Alexis C. Knapp

  • Shareholder
  • Co-Chair, Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation Practice Group
  • Houston
aknapp@littler.com
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Alexis C. Knapp worked in various capacities of human resources and higher education before transitioning to Littler, where she has spent more than 17 years practicing labor and employment law. Over the course of her career, Alexis’s practice has evolved into a deep focus on leave and accommodation issues (The Family Medical Leave Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act, workers’ compensation, return to work situations, fitness for duty, and more), from assisting employers with basic compliance questions, to navigating complex challenges in this arena. As part of that work, she regularly counsels and assists employers with policy and process issues, and drafting policies, forms, letters, and other documents in support of employers’ leave and accommodation efforts. She also develops and delivers customized in-person and virtual training for HR and legal teams, and supervisory/management employees, on FMLA, ADA, PWFA, and related topics.

Alexis also enjoys providing robust employment counseling and advice to clients on all other types of labor and employment issues as well, such as employee performance management, discipline, terminations, discrimination and harassment concerns, and more. She is also a regular speaker on a variety of labor and employment law topics for employer and industry groups.

Alexis is board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR®). She has appeared in court and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Texas Workforce Commission and the Department of Labor, and has handled administrative and litigation matters against individual plaintiffs and federal government agencies.

Before beginning her legal career, Alexis served as an associate dean of the College of Business and Economics and assistant professor of management at Houston Christian University where she taught courses in human resources and employment law at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Prior to that, Alexis was a human resources professional in the public sector, where her focus was employee benefits, organizational policies and procedures and training.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Top 10 FMLA Compliance Issues You Should Be Thinking About Right Now

  • May 9, 2024
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Eat Those Leave of Absence Toads! A Playbook for LOA Headaches (Especially Benefits)

  • May 11, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

From the "Judge's" Bench: A Report Card on 2022-2023 FMLA/ADA Developments

  • May 11, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Who Wants to Be a Lawionaire?

  • May 5, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

Practically Navigating Complex, Real-Life Leave and Accommodation Scenarios

  • May 5, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

From the Judge’s Bench: A Practitioner’s Report Card on the Practical Impact of Recent Family Leave and Disability Discrimination Developments

  • May 3, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

Rehab Roundup: Discrimination & Leave Compliance Issues Managing Employees w/Substance Addictions

  • May 3, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

Today’s ADA and FMLA: Tackling New and Persistent Leave and Accommodation Issues

  • August 10, 2017
  • 2017 Littler Houston Employer Conference

The FMLA Today: Tackling New and Persistent Leave Issues

  • May 11, 2017

Creative Approaches for Handling ADA and FMLA Issues in the Workplace: Actions You May Not Know You Can Take

  • May 5, 2016
  • The 2016 Executive Employer® Conference, Scottsdale, AZ

Accommodating Pregnant Workers After Young v. UPS: Navigating New Obligations Absent Clear Court Guidance

  • July 15, 2015
  • Strafford Webinar

Additional Thought Leadership

A New Generation of Family and Medical Leave

  • September 2008
  • 71 Texas Bar Journal 8
  • Kit Flanagan

Driving Them Away - The Employee Who Quits in Response to Harassment: The Supreme Court Suders Decision-Constructive Discharge and the Affirmative Defense

  • 2006
  • 6 HOUSTON BUS. & TAX L. JOUR.

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