Since joining the Underwood Law Firm in 1994, Charles Mallard has worked in and around various types of litigation in both state and federal courts. His practice is currently concentrated in the defense of employment, nonsubscriber and medical malpractice claims against long-term care and other health care providers. Additionally, Mr. Mallard provides immigration support to the Firm’s energy and dairy clients in the E Visa classification and he routinely speaks at employment law seminars on the topics of I-9 compliance and the defense of unemployment and Payday Law claims before the Texas Workforce Commission.

Mr. Mallard’s wife, Jessica, is a professor at West Texas A&M University and they have one son, Nathan. When not working, he has been known to play golf and watch just about any type of sports that is on television.

Practice Concentration and Experience

Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice/Insurance Defense

  • Nursing home negligence
  • First and third party personal injury
  • Premises liability

Employment Law

  • Nonsubscriber negligence
  • Unemployment (TWC and Payday Law)
  • OSHA
  • EEOC and Texas Commission on Human Rights
  • Professional licensure defense

Immigration Law

  • E2 and EB-5 Investment Visas
  • Employment Visas
  • I-9 Compliance

Activities and Affiliations

  • Admitted State Bar of Texas
  • Admitted United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; United States District Courts for Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
  • Texas Bar Foundation
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Amarillo Area Bar Association
  • Epilepsy Foundation, West Texas, board member, 2011-present
  • March of Dimes, Amarillo Chapter, executive director, 1998-2001

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Website Articles

Presentations

  • I-9 Compliance and Audits for Employers, Hereford Economic Development Corporation and Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn Series, May 3, 2011
  • “Aliens vs. Predators – Immigration Update” Underwood Law Firm’s Annual Employment Law Seminar – The Final Frontier, March 2011
  • “Culpability: Minimizing Risk in Investigations and Maintaining Integrity” Texas Healthcare Association Annual Convention, November 4, 2010
  • “Immigration Law: 2008 and 2009 Fifth Circuit Case Law UPdate,” 42 Texas Tech Law Review 761, Spring 2010.
  • “Adding to the Employment Jungle – Immigration Alphabet Soup” It’s a Jungle Out There – Underwood Law Firm Employment Law Seminar, Amarillo, Texas, November 2009
  • “E2 and EB-5 Immigration,” presented at Immigration to Texas Seminar, Aars, Denmark, October 25, 2007
  • “E2 and EB-5 Immigration,” presented at Immigration to Texas Seminar, Aalborg, Denmark, October 24, 2007
  • “Liability Considerations for Medical Directors of Long-Term Care Facilities,” presented at the Medical Director’s Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 21, 2007
  • “Texas Workforce Commission Unemployment Disputes,” presented at the Recent Employment Law Developments and Key Strategies Seminar, Amarillo, Texas, February 27, 2003
  • “Defending Workforce Commission Unemployment Disputes: A School District Approach,” presented at the Region 16 Education Service Center Employment Law Seminar, Amarillo, Texas, January 14, 2003
  • “Nonsubscription To The Texas Workers’ Compensation Act,” Southwest Dairyman, September 2002
  • “Nonsubscription To The Texas Workers’ Compensation Act,” Southwest Dairyman, October 2002
  • “Nonsubscription To The Texas Workers’ Compensation Act,” Southwest Dairyman, December 2002
  • “Texas Workforce Commission Unemployment Benefits Disputes,” presented at the Employment Law Update Seminar, Amarillo, Texas, October 17, 2002
  • Teacher, Amarillo College, Paralegal Studies
    • Advanced Civil Litigation, 2002, 2003
    • Contracts, 2000, 2002
    • Torts and Personal Injury, 2001
  • “Responding to and Defending Adverse Licensure Referrals to the Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators,” presented at the Nursing Facility Administrators’ Conference, Dallas, Texas, February 22, 1999
  • “Paralegal Ethics and the Unauthorized Practice of Law,” presented at the TPLA Paralegal Seminar, Amarillo, Texas, June 26, 1998

Education

  • J.D. University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1994
    • With Honors
    • Order of the Coif
    • Am Jur Award – Remedies
    • Indexing Editor, American Indian Law Review
  • B.A. University of Central Oklahoma, 1990
    • Cross-Examination Debate Association
    • National Champion, 1989-1990
    • National Semi-Finalist, 1988-1989
    • Dean’s Arts Achievement Award
    • Recipient of the Joe C. Jackson Debate Award