About Brent Hockaday

Brent Hockaday of Bell Nunnally & Martin is board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in labor and employment law. He is a trusted legal adviser and advocate for businesses and their leadership teams. Company leaders, including chief legal officers, corporate counsel, and human resources executives, collaborate with Brent for strategic counseling, consulting and litigation decisions. Brent views his clients as partners with the shared goal of placing their business in the best position to succeed. With an eye on the big picture, Brent’s practice covers both prevention and execution. On the prevention side of his practice, Brent navigates and counsels business leaders through the complexities of federal, state, and local laws. On the execution side of his practice, Brent has substantial experience litigating matters in different forums and jurisdictions across the country, including obtaining multiple successful jury verdicts and arbitration awards. A substantial part of Brent’s litigation practice involves enforcing and defending against restrictive covenants, with a heightened focus on the misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information. Brent also defends employers in federal and state court, as well as arbitration and in matters before administrative agencies against claims of federal and state wage and hour violations (on individual and class and collective action bases) and against anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, and anti-retaliation violations.