M. Collin Quigley

Collin Quigley represents and advises employees and employers at all levels in connection with a wide array of labor and employment matters.

• • Direct: 214.239.2757
  • Mobile: 214.550-3045

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• • • Business & Commercial Litigation
    • Labor & Employment
    • Trade Secrets
    • Non-Compete
    • Non-Solicitations
    • Employment Litigation
    • Arbitration

Collin Quigley represents both employees and employers of all ranks and sizes in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including those involving claims of wrongful termination, retaliation, non-compete/non-solicitation violations, trade secret theft, and wage and hour violations. In addition to being a trusted adviser to his clients, Collin is a fervent litigator who is invested in winning. When his clients win, Collin wins. And that is evident with every matter he takes on. In finding a path to victory, Collin takes a unique and creative approach to litigation, utilizing technology and electronic/third-party discovery whenever and wherever possible to represent his client’s best interests.

Prior to joining the Rogge Dunn Group, Collin practiced in the Dallas office of Littler Mendelson P.C., the world’s largest and premier management-side labor and employment law firm, where he earned his stripes defending industry titans and Fortune 500 companies. As a result of this experience, Collin brings invaluable insight to his clients’ matters, allowing him to secure the best possible results for them.

Collin earned his J.D. from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of law, where he graduated with honors. During law school, Collin served as Associate Managing Editor on the International Law Review Association and Chief Counsel for the SMU Civil Clinic. He also externed for the Hon. Mark X. Mullin in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Before attending law school, Collin spent a gap year as an international volunteer for the nonprofit organization Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, where he cared for and taught English to orphaned and abandoned children. In his free time, Collin enjoys spending time with his friends and family.

NOTABLE RESULTS AND SUCCESSES:

• Facilitating a $1.8 million dollar settlement in a high-stakes trade secrets theft and non-competition/non-solicitation matter by leveraging cellphone data demonstrating the defendants intentionally destroyed evidence and attempted to cover their tracks.
• Obtaining a contempt finding against his client’s former head of research and development for violation of a court’s permanent injunction, resulting in total fines levied of over $250,000.
• Winning several take-nothing arbitration awards brought against his client – a ride-sharing technology company – in bet-the-company litigation.
• Securing a walk-away settlement in a workers’ compensation retaliation matter with the use of geo-locational data that refuted the plaintiff’s claims and uncovered workers’ compensation fraud.
• Securing the dismissal of a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against his client by revealing that the alleged harassing text messages were fabricated and manufactured with an online tool.

Publications/Speaking Engagements

• Texas Court Sets Aside the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule with Nationwide Effect, ASAP, August 21, 2024
• Considerations for Compliance with FTC Noncompete Rule, Webcast, August 8, 2024
• 2024 Dallas Regional Employer Conference, Dallas, Texas, August 1, 2024
• Texas District Court Narrowly Stays and Enjoins FTC’s Non-Compete Rule, ASAP, July 4, 2024
• 2023 Dallas Regional Employer Conference, Dallas, Texas, August 3, 2023