HONORS AND AWARDS

• Best Lawyers® 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law (Individuals) in the DFW Metro Area

• Best Lawyers® 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law (Individuals) in the DFW Metro Area

• Listed in U.S. News’ "Best Lawyers in America" for Employment Law (Individuals) and Litigation (Labor and Employment) - 2016-2025

• Listed as a “Texas Super Lawyer” every year for 2013-2024

• Super Lawyers' Texas "Up-and-Coming 100" list in 2017 & 2018.

• Super Lawyers' Texas "Up-and-Coming 50 Women" list in 2017 & 2018.

• "Superb" (10/10) Rating on Avvo.com

MEDIA

• “FTC Gets Backing Against Noncompete Rule Challenge,” Law360, June 2024

• “White Rock Medical Center Employees File Class Action Suit Against Employer Over Unpaid Insurance Premiums,” D Magazine, June 2024

• “The Nurses Who Stood Up to Parkland Health and Won,” D Magazine, Feb. 2024

• “4 red flags to watch out for before signing any job contract, say employment lawyers,” CNBC, Oct. 2023

• “They Quit Their Jobs. Their Ex-Employers Sued Them for Training Costs,” New York Times, Sep. 2023

• “Contracts that put workers on hook for training costs face pushback,” Becker’s Hospital Review, Sep. 2023

• “Major Cargo Airline Company Accused of Illegally Trapping Pilots in Up to $30,000 of Training Debt Amidst Supply Chain Crisis” - SPBC Press Release, Jan. 2023

• “Employees In Debt To Former Employers After Breaking Contracts” - Scripps Special Report, Dec. 2021

• “For nearly two dozen nurses, leaving Parkland early comes at a cost” - Dallas Morning News article, July 2020

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Dallas Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section (Immediate Past Chair)

• Texas Employment Lawyers Association (Repeat Board Member)

• DFW - NELA (Repeat Board Member)

• College of the State Bar of Texas

• National Employment Lawyers Association

EDUCATION

Washington University in St. Louis
J.D. (Law)

• Honor Scholar Award

• Dean’s List

• Top Grade - “Censorship & Free Expression”

• Top Grade - “The Legacy of Bush v. Gore”

• Best Brief - Saul Lefkowitz National Moot Court

Marquette University
Honors B.A. - Psychology & Criminology

• Phi Alpha Delta (Honor Society)

• Pi Gamma Mu (Honor Society)

• Psi Chi (Honor Society)

• Phi Alpha Theta (Honor Society)

• Order of Omega (Honor Society)

• Rho Lambda (Honor Society)

• MENSA

ADMISSIONS:

• Texas (All State Courts)

• U.S. District Court, Northern Texas

• U.S. District Court, Western Texas

• U.S. District Court, Eastern Texas

• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• “TRAP’d at Work,” Texas State Bar Annual Meeting, Austin TX, June 2023

• “Fighting Back Against TRAP Agreements,” Texas Employment Lawyers Assoc. Annual Conference, April 2023

• “Do’s & Don'ts of Case Investigation: Uncovering Evidence Without Formal Discovery,” State Bar of Texas, Advanced Employment Law Course, Jan. 2023

• “Ex Parte Witness Communications: Who Can You Talk To?” – State Bar of Texas, Advanced Employment Law Course, April 2022

• “Cancel Culture at Work? Social Media Issues Affecting Employees and Employers” - DAYL, Sep. 2021

• Practice In the Time of COVID - TELA Annual Conference, April 2021

• “Ex Parte Witness Communications: Who Can You Talk To?” – State Bar of Texas, Advanced Employment Law Course, Jan. 2021

• “Don’t Kill the Messenger: The Cost of Retaliating Against Doctors & Nurses” – Dallas Bar Association, Oct. 2020 & Feb. 2021

• “Ethics in the Age of Digital Transactions” - UT CLE Labor & Employment Law Conference, May 2020

• “Hanging Your Shingle” - TELA Annual Conference, April 2020

• “Opening the Barn Door: Evidentiary Issues in Employment Law” - State Bar of Texas L&E Annual Conference, San Antonio 2019

• Written Discovery Update & Strategies - TELA Annual Conference, April 2019

• "Can We Talk? - Witness Contact Issues in Litigation" - State Bar of Texas L&E Annual Conference, San Antonio 2017

• Plaintiff's Counsel Roundtable- MCHRA Employment Law Conference, 2017

• Technology Ethics - Plano Bar Assoc., 2016

• Technology Ethics - Dallas Bar Assoc., Solo & Small Firm Section, 2016

• Workplace Accommodations - A New Landscape - State Bar of Texas L&E Annual Conference, 2015

• "Technology in Practice" - DFW-NELA Luncheon, 2015

• "Practice Management" - TELA Annual Conference, 2015

• "Protect Your Company From FMLA Liability" - The Noble Group, 2014

• "Ethics Issues in Employment Law" - Tarrant County Bar Association, 2013

• "Managing Your Practice" - State Bar of Texas L&E Annual Conference, 2013

• "Ethics Issues in Employment Law" (DBA Labor & Employment Section, 2013)

• "Employment Law in Texas" (Texas Business Show with Martin Birnbach, 2012)

• "The No Contact Rule" (TELA Annual Conference, 2012)

• "Retaliation Update" (State Bar of Texas L&E Annual Conference, 2012)

• "Implicit Bias in the Courtroom" (Higginbotham Inn of Court, 2012)

• "Common Employer Mistakes in FMLA Implementation" (NELA Annual Conference, San Diego, 2012)

• "Common Mistakes in FMLA Implementation" (DFW NELA CLE Luncheon, 2012)

• "Substantive FMLA Claims (Course Materials) (Current Developments in Employment Law: 19th Annual Advanced Course, Santa Fe, NM 2012)

• "Quantifying Subjective Performance Assessments" (TELA Annual Conference, Guatemala 2011)

• "Surviving Back-to-Back Trials" (DFW-NELA CLE Luncheon, 2011)