Leila C. Feldman, Of Counsel

Practice Description

Leila primarily represents public school employees in personnel matters at administrative levels and in litigation. She also represents individual and business clients in employment matters and has represented collectively bargained employee benefit plans in ERISA and tax matters.

Leila is licensed to practice law in Texas and California. She has handled cases in state and federal courts and had argued before the National Labor Relations Board. Leila was recently selected as a "Texas Rising Star" in the area of labor and employment law, as reported in Texas Monthly.

Practice Areas

• Labor and Employment
• State Administrative Law
• Licensing
• Contracts

Representative Matters

• Sharifian v. Public Utilities Commission of Texas; represented state employee in whistleblower litigation in Travis County District Court.
• Shabbaz v. Texas State Employees' Union; represented TSEU in race discrimination and retaliation litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
• Weininger v. Covert Buick, Inc.; represented employee in sexual harassment litigation in Travis County District Court.

Publications & Presentations

• Recent Developments in Media Law and Defamation Torts, co-author, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Winter 2002, Vol. 37, No. 2
• Critical Maintenance of the Personnel File, Lorman Seminar for Human Resource Professionals, May 2, 2001
• Health & Safety Considerations in the Workplace, Lorman Seminar for Human Resource Professionals, May 2, 2001

Educational and Professional Background

• Yale. B.A. in Literature, graduated with honors, 1995
• The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1999
• Tom Martin Davis Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law
• Associate Editor of the Texas Forum on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
• Judicial Internship for the Honorable Judge Mack Kidd, Texas Third Court of Appeals