Global labor law firm will staff Austin office with Dallas lawyers

A global employment and labor law firm is opening its first Austin office, citing the area's fast-growing economy as the reason for the move. San Francisco-based Littler Mendelson PC, which operates as Littler and bills itself as the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management, will staff the local office with attorneys who are moving over from its Dallas office. The Austin office will open on Sept. 1 and will be one of about 60 Littler branches. Shareholders Steve…