Lilia S. Marek is a highly rated employment lawyer practicing in New Braunfels, Texas with Rougeux & Associates PLLC, a full-service employment law boutique. A certified SPHR and SHRM-SCP, Lilia partners with clients to develop strategic responses to their employment law needs and provides management with the tools needed to achieve sustained economic growth.

A University of Houston Law Center alumna, Lilia started her legal career as a Judicial Intern for the Southern District of Texas and Labor & Employment attorney with Jones Day in Houston, Texas. She later moved her practice to New Braunfels, where she is involved in civic organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce and co-chairing the Rotary District Youth Exchange Committee.  Lilia is fluent in Romanian and Russian.

Noteworthy Achievements:

• One of The Best of Employment Lawyers, Scene in San Antonio, 2014-2021
• Texas Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service, 2010 & 2019
• Chair of the Board Award in the field of organizational governance, Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, June 2021
• Leadership New Braunfels Alumna, 2014
• Judicial Intern to Judge Nancy F. Atlas, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Summer 2005
• Notes and Comments Editor, Houston Law Review

Memberships & Admissions:

• State Bar of Texas, 2007
• United States District Courts for the Western, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Comal County Bar Association
• Hill Country Human Resources Management Association
• Society for Human Resource Management
• New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
• Rotary International, Co-Chair of District 5840 Youth Exchange Committee and Member of the Rotary Club of New Braunfels
• South Central Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotex Alumni Association
• Barons and Baronesses of The Braunfels Foundation Trust

Education:

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas 2007
  Doctor of Jurisprudence, Order of the Coif
• Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 2000
  Bachelor of Business Administration, Highest Honors
• International Institute of Management, Chisinau, Moldova 1996-1998

Experience:

• Reagan Burrus PLLC 2009-2011 – Associate, Labor & Employment and Litigation
• Jones Day 2007-2009 – Associate, Labor & Employment

Languages: Romanian and Russian