Overview
Adam Sloustcher is Co-Chair of the firm’s Sports Team, a diverse group of former collegiate and professional athletes dedicated to advising sports employers regarding compliance with applicable laws and regulations and managing controversies, as well as vigorously defending them before governmental, regulatory, and administrative agencies and, when necessary, in litigation.
Adam Sloustcher, managing partner of Fisher Phillips' Dallas office, maintains a national practice focused on guiding in-house counsel, business owners, and management through all workplace issues and litigation. Named among the most influential executives in North Texas (D CEO, "Dallas 500"), he focuses on representing employers in wage-and-hour class and representative action lawsuits, as well as high-level single-plaintiff civil rights cases and employee defection disputes.
In addition to zealously advocating for his clients in the courtroom, Adam prides himself on being an accessible, responsive resource to help his clients avoid litigation altogether. He provides his clients with day-to-day preventative advice regarding wage-hour compliance, investigations of alleged misconduct in the workplace, hiring, discipline and termination practices, leaves of absences, and the interactive process and reasonable accommodations. Adam also prepares complex compensation plans, arbitration agreements with class action waivers, employee handbooks, and personnel policies for his clients.
Adam’s devotion to his clients is well recognized – he has been named for numerous consecutive years in San Diego Super Lawyers, SD Metro Magazine, and the SD Business Journal for his work in labor and employment law. He is a frequent speaker on numerous employment-focused panels and regularly presents at the annual International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) International Convention & Trade Show. Adam also teaches classes about FMLA/CFRA and wage-and-hour issues for in-house counsel, human resources professionals, and other management personnel. He is active with the California Minority Counsel Program, AthletesTouch, and Sports Lawyers Association.
Adam’s drive to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients stems from his competitive athletic background. Growing up, he was a member of the Under-17 and Under-18 U.S. Youth National Soccer teams and named a McDonald’s and Parade All-American. Adam went on to accept a full athletic scholarship to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and would later transfer to Loyola Marymount University, where he became team captain of the university’s NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Team. Adam then played professional soccer with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.