Jessica Maynard

With a sharp focus on aiding employers in understanding and adapting to post-COVID work environments and the legal frameworks surrounding employee accommodations, Jessica provides practical and informed counsel on a spectrum of employment legal issues.

Jessica's practice includes crafting and implementing policies that enhance workplace culture while counseling employers on compliance with the patchwork of state and federal employment laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Title VII, and the Texas Labor Code. Leveraging her knowledge of the ever-changing employment legal landscape, Jessica helps employers stay up to date by providing training to employers and reviewing and revising employee handbooks, internal procedures, record retention policies, and employment agreements. She also provides litigation support and representation in courtrooms, mediations, grievance hearings, and before administrative agencies.

• State Bar of Texas
  • Labor and Employment Section
  • School Law Section
  • Women and the Law Section
• Austin Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section

In Jessica's spare time, she enjoys playing soccer, being outdoors, exploring vintage shops and estate sales, and spending time with her dogs, Bowie and Ziggy, and her close-knit family.

• "Examining New Workplace Accommodation Laws on Pregnancy, Religion, and Disability," Today's General Counsel, March 2024
• “Naming and Shaming, Violations of the Human Rights of Transgender Persons with Felonies in Texas,” Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, November 2020