Allison C. Williams

Licensed in California and Texas, Allison C. Williams represents and advises employers on all matters of labor and employment law in state and federal court. Allison also represents clients during investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Texas Workforce Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. Most recently, Allison successfully obtained the first finding by the Texas Workforce Commission that a marketplace platform qualified for the Marketplace Platform Exception under the Texas Administrative Code §815.134 since its inception in 2019.

Allison has significant experience in the following areas:

• Complex class and collective action litigation
• Independent contractor litigation
• Investigations conducted by the DOL, OSHA, and TWC
• White collar exemption litigation
• Wage and hour compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California state law
• Employment policies and practices, including commission plans, bonus plans, and on-call pay practices
• Nationwide wage and hour audits
• Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Employment-related common law and tort claims under Texas law, including breach of contract, fraud and fraud in the inducement, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment, and assault and battery
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

Allison has advised and defended clients across the county in multiple industries, including:

• Marketplace platforms, transportation network companies, gig economy
• Healthcare
• Financial services
• Transportation, including waste management, delivery, and trucking
• Aviation
• Manufacturing
• Retail
• Renewable energy
• Construction
• Staffing
• Upstream and midstream oil and gas production
• Government entities, including police departments, city government, and school districts
• Maritime
• Gaming

Before joining Littler, Allison interned with the Hon. Magistrate Judge Calvin Botley of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. After graduating from law school, she was a litigation associate at another national law firm in Texas where she represented state employers against Section 1983 claims, wrongful termination, failure to protect, failure to train, and negligent hiring claims. She also represented employers in various maritime disputes, including claims for maintenance and cure.