SHARON M.
SCHWEITZER, J.D., P.H.R
Sharon M. Schweitzer earned her undergraduate degree from the Ohio
State University and attended a pre-law summer study program at the
University of Oxford. Ms. Schweitzer attended South Texas College
of Law on an Advocacy Scholarship and received her J.D. in 1989.
She is member of the Order of the Barristers.
Ms. Schweitzer is board certified in Labor and Employment Law by the
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and certified as a Professional
in Human Resources (PHR). Ms Schweitzer is also a Trained Mediator,
and certified as an International Protocol and Business Etiquette
Consultant and a Children’s Etiquette Consultant by the Protocol
School of Washington. Ms. Schweitzer began her legal career with a
small Austin law firm. Seeking trial experience, she then served
four years as an Assistant Attorney General. She was a member of
the Attorney General's Reasonable Accommodation Committee. One of
her most notable accomplishments during her tenure was the
successful resolution of the
Texas Adopt-a-Highway
litigation against the Ku Klux Klan. Ms. Schweitzer served as Legal
Counsel for Employee Relations and ADA Coordinator for the Texas
Comptroller of Public Accounts. From October 1999 - April 2002, Ms.
Schweitzer was Counsel for Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. serving as
co-editor of the firm's labor and employment law Hire Authority
newsletter and e-mail alert for clients. Currently, Ms. Schweitzer
is the founder and President of the Protocol & Etiquette Academy,
LLC, an international consulting company based in Austin, Texas.
Ms. Schweitzer has authored articles and provided training in the US
and abroad for numerous organizations, including the International
Association of Corporation Administrators, the University of Texas
Health Science Center, Texas Workforce Commission, Barton Creek
Country Club and the WJF Institute.
Ms. Schweitzer is the past
Chair of both the Technology Law and the Labor and Employment Law
Sections of the Travis County Bar Association. She is a member of
the Labor and Employment Law Sections of the ABA and the Texas State
Bar and a Fellow of the Travis County Bar Association. She is
admitted to practice before the US District Court for the Eastern,
Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a graduate of
Leadership Austin, and actively involved in her community through
St. David’s Community Foundation, Austin Community Foundation’s
Power of the Purse and the Women's Symphony League.
