Empowering Workers' Rights Attorneys
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin in Austin, TX is the host hotel for the NELA 2024 Trial Boot Camp. A limited block of rooms has been reserved at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin at the rate of $229.00 (plus applicable state and local taxes). To make hotel reservations, call the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin at (800) 866-3126 or book online. To ensure that you receive the group rate, identify yourself as part of the “NELA Fall Trial Boot Camp 2024” room block. A credit card or deposit equal to one night’s stay is necessary to guarantee hotel reservations. Registrants are responsible for their hotel reservations. Reservations must be made no later than 5:00 p.m. Central on September 25, 2024 in order to receive the group rate. Cancellations must be received by the hotel before 12:00 PM (noon) Central, 48 hours prior to before arrival, in order to avoid forfeiting one (1) evening’s room and tax charges. The group rate will be honored three days prior to and after the program dates based on availability.
NELA is committed to utilizing socially responsible venues for our events and works closely with the Informed Meetings Exchange (INMEX) to find locations that respect the communities, the workers, and the environment in which they operate. Founded in 2006 with the support of the hotel workers’ union (UNITE HERE), INMEX is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive meeting planning resources. Unlike traditional third-party meeting planners, we ensure you’re booking meetings with socially responsible hotel corporations.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin
6505 N Interstate Hwy 35
Austin, TX 78752
Single/Double Occupancy $229 (plus tax)
Deadline: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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Bernard Alexander, III prosecutes demanding private and public sector employment cases. He has tried over sixty cases to verdict with seven- and eight-figure judgments for claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on gender, race, age, sex, sexual orientation, and disability, among other things. Over the last 9 months his verdicts include: (1) $3 million for a security guard terminated for “job abandonment” after he took emergency leave from work to care for his school age daughter (February 2018); (2) $5.3 million for a 25-year FedEx employee fired after not having his disability accommodated (March 2019); (3) $1.3 million for CFRA retaliation, for a 29-year employee terminated before his return from leave (April 2019); and $100,000 in a Title IX retaliation case where a Girls’ Soccer Coach complained of unequal treatment compared to boys sports (Sept 2019). Board Member of the National Employment Lawyers Association; Past Chair of the California Employment Law Association; 2016 CELA Joe Posner Award Recipient; 2019 Top 100 Attorneys in California; Top 75 California Labor and Employment Lawyer (2012 to present); Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers (2015 to present); American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA): Associate 2013.