Volunteer Spotlight - Employment Law Update Chair: Laura O'Donnell, Haynes & Boone, LLP (2017)

Laura O’Donnell
Haynes and Boone, LLP
 
About the Company: Haynes and Boone, LLP is an American Lawyer top 100 law firm, with more than 575 lawyers in 15 offices and 40major legal practices. Laura O’Donnell is a Partner and leads the firm’s Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group. She is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been recognized by numerous state and national publications as a top employment litigator. Laura specializes in FLSA collective actions and state wage and hour class actions as well as class discrimination, including a specific focus on pay equity issues.
 
About the Program: This year, the North Chamber and Haynes and Boone, LLP will present an Annual Employment Law Update for the 14^thconsecutive year. The Employment Law Update is a one-day seminar that provides valuable information on current liability trends and strategies to reduce employers’ exposure. The seminar is presented by experienced Haynes and Boone attorneys who exclusively practice labor and employment law and is ideal for human resources professionals, business owners, managers and executives.
 
Personally Speaking: As the partner over the Haynes and Boone’s central Texas labor and employment practice, Laura O’Donnell has led Haynes and Boone as they have sponsored the Employment Law Update since its inception in 2003. Laura has also served on the Enterprising Women’s Planning Committee and chaired the EWC Athena Award Committee and the Sponsorship and Table Sales Committee.