About Welmaker Law

Welmaker Law is a plaintiff-side wage and hour firm. I represent workers nationwide in unpaid overtime cases under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, with active matters in federal courts across Texas, New Mexico, Indiana, Arkansas, North Dakota, and the Fifth Circuit. The work is one thing: helping workers recover overtime their employers should have paid in the first place.

A Sole Focus on Overtime

Welmaker Law is a plaintiff-side FLSA wage and hour firm. The practice is dedicated to one thing: helping workers recover the overtime pay their employers should have paid in the first place.

Founded in 2022 by Douglas B. Welmaker, the firm draws on more than thirty years of employment law experience and the past fifteen years exclusively litigating Fair Labor Standards Act cases. Doug has represented thousands of workers across industries: from oilfield roustabouts to healthcare professionals, from construction superintendents to delivery drivers.

Every case the firm takes is an FLSA case. That singular focus means the law, the case patterns, the defense playbook, and the federal courts where these cases are litigated are familiar territory.

How Do I Work With Clients?

Doug handles every case personally. There is no junior associate filtering your calls and no client portal sending you generic status updates. When you hire Welmaker Law, you hire Doug.

The firm operates on a contingency fee basis. You pay nothing upfront. You pay nothing for costs. If there is no recovery, you pay nothing at all.

The first conversation is free. There is no obligation. Doug will tell you the strengths and weaknesses of your situation honestly, and if you do not have a case, he will tell you that too.

Nationwide Practice

The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law, and it applies the same way in every state. Welmaker Law represents workers in federal courts across the United States, including all four Texas federal districts, the District of New Mexico, the District of North Dakota, the Western District of Arkansas, the Southern District of Indiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The firm goes where the cases are. Whether you are in Houston, Albuquerque, Bismarck, or anywhere in between, the analysis is the same and the firm files where the violation happened.

What Kinds of Cases Do I Take?

Independent contractor misclassification. Salary and exempt misclassification. Off-the-clock work. Day rate violations. Tip credit failures. Auto-deducted meal breaks. Retaliation for asserting overtime rights. FLSA collective actions on behalf of groups of similarly situated workers. See all practice areas →

Office

Welmaker Law, PLLC
505 E. Magrill
Longview, Texas 75601
(512) 799-2048
doug@welmakerlaw.com