Mr. Kardell litigates complex employment issues, board of directors liability for employment practices, executive malfeasance and corporate ethics terminations

CBS News recently interviewed Mr. Kardell and his client regarding her recent whistleblower action.  To see the interview, please click here.

To learn more about whistleblowing, read Mr. Kardell's article, "Thinking of Whistleblowing?  Think Again."

To learn more about navigating the current executive minefield, read Mr. Kardell's article, "The Executive Minefield." 

 He has been quoted on executive termination cases in Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and other national publications. He has represented executives and employees in the first cases brought in the state and federal courts in Texas dealing with non-retaliation rights under a corporate code of ethics. He has also developed international corporate ethics programs for such major multinational corporations as Electronic Data Systems, and also served as an advisor to the New York Stock Exchange on corporate codes of conduct and corporate ethics litigation. He also developed and presently teaches the first corporate compliance class at the law school level.

Before joining Clouse Dunn LLP, Kardell was an international partner in the Dallas office of Baker & McKenzie, where he headed that firm's labor and employment practice in the Southwest. He was a founding Member, SMU Dedman School of Law Multistate Labor and Employment Law Seminar, 1985-2004 and a former Chair of the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar. He is also Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law.

He is presently an Adjunct Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law. (Courses: Corporate Governance and Compliance; Law Technology), and is formerly Co-Editor in Chief of the Texas Association of Business Employment Law Handbook (James Publications), as well as a former law clerk in the Eastern District of Texas.