PictureJoseph H. Gillespie
Joe Gillespie, a founding partner of Gillespie Sanford LLP, focuses his practice on labor and employment advice, litigation, and trials.  Joe has successfully represented individuals, unions, and class action groups in cases involving wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, fraud, breach of contract, overtime pay violations, and grievance proceedings.   

A “Rising Star” in Texas Monthly and Superlawyers.com from 2007 through 2013.

A “Super Lawyer” in Texas Monthly and Superlawyers.com in 2013 through 2016.

AV rated by his peers on Martindale.com

Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since December 31, 2007.

Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Admitted in:
  • Texas State Bar: November 2002
  • Northern District of Texas: November 2002
  • Southern District of Texas: January 2003
  • Western District of Texas: January 2003
  • Eastern District of Texas: September 2003
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: December 2003
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals: December 2010
  • United States Supreme Court: April 2009

Education:
  • University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1999)
  • University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2002)

Memberships:
  • State Bar of Texas;
  • Dallas Bar Association: Labor and Employment Law Section; 
  • National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA); 
  • Texas Employment Lawyers Association (TELA);
  • Dallas-Fort Worth National Employment Lawyers Association (DFW-NELA); 
  • William “Mac” Taylor American Inn of Court, Dallas, Texas; and
  • Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation

Service to the Bar:
  • Dallas Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Counsel Member 2010 
  • DBA L&E Section Treasurer 2011
  • DBA L&E Section Secretary 2012
  • DBA L&E Section Vice-chair 2013
  • DBA L&E Section Chairperson 2014