LAW STUDENT BY DAY, HORSEBACK RIDER BY NIGHT MEET OUR BRILLIANT LAW CLERK!
You might remember from past newsletters that BLF attorney Ashley coaches law students at the University of Houston in her spare time. A while back, Russell joined
“I was really inspired by how much Ashley truly loves her job and really cares for her clients,” Meghan says. “So when I reached the end of my second year of law school, I asked if BLF had any law clerk positions open.” We did, and we brought Meghan on board! She has a diverse background in construction and employment law and even interned with the U.S. Army JAG Corps. To help her learn about personal injury cases, we assigned her research projects, discovery requests and responses, seminars, and more. “Ashley and Russell have been great to work with,” Meghan says. “They’re not holding back or saying, ‘Oh, you’re a law student so you shouldn’t do this quite yet.’ A lot of my peers are working at other firms and are really limited in what they can work on. They’re just doing basic research projects. But Ashley and Russell know I want to be an
attorney, so they’re giving me the work an attorney would have.”
Meghan is working for us remotely from Houston. She has lived there with her family since she was 8 years old, and she has a very Texan hobby: horseback riding! “When I moved to Texas from Alaska, I thought everyone knew how to ride horses!” she remembers. “I let my parents put me in lessons, and that’s how I started out. I don’t compete as much now since I’m in law school, and it’s expensive and time- consuming, but I do have a horse! Her name is Dream, and she’s 20 years old — I’ve had her since I was 17.” We love the passion Meghan brings to her work and her hobbies, and we can’t wait to see what she accomplishes after her graduation this May.
her to be a witness in a mock trial — and one student’s approach caught his eye.
“Meghan definitely stood out,” he remembers. “She just had the mindset, passion, and work ethic that we demand and expect from people on our team.”
Fortunately, Meghan admired Ashley just as much!
FIGHT BACK AGAINST YOURWORKPLACE BULLIES With Help From Tremain Artaza PLLC
Carmen Artaza grew up in Northern Michigan in a small working-class town that iced over during the winter. It was a difficult place to make a living, and as she remembers it, the employers in the area were less than helpful. “There were a lot of injustices and people being taken advantage of,” she says. “Growing up in that background with a lot of blue-collar workers, I wanted to do something to help people.” Carmen decided to attend law school. Thousands of miles away, Ashley Tremain had the same idea. “I can’t stand a bully,” Ashley says. “Throughout high school and college, I was always interested in civil rights issues. When law school rolled around, I knew I wanted to represent the underdog.”
Both Carmen and Ashley became employment law attorneys fighting for the rights of workers and winning justice from shady companies. In 2014, they officially joined forces to open their own firm: Tremain Artaza PLLC. They represent workers of all stripes, from low-wage earners to executives. “Right now, I have minimum wage truckers, entrepreneurs, and high-ranking health care executives on my docket,” Ashley says. “We really do represent the whole gamut — as long as they’re an employee or an entrepreneur having a dispute with [their former] company, that’s our wheelhouse.” Tremain Artaza excels at representing all workers, but as an all-female firm, they have a certain passion for helping women in the workplace.
Leave Act (FMLA), and disability accommodations — these issues all tend to disproportionately affect women,” Ashley says. “Other attorneys refer a lot of cases like that to us.” Our team at BLF is on that list! We send clients to Tremain Artaza when they need help with a workplace issue, and we’re always impressed by their compassion and stellar results. If you’re being harassed, bullied, or treated unfairly by someone at work, visit TremainArtaza.com or call 469- 573-0229 today to get help.
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