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Peckham Martin, PLLC: A Houston Employment Mediator Who Has Tried Cases on Both Sides of the “V”

Charles H. Peckham has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1999, and his firm’s own materials describe a genuine rarity in employment mediation: an attorney who has actually tried cases on both the employee and employer side, rather than mediating from behind a single-side litigation background.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Charles H. Peckham earned his law degree from South Texas College of Law in December 1991 and has held Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Labor and Employment Law since 1999. He co-founded Peckham Martin, PLLC with Mary A. Martin in 2008, combining more than 60 years of the firm’s collective legal experience. Peckham serves on the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee for Business, Consumer, Insurance, and Employment — a role that involves helping draft the standard jury instructions Texas courts use statewide, now in an advisory capacity after multiple three-year terms.

Practice Concentration

The firm handles employment discrimination, harassment, wage-and-hour, and disability disputes, explicitly representing both employees and employers — the firm’s own site states plainly, “we both represent employees and employers in even the most complex employment issues.” Awesome Attorneys is disclosing that mixed-representation model directly. See this Houston Employment & Labor directory for how this compares to employee-only or employer-only firms in the same category. Peckham also serves as a Panel Arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Arbitrators in Employment Law and as a credentialed employment mediator.

Track Record

As is typical for employment litigation and mediation practices, the firm does not publish a table of case outcomes with dollar figures, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one. What is independently verifiable is Peckham’s 1999 board certification, his multiple three-year terms on the State Bar’s Pattern Jury Charge Committee, and his AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Client Voice

Peckham holds an Avvo “Superb” rating of 10 and an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, both third-party peer and client evaluation systems. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or unresolved reviews warranting disclosure for this firm.

Beyond the Courtroom

Peckham has authored legal articles and seminar papers and has appeared on national and local television and radio news broadcasts discussing employment law issues — a documented public-education role distinct from courtroom work. He has also completed Advanced Aircraft Accident Investigation training, a specialized credential connected to the firm’s aviation litigation practice.

Recognition for This Houston Employment & Labor Attorney

Peckham holds Board Certification in Labor and Employment Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, the credential this publication requires before using “specialist” language. He has been named a Texas Super Lawyer in Employment Law and has held Lead Counsel Verification in Labor and Employment Law from LawInfo.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Texas follows the doctrine of at-will employment, meaning an employer can generally terminate a worker for any reason or no reason absent a legally protected exception such as discrimination or retaliation. Peckham’s role on the State Bar’s Pattern Jury Charge Committee is directly relevant here: those pattern instructions are what Texas juries are actually read when deciding employment discrimination and related claims at trial. None of this is legal advice; a specific employment matter should be evaluated by a licensed attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Peckham Martin’s clearest, most checkable differentiator is Charles Peckham’s dual role as both a board-certified litigator and a genuinely dual-sided mediator — someone who has tried cases for both management and employees, a background his own firm notes is rare among employment mediators. The honest trade-off: as a firm that explicitly represents both employees and employers, a prospective client needs to confirm directly which side the firm would represent them on for their specific dispute. For a party seeking mediation from someone with genuine both-sides trial experience, rather than a mediator who only ever represented one side in litigation, this is a checkable, distinctive credential.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Peckham Martin, PLLC’s official website (pmlaw-us.com), the State Bar of Texas’s public attorney lookup confirming license, office address, and board certification, and Charles Peckham’s published mediator profile on Texas Neutrals.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Peckham Martin, PLLC prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.