Attorneys

Elizabeth Pratt

Shareholder

Beaumont / Houston
t: 713.655.1200 ext. 121
f: 713.655.0222
ElizabethPratt@mehaffyweber.com
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Elizabeth Pratt is a shareholder in the firm of MehaffyWeber and practices from both of the firm’s offices. She has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1997. She leads the firm’s employment law group and has for over 20 years represented management interests in state and federal court litigation throughout Texas in a broad range of employment-related disputes, including those centered on alleged violations of Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, FLSA and state law statutory claims, including a variety of retaliation theories and a wide range of common law claims. She has also represented business interests in contested proceedings before multiple agencies. She represented litigants in hundreds of cases and has significant experience handling appeals, as well as court-room litigation. Elizabeth also regularly conducts employee training and counsels businesses on proactive management of developing problems.

Areas of Concentration

Litigation of employment disputes in multiple forums; representation and counseling of management; and effective and proactive management of workplace issues and legal compliance.

Licenses

State Bar of Texas, 1987
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Education

Elizabeth Pratt graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Baylor University, with a B.A., in 1985 and from Baylor School of Law in 1987, where she was published in the Baylor Law Review.

Activities

In addition to participating actively in professional organizations, Ms. Pratt has presented talks on numerous legal issues to a multitude of trade and management groups, as well as at seminars sponsored by the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar of Texas and numerous local bar associations. She served as Employee Relations Chair for the Southeast Texas Chapter of the Texas Association of Business for over 10 years.

She has contributed time to numerous charitable causes and has held offices in many such organizations, including the presidencies of the Humane Society of Southeast Texas and the Junior League of Beaumont and vice presidency of the Southeast Texas Food Bank.

Memberships and Honors

In 2000, Ms. Pratt was selected as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Jefferson County and has been chosen as a Texas Monthly “Super Lawyer” simce 2005 and has been selected as a "Super Lawyer" in the Corporate Counsel Edition, Labor and Employment Defense since 2008. Ms. Pratt is active in state and national defense bar groups and has held numerous offices in local bar organizations. She is currently a member of the District 3A Unathorized Practice of Law Committee, a Supreme Court of Texas appointment, and recently received a commendation from the group. She is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas and a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and holds an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell.