Gina focuses on advising and counseling employers on all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including employee handbooks and policies, employment contracts, severance agreements, covenants not to compete, confidentiality agreements, training, investigations and day-to-day employment matters.

Representative Experience

• Prepares employee handbooks, documents, and forms, including employment agreements, severance agreements, covenants not to compete, and confidentiality agreements.
• Provides employee and management training, including sexual harassment prevention workshops.
• Assists employers with day to day employee-related issues.
• Conducts investigations of discrimination and harassment complaints.
• Advises employers and employees on their rights and responsibilities as set forth employment agreements, severance agreements, and covenants not to compete.

Education

• 1993 — Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D.
  • SMU Law Review, Editor
  • Published Law Review Article
  • Order of the Coif
  • Order of Barristers
  • Hatton W. Sumners Scholar
• 1990 — Missouri State University, B.A.; summa cum laude

Affiliations & Honors

• Dallas Bar Association
• Highland Park United Methodist Church
• The State Bar of Texas
• University Park Elementary Parent Teacher Association; Chairwoman of International Days
• Women’s Auxillary to Children’s Medical Center; Co-chair of Individual Underwriting for Children’s Medical Center Night at Six Flags
• Texas Monthly Rising Star Attorney in the field of Employment Law, 2005, 2008

Admitted

• Texas
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas