Alissa is a member of CGC’s commercial litigation practice. Alissa has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. Her practice includes matters involving trade secrets and other sensitive business information, employee non-competes, breach of contract and commercial torts, healthcare, oil and gas, and franchise/distributor relationships. She has extensive experience obtaining and defending temporary injunctive relief.
Alissa started her career in the Houston office of King & Spalding as a commercial litigation associate and then partner. Alissa then served for six years as Executive Director of the largest pro bono legal aid provider in Texas. Under her leadership, Houston Volunteer Lawyers achieved a pro bono case placement rate of 98 percent, grew to a full-time staff of 30 including 14 staff attorneys, and launched innovative programming such as the Texas Children's Medical-Legal Partnership. Houston Volunteer Lawyers received the State Bar's Pro Bono Award in 2014.
She joined the faculty of the University of Houston Law Center in 2017, where she teaches legal research and writing and evidence and serves as the Law Center’s facilitator for pro bono projects and opportunities. Alissa’s scholarship focuses on civil justice reform and women’s issues.
Alissa received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2002, graduating with Honors as a Chancellor and Order of the Coif. She received her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, graduating with Highest Honors and Phi Beta Kappa.
Bar Admissions
Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Credentials
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
Honors as a Chancellor
Order of the Coif
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Highest Honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Scholarship
The Feminist-Neutrality Paradox, 127 Dick. L. Rev. 673 (2023), invited symposium contribution
Demand-Side Justice, 28 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol'y 411 (2021)
The Mismeasure of Success, 94 St. John’s L. Rev. 927 (2021)
Representative Experience
Served as second chair in two-week jury trial and two-day temporary injunction hearing involving alleged theft of trade secrets by major drill bit manufacturer
Served as second chair in multi-day bench trial representing real estate investment trust on breach of contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty claims brought against its former CEO
Served as second chair in AAA arbitration defending oil and gas lease dispute valued at $1 billion, and obtained full and final award in client’s favor
Served as lead counsel in various lawsuits on behalf of hospitals, physicians, hospital operating companies, and healthcare providers involving the False Claims Act, HIPAA, and peer review processes