Leave & Accommodation Planning
I advise on medical leave, workplace accommodations, and return-to-work planning, including how to coordinate employer communications with employment agreements and career priorities.
Independent Contractor & Consulting Agreements
I review and negotiate consulting and independent-contractor agreements, with attention to scope, payment, intellectual property, confidentiality, liability, and termination rights.
Layoffs, RIFs & Organizational Change
I help executives and professionals assess severance, retention arrangements, bonus and equity treatment, and transition terms when a layoff or reduction in force affects their position.
Workplace Restructuring and Organizational Change
I advise executives and professionals whose employment continues through a reorganization, including changes to responsibilities, reporting relationships, authority, compensation, or location. I help evaluate the proposed terms and plan a response.
Employment Agreements & Offer Review
I review and negotiate offer letters and employment agreements so executives and professionals understand compensation, severance, termination terms, restrictive covenants, and other obligations before signing.
Compensation, Bonus & Equity Agreements
I review bonus, commission, equity, and incentive-plan documents to explain vesting, payment conditions, and the effect of a promotion, job change, or separation on your compensation.
Noncompetes, Nonsolicitation & Confidentiality
I evaluate noncompetes, nonsolicitation provisions, and confidentiality obligations before you sign an agreement or make a career move, and help identify terms that may warrant negotiation.
Job Changes & Career Transitions
I help executives and professionals compare existing obligations with a proposed role before changing employers, joining a competitor, starting a business, or accepting outside work.
Resignation & Departure Planning
I help plan resignation timing, notice, employer communications, final compensation, and continuing obligations so you can prepare for departure before giving notice.
Severance Review and Negotiation
I review and negotiate severance and separation agreements, including compensation, bonuses, equity, benefits, releases, confidentiality, and post-employment restrictions, so you can evaluate the package before signing.
Leave & Accommodation Planning
I advise on medical leave, workplace accommodations, and return-to-work planning, including how to coordinate employer communications with employment agreements and career priorities.
Independent Contractor & Consulting Agreements
I review and negotiate consulting and independent-contractor agreements, with attention to scope, payment, intellectual property, confidentiality, liability, and termination rights.
Layoffs, RIFs & Organizational Change
I help executives and professionals assess severance, retention arrangements, bonus and equity treatment, and transition terms when a layoff or reduction in force affects their position.
Workplace Restructuring and Organizational Change
I advise executives and professionals whose employment continues through a reorganization, including changes to responsibilities, reporting relationships, authority, compensation, or location. I help evaluate the proposed terms and plan a response.
Employers & Businesses
Employee Handbooks & Workplace Policies
I draft, review, and update employee handbooks and workplace policies for Texas employers, with clear expectations and practical guidance for consistent implementation.
Restrictive Covenants & Confidentiality
I help employers tailor noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality provisions to the employee’s role, the business’s needs, and applicable law.
Employment Law Compliance & Risk Management
I advise Texas businesses on employment-law compliance, including classification, compensation, recordkeeping, workplace policies, and practices that may create avoidable risk.
Hiring, Performance Management & Termination
I help employers evaluate hiring, performance documentation, discipline, and separation decisions before taking significant employment actions.
Outside Employment Counsel
I provide ongoing employment-law guidance to Texas business owners, managers, and HR professionals on agreements, policies, and day-to-day workplace decisions.
EEOC & TWC Charge Response
I help employers evaluate EEOC and TWC charges, preserve and review records, prepare position statements, and consider mediation or other administrative resolution options.
Leave & Accommodation Counseling
I counsel employers on leave requests, disability and pregnancy-related accommodations, return-to-work issues, and the documentation needed for informed decisions.
Employee Departures & Confidential Information
I help businesses plan employee departures, protect confidential information and trade secrets, address company property, and communicate continuing obligations.
Internal Complaints & Workplace Investigations
I advise employers on responding to internal complaints, planning workplace investigations, assessing findings, and documenting appropriate corrective action.
Employee Handbooks & Workplace Policies
I draft, review, and update employee handbooks and workplace policies for Texas employers, with clear expectations and practical guidance for consistent implementation.
Restrictive Covenants & Confidentiality
I help employers tailor noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality provisions to the employee’s role, the business’s needs, and applicable law.
Employment Law Compliance & Risk Management
I advise Texas businesses on employment-law compliance, including classification, compensation, recordkeeping, workplace policies, and practices that may create avoidable risk.
Hiring, Performance Management & Termination
I help employers evaluate hiring, performance documentation, discipline, and separation decisions before taking significant employment actions.
Outside Employment Counsel
I provide ongoing employment-law guidance to Texas business owners, managers, and HR professionals on agreements, policies, and day-to-day workplace decisions.
EEOC & TWC Charge Response
I help employers evaluate EEOC and TWC charges, preserve and review records, prepare position statements, and consider mediation or other administrative resolution options.
Leave & Accommodation Counseling
I counsel employers on leave requests, disability and pregnancy-related accommodations, return-to-work issues, and the documentation needed for informed decisions.
Employee Departures & Confidential Information
I help businesses plan employee departures, protect confidential information and trade secrets, address company property, and communicate continuing obligations.
Internal Complaints & Workplace Investigations
I advise employers on responding to internal complaints, planning workplace investigations, assessing findings, and documenting appropriate corrective action.
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Dan M.
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Bonnie P.
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Cindy G.
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2 years ago
Kristin Mijares
Founder & Attorney
Employment Counsel for Texas Businesses, Executives & Professionals
Experienced Employment Counsel. Practical Business Perspective.
Kristin Mijares is the founder of Mijares Law and brings approximately a decade of experience in employment, commercial, and other complex legal matters. Her experience handling disputes informs the advice she gives clients before they sign agreements or make important employment decisions.
Kristin advises executives and professionals on employment agreements, compensation and equity, severance, restrictive covenants, consulting arrangements, and career transitions. She also counsels Texas businesses on workplace policies, compliance, leave and accommodations, performance management, and employee departures.
Her approach emphasizes clear explanations, practical negotiation priorities, and advice tailored to the client’s goals.
Selected Prior Matters
Oil & Gas Executive
Human Resources/Service Industry
Business Counseling
