Emily Travis

Emily Travis is a labor and employment litigator with measured experience in litigation and administrative complaints arising out of complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, reasonable accommodation, FMLA and FLSA (and Texas state law counterparts). Additionally, she assists clients in responding to employee complaints to the EEOC, TWC, OSHA and NLRB, including preparation of position statements. Emily also works on employment, severance, arbitration and independent contractor agreements, employee applications, employee policies and employee handbooks/manuals.

Lead Associate in:

• Representing national resort and timeshare company in responding to administrative complaints to the EEOC and DOL and in providing general employment advice
• Representing international steel company in litigation relating to breach of employment contracts and in responding to administrative complaints of alleged violations of Title VII, the ADA, ADEA and USERRA
• Representing international cybersecurity company in obtaining injunctive relief against former employees and competitor company relating to misappropriation of trade secrets
• Representing gas supply company in obtaining injunctive relief against former employees and competitor company relating to misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of restrictive covenants
• Representing former CEO of health care IT company in arbitration for breach of employment agreement and wrongful termination
• Representing national oilwell completions company in defending allegations of racial discrimination
• Providing advice and guidance to national hospitality company relating to disability accommodation for public accommodations under the ADA
• Representing national refining company in four-week trial in Washington against citations for violation of the state’s process safety management regulations; representation required knowledge of regulatory requirements and factual and legal defenses and management of expert and fact witnesses and trial team
• Representing Grenadian exploration and production company and indemnified vendors in suit for misappropriation of trade secrets; granted special appearance on behalf of defendant
• Representing Norwegian software company in claims against U.S. subsidiary for breach of LLC Agreement and termination of agreement for distribution of software
• Representing international gas supplier in arbitration against customer for breach of gas supply agreement, with particular consideration to construction disputes and force majeure
• Assisting international chemical company with internal investigation following incident relating to release of hazardous materials, including conducting witness interview and interfacing with governmental agencies

Emily is well versed in the numerous issues stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), stay-at-home and related orders, and all of their impacts on employers, employees and independent contractors, including critical infrastructure and essential services determinations, paid and unpaid leave, layoffs, pay reductions, reduced hours, furloughs, downsizings, expanded unemployment, and their interaction with numerous local, state and federal laws and regulations. Many of these issues have significant interactions with employee benefits, tax, Small Business Administration and other issues, where we collaborate closely with our colleagues experienced in those practice areas.