Anissa C. Paddock

Anissa represents employers in a wide variety of counseling matters, litigation, and investigations.  She has defended employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, employment-related tort claims, and breach of contract.  She counsels employers on a wide range of statutes and common-law obligations.

 Representative Experience

• Prevailed on summary judgment, as part of litigation team, for numerous employers in claims alleging race, gender, national origin, and age discrimination, as well as retaliation, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and contract claims.
• Successfully litigated arbitration proceeding involving breach of contract dispute.
• Obtained dismissals of EEOC charges alleging race discrimination.
• Successfully mediated claim of race discrimination in early stages of EEOC charge investigation.
• Conducted multiple investigations on behalf of companies involving claims of race and gender discrimination, and sexual harassment.
• Conducted, as part of large litigation team, national investigation of managerial status of employees to defeat collective action certification in two separate FLSA actions.
• Counseled large and small employers on employee handbooks, policies, and procedures, as well as on issues of hiring, discipline, dismissal, and unemployment claims.  

Results depend on facts of each case.

Professional Background and Activities

• Law Clerk to the Honorable David Hittner, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1997-1999.
• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1997.
• B.A., The University of Texas, magna cum laude, 1993.
• Admitted to Texas Bar, 1997; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States District Court, Southern District of Texas.