Farrow-Gillespie & Heath LLP  
                                                                                      Attorneys and Counselors
Dallas, Texas
                                                                                                                  

Maricela Moore SiewczynskiMaricela Moore
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Specializations
Labor and Employment Law
Certified by the Texas Board of Specialization

Practice Areas
Employment Law
Business Litigation Defense
Mediation - Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Bar Admissions
Texas, 2001

Education
J.D., George Washington University Law School, 2001.
B.S., magna cum laude, Boston College, Carroll School of Management.
Biography
Maricela Moore is a board-certified labor and employment attorney.  She practices primarily in the areas of employment and business litigation defense.  Before joining the firm, Ms. Moore was a solo plaintiff's employment litigator; and she was formerly a litigation defense associate with Baker & McKenzie LLP.  Maricela is bilingual (English-Spanish) and is a trained mediator.

Ms. Moore is a candidate for judge of the 162nd District Court in Dallas, Texas.  The election will be held in November 2012.

Maricela frequently serves as local counsel to out-of-state firms that do not have a presence in Texas. Maricela also has extensive experience serving as counsel for third parties in securities fraud class action lawsuits, patent infringement lawsuits, and other complex civil litigation. Maricela has a proven record of zealously representing her client’s interests, as well as understanding the sensitive ethical and strategic considerations that are implicated when a third party is brought into litigation.

Maricela Moore is the President of the Mexican American Bar Association of Texas and President of the Dallas Hispanic Bar Scholarship Foundation.  In 2007, she served as the President of the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association.  Ms. Moore has also served on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, and she is the first Hispanic to serve on the Board of Trustees of Dallas County Schools.  Maricela volunteers as a mediator and translator at Dallas Dispute Mediation Services.

Mediator Training:
● Dispute Mediation Services Mediator Training Course
● Dispute Mediation Services Course on Mediation of Employment Cases
● Dispute Mediation Services Course on Mediation of Car Accident Cases

Professional Memberships and Awards:
● Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas, President
● Dallas Hispanic Bar Association Scholarship Foundation, Past President
● Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, Past President (2007)
● Mac Taylor Inn of Court, Associate Member
● Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Associate Member (2005-2006)
● Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
● Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow
●Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow
●Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Judicial Intern Co-Chairperson (2005)
● Dallas County Associate Judge Selection Committee (2004)
● Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Leadership Class (2004)
● Recipient of Texas Monthly "Rising Star" Super Lawyer Award (2005, 2011)
 
  Recent Events  
 
 
 

Won jury trial in federal employment lawsuit (FLSA) with co-counsel Julie Heath, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, October 2011.

  
 

Moderated panel on “Social Media and the Law” at the Texas Minority Counsel Program, Austin, Texas, September 2011.

  
  Announced candidacy for the 2012 election for judge of the 162nd District Court, Dallas, Texas, August 2011.  
 

Presented "E-Discovery Update & the Impact of Social Media in Discovery and Trial"  at the Hispanic National Bar Association Annual Conference, August 2011.

  
 

Presented “Harassment:  It’s Not 1964 Anymore” at the South Texas College of Law Employment Law Conference, July 2011.

  
 

Presented “Tips for Contractors on Responding to Government Employment Audits,” at Dallas Regional Hispanic Contractors Association, May 2011

  
 

Named a Texas SuperLawyer "Rising Star" in Employment Law, March 2011.  

 

Panelist at the Dallas Bar Association CLE presentation: “The Emerging Hispanic Workforce."

 

Appointed to Board of Trustees of Dallas County Schools.

  
 

Presented "The Emerging Hispanic Workforce – From I-9s to English Only Rules and Beyond" at DHBA Labor and Employment CLE, November 2010.

 
 

Presided at the annual fund-raising dinner of the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association Scholarship Foundation, October 2010. 

  
 

Presented “Trends in Fair Labor Standards Act Litigation” at the LULAC District III Convention, April 2010.

 
 

Presented  “All in the Family:  Ethical Client Development in Tough Times” at the Dallas Minority Attorney Program, April 2009.

 
 

Presented “Nuts and Bolts of Fair Labor Standards Act”  at Dallas Southeast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, April 2009.