Amber K. Dodds

Amber Dodds counsels employers in all areas of employment law, including issues such as leave administration, pay practices, employee classification, investigations, use of background checks and consumer reports, employee discipline, and preventing harassment and retaliation claims. She drafts employment policies, agreements, and employee handbooks specific to client industry and management needs. In addition to regulatory and employment-law compliance advice, Amber represents employers in administrative investigation and hearings, settlement negotiations, and federal and state court litigation. Her litigation matters have included a variety of employment-law claims, such as retaliation, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, enforcement of restrictive covenants and wage-and-hour matters in the public, private and religious organization employer context.

Amber also devotes a significant portion of her practice to counseling clients in the labor and employment aspects of large merger and acquisition transactions, including diligence, strategizing on employment issues, risk analysis, integrating third-party staffing entities, and drafting relevant provisions of purchase agreements, transition services agreements and other related documents.

Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2022

Concordia University, Nebraska, Personnel Committee, 2016 – 2025

YWCA San Antonio, Board of Directors, Member 2014 – 2019; Board Secretary 2018 – 2019

Board Certified in Labor and Employment by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2012, with honors

Boston University, Master of Theological Studies, 2008, summa cum laude

Trinity University, B.A., 2006, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa