Among a number of other big appellate wins for the firm last year, Wright Close & Barger successfully argued a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that ultimately changed the playing field for job bias suits in federal courts nationwide.

The firm convinced the appeals court in Fort Bend County v. Davis to reverse a district judge’s determination that the court lacked jurisdiction to decide a religious discrimination case because the plaintiff’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge did not include a religious discrimination claim.