Shannon H. Hutcheson - Austin, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1996
    J.D., with honors
    Honors: Order of the Coif

• Non Legal Education

  • Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1993
    B.A., with Departmental Honors
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, Texas, Associate

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law, Employment Agreements and Covenants Not to Compete (2014-2019)
  
• “Have Staff Shortages Become the New Normal Post-COVID,” Texas Ad Valorem Tax Conference (2022)
  
• “COVID & the Workplace in 2021: An Employment Law Primer on Vaccines and Returning to the Office,” Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas (2021)
  
• “The Texas Citizen Participation Act,” University of Texas Annual Technology Conference (2019)
  
• Organized Full-Day CLE: “The Path to Justice: Guidance from the Trenches” (2018)
  
• Organized Full-Day CLE: “Legal Ethics and Texas Legal Practice: Persisting Principles, New Realities” (2016)
  
• Organized Full-Day CLE: “Emerging Trends in the Federal Courts,” (2015)
  
• “The New and the Old in the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act,” State Bar of Texas, Business Disputes CLE (2015)
  
• “Agencies Run Amuck: Defending Against Federal Investigations,” State Bar of Texas, Business Disputes CLE (2014)
  
• “Attorney Eyes Only: Confidentiality and Protective Orders in Business Litigation,” State Bar of Texas, Business Disputes CLE (2013)
  
• “Arbitration: The Pros & Cons and the How-to’s,” University of Texas Annual Legal Conference; Texas Association of Business Symposium (2012)

Pro Bono Activities

• Austin Children’s Shelter, Board of Directors, • Member (2013) • Secretary (2014)
• SAFE Austin, Board of Directors (2015-2018)
• Women of Hope, Founding Member (2013-present
• Austin Women’s Invest to Elect, Steering Committee (2017-present
• Center for Reproductive Rights, Texas Leadership Council (2018-present)
• Annie’s List, Annual Luncheon Committee, Steering Committee Member (2018-2019)

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1996
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

Other Affiliations

• Board Certified, Labor & Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Texas Bar Fellows, Life Member
• Secretary-Treasurer, Travis County Women Lawyer’s Foundation (2018-present)
• State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting Committee (2022)
• Austin College Lawyer Alumni Association, President & Board Member (2013-2015)
• University of Texas School of Law Technology Law Conference, Planning Committee (2015-2018)