Brett Holubeck, Presenter
Brett takes a practical approach to counsel; he defends businesses and individuals in employment law issues and disputes. He knows that good preventative measures are crucial to avoiding litigation and improving performance and employee morale. Brett advises on employee handbooks, drafts employment agreements, helps ensure compliant policies, and understands the importance of having the right policies and practices in place. He has handled wage and hour, employee leave, noncompete, and labor relations matters, as well as represented companies before the NLRB. Finally, Brett runs his own blog, texaslaborlawblog.com covering various employment and labor law issues.

Alissa Gomez, Moderator
Professor Gomez teaches Lawyering Skills & Strategies, Evidence, and Feminist Legal Theory at the University of Houston Law Center, and also serves as Pro Bono Facilitator for students, faculty, and staff.
Prior to joining the Law Center faculty in 2017, Professor Gomez served for six years as the Executive Director of Houston Volunteer Lawyers, the largest pro bono legal aid provider in Texas and recipient of the State Bar’s Pro Bono Award in 2014. Under her leadership, Houston Volunteer Lawyers achieved a pro bono case placement rate of 98 percent, grew to a full-time staff of 30 including 14 staff attorneys, and launched innovative programming such as the Texas Children’s Medical-Legal Partnership. From 2002 to 2011, Professor Gomez was a commercial litigation associate and then partner in the Houston office of King & Spalding LLP. She was the first woman associate elected partner from within the Houston office of King & Spalding. Professor Gomez received her juris doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law in 2002 and received her B.A. from the University of Texas in 1998. Professor Gomez’s scholarship focuses on civil justice reform and feminist legal issues.