Alton Kuykendall
Managing partner, Dallas office
Alton took his first pay claim after years in a payroll office, and he still starts every case with the pay stub.
Admissions, courts and education
Bar admissions
Texas
1984
Courts
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
1985
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
1990
Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
1983
B.A., University of North Texas
1980
Languages
English
Spanish
Conversational
Memberships
State Bar of Texas, Labor and Employment Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
Before law school, a payroll desk
Alton worked in payroll before he went to law school. He knows how a time clock rounds, how a bonus gets recoded and where a final check can quietly shrink. When a worker brings him a pay problem, he goes to the numbers first.
He leads the Dallas office and handles pay claims and wrongful termination matters. He is known in the firm for explaining every fee agreement out loud before anyone signs it.
Away from the desk, he coaches a youth baseball team on weekends and keeps a short list of restaurants where the staff still get the tips.
Meet Alton in Dallas
A free first call, or a visit on McKinney Avenue.