Allison Bowers - Austin, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1999
    J.D., with honors
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Law Review: Texas Law Review

• Non Legal Education

  • The University of Texas, 1996
    B.A., with highest honors
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    Major: Plan II

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Justice Lee Yeakel, Texas Court of Appeals Third District, Austin, Briefing Attorney
• Baker Botts LLP, Special Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law, Employment Agreements (2014-2019)
  
• Parental Leave, Austin Bar Diversity Summit (2022)
  
• The Intersection of Employment Law, Social Media, and the First Amendment, Texas State Bar’s Advanced Administrative Law Course (2022, 2018)
  
• COVID Return to Office Education, Austin Human Resources Association (2021)
  
• FFCRA, COVID-19, and Return to Work Issues, Austin Human Resources Association (2020)
  
• #MeToo in the Law Firm: Lessons on Conducting Effective Trainings to Reduce Harassment, Austin Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (2018)
  
• Employment Law Update, National Association of Legal Search Consultants (2018)
  
• When Politics Invade the Workplace, Austin Human Resources Association (2017)
  
• The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Texas State Bar’s Advanced Employment Law Course (2016)
  
• The Case of the Moonlighting Employee, University of Texas Technology Law Conference (2016)
  
• How to Succeed in Mediation and Arbitration, Texas Minority Counsel Program (2016)
  
• How to Protect Trade Secrets, Austin Human Resources Association (2015)
  
• Social Media & Non-Compete Law: From Hiring to Firing, HR High Tech Roundtable (2014)
  
• Presented defense case for “The Shoot Out” on ADA/FMLA issues, SHRM-Texas State Council Legislative Conference (2013)
  
• Arbitration: The Pros & Cons and the How-to’s, University of Texas Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference (2012); Texas Association of Business, Employment Relations Symposium (2012)
  
• "Implementing Policies and Practices That Comply With the FMLA and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act: Pregnancy, Maternity, and Fertility Leave Issues,", Council for Management Education, Austin, 2003
  
• "Auditing Investigation Policies,", Internal Investigation of Employment Issues in Texas, Lorman Education Services, Austin, 2001

Published Works

Articles

• "Women at The University of Texas: A Call to Action," 9 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 117, 2000 , 2000
  
• Tu Nguyen v. Duy Tu Hoang, 318 F. Supp. 3d 983 (S.D. Tex. 2018) (argued)
  
• Doe v. United States, 831 F.3d 309, 313 (5th Cir. 2016) (argued)
  
• Coastal Habitat All. v. Patterson, 601 F. Supp. 2d 868, 870 (W.D. Tex. 2008), as amended (May 22, 2009), aff'd, 385 F. App'x 358 (5th Cir. 2010)
  
• Voice of Cornerstone Church Corp. v. Pizza Prop. Partners, 160 S.W.3d 657, 661 (Tex. App. 2005) (argued)
  
• Jarvis v. Cirrus Logic, Inc., 97 F. App'x 493 (5th Cir. 2004) (argued)

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas
• Member, Texas Minority Counsel Program Steering Committee (2015-2017)
• Board of Directors, Austin Human Resources Management Association (2014-2015)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa