Kaplan Law Firm is an Austin-based law firm representing individuals in employment and civil rights matters.

Austin is our home and our headquarters. From here, our attorneys advocate for people facing workplace disputes, discrimination, retaliation, civil rights violations, and other serious legal issues that can affect their careers, livelihoods, and lives.

We believe people deserve attorneys who will listen, take their concerns seriously, and fight for them when their rights have been violated.

Austin Kaplan

Trenton Lacy

Maff Caponi

Ryan Estes

Andrew Eckhous

Tanner Scheef

Jas Sethi

Gabriel Loya

Know Your Rights Under Texas & Austin Law

Understanding your rights is an important first step when something goes wrong at work or your civil rights have been violated. Texas and federal law provide important protections, and people in Austin may also have additional protections under local ordinances.

• Employment Discrimination: Employees are protected from certain forms of discrimination based on characteristics including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, and genetic information. Austin also has local civil-rights protections addressing employment discrimination.
  
  
• Retaliation: The law protects employees in certain circumstances from retaliation for reporting discrimination, participating in an investigation, or helping someone else report workplace discrimination.
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• Harassment: Workplace harassment based on a protected characteristic may violate the law when the conduct meets the applicable legal standard.
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• Disability & Workplace Accommodations: Federal law provides protections for qualified workers with disabilities, including rights related to reasonable accommodations and discrimination.
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• Civil Rights Beyond the Workplace: Austin's Civil Rights Division enforces protections involving employment, housing, public accommodations, access to public programs and services, and other areas covered by local and federal civil-rights laws.
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• Local Austin Protections: Austin has its own civil-rights ordinances, including protections relating to employment and public accommodations that can go beyond the categories addressed by Texas law.