Hartry, Allison
Allison Hartry
Allie is a seasoned employment attorney, certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a labor and employment law specialist. Allie joined The Morales Firm in 2014, focusing on labor and employment law. Since joining the Firm, she has successfully represented individuals and companies in complex employment law and business litigation matters involving hostile work environment, discrimination, retaliation, unpaid minimum wages and overtime, breach of contract, non-compete agreements, breach of fiduciary duty, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Allie regularly provides counsel concerning compliance with employment laws and represents companies facing audits by the Department of Labor and Texas Workforce Commission. Allie also has substantial experience reviewing and negotiating severance agreements for employees.
Previously, Allie served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore of the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, for the 2012 - 2014 term. Allie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2012. In law school, she served as Senior Notes & Comments Editor of the California Law Review and Commentary Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice. She interned for the San Francisco Public Defender's Officer, where she conducted hearings and argued motions as a certified law student. She also participated in several legal clinics, advising people of their rights and assisting in representing them before administrative and state courts.
Practice Areas
- Labor Law
- Employment Law
- Non-Competition Agreements
- Business Litigation
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
- J.D. - 2012
- Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- B.A. High Honors - 2007
- Major: History
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
Past Positions
- The Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Judicial Clerk, 2012 to 2014
Honors
- First place winner of the 2011 Law Students for Reproductive Justice & Center for Reproductive Rights Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for Birthright Justice: Birthright Citizenship and Reproductive Justice in Immigration Detention Centers, published in the New York University Review of Law and Social Change.
- Finalist in the 2011 American Constitution Society National Student Writing Competition for Birthright Justice: Birthright Citizenship and Reproductive Justice in Immigration Detention Centers.
- Recognized in San Antonio Magazine’s San Antonio's Best Lawyers Edition, Labor and Employment
- Recognized in Scene in S.A.'s San Antonio's Best Lawyers Edition, Labor and Employment
Pro-Bono Activities
- Texas Fair Defense Project Board of Directors: President 2022 to Present; Secretary, 2020 to 2022
Published Works
- Birthright Justice: Birthright Citizenship and Reproductive Justice in Immigration Detention Centers, 36 N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change 57, 2012
- Commentary, Gendering Crimmigration: The Intersection of Gender, Immigration, and the Criminal Justice System, 27 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 1 , 2012
- Book Note, 26 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 168 (2011) (reviewing Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America (2010))
- Wrongful Termination? But I Thought Texas Was An At-Will State: 23 Lesser Known Exceptions to the At-Will Doctrine, The Advocate/State Bar of Texas Litigation Section (Winter, 2014), The Advocate/State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Winter, 2014
Certified Legal Specialties
- Labor and Employment Law Specialist, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Professional Associations
- San Antonio Bar Association
- San Antonio Young Lawyers Association
Representative Cases
- Anderson v. Valdez:, 845 F.3d 580 (5th Cir. 2016) (affirming denial of motion to dismiss in First Amendment retaliation case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983);
- Anderson v. Valdez:, 845 F.3d 580, 607 (5th Cir. 2017) (petition for rehearing denied);
- Casanova v. Gold’s Tex. Holdings Grp., Inc., No. 5:13-CV-1161-DAE:, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37932 (W.D. Tex. 2016) (granting plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in case interpreting Section 207(i) overtime commission exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act);
- Casanova v. Gold’s Tex. Holdings Grp., Inc., No. 5:13-CV-1161-DAE:, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161844 (W.D. Tex. Nov. 19, 2014) (granting motion for conditional certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act).
- Azar v. Benson Motor Company of San Antonio, Inc., Civil No. SA-14-CA-563, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181481 (W.D. Tex. Mar. 19, 2015).