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Cara Leahy White

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Areas of Practice

  • Personnel and Employment
  • Municipal Law
  • Election Law

Education

  • B.B.A. Texas A&M University
  • J.D. South Texas College of Law

1994
1997

Honors:
  • summa cum laude and The Order of Lytae
  • Law Review: Assistant Articles Editor

Cara is a summa cum laude graduate of South Texas College of Law and currently serves as City Attorney to the City of Southlake, the City of Springtown, the City of Dalworthington Gardens, and the Interim City Attorney for North Richland Hills. In addition to Municipal Law, she focuses her practice on Personnel and Employment Law, providing advice and counsel to human resource professionals and front-line managers on all personnel matters, particularly disciplinary matters.  She also drafts and reviews personnel policies and regularly provides training on all employment matters including sexual harassment prevention and supervisory training. 

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

Licensed:
  • State Bar of Texas, Labor & Employment Law Section
Admitted:
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
Member:
  • Tarrant County Bar Association, Labor & Employment and Women Attorney Section
  • Texas Municipal Human Resources Association
  • Society for Human Resources Management
  • Texas City Attorneys Association

Awards, Publications & Presentations

  • “Lifestyle Rights of Employees: Social Networking, Cell Phones, Cigarettes, and Off-duty Alcohol Use” Presented to Texas Council of Community Mental Health & Mental Retardation Centers (April 2010).
  • “Preventing Sexual Harassment” City of Southlake Employee Training (August 2010).
  • “Preventing Unlawful Discrimination and FMLA Rights and Responsibilities” City of Mansfield Supervisory Training (March 2011).
  • “Preventing Unlawful Age Discrimination” City of North Richland Hills Supervisory Training (May 2012).
  • “Preventing Sexual Harassment” City of Haslet Employee Training (June 2012).
  • “Board Training” Heling Restore Ability (October 2012)
  • “FMLA Rights and Responsibilities” Texas Christian University Supervisory Training (February 2013).
  • “Preventing Discrimination and Harassment” City of Benbrook Employee Training (April 2013).
  • “Avoiding Litigation While Interviewing” Texas Christian University Supervisory Training (August 2013).
  • “Avoiding Disasters & Managing Expectations: A Legal Perspective” North Texas Municipal Clerks Association Annual Meeting (November 2013).
  • “FMLA, Workers Compensation & HIPAA” City of Lake Worth Supervisor Training (January 2015).
  • “FMLA & Workers Compensation” Town of Flower Mound Fire Officer Academy Training (January 2015).
  • “Preventing Unlawful Discrimination” City of Burleson Employee Training (January 2015).
  • “Fair Labor Standards Act” City of Southlake Fire Employee Training (February 2015).
  • “Supervisor Training” Johnson County Appraisal District (March 2015).
  • “Supervisor Training” City of Crowley (March 2015).
  • “Employee Handbook Training” Johnson County Appraisal District (January 2016).
  • “Civil Service Commission Training” City of Benbrook (February 2016).
  • “Texas Open Government Training” Town of Edgecliff Village (July 2016).
  • “Annual Officer Academy Personnel Training” Town of Flower Mound Fire Department (Janaury 2017).
  • “Board Training” Helping Restore Ability (February 2017).
  • “Family and Medical Leave Act” City of Burleson (April 2017).
  • “Texas Open Government Training” City of Dalworthington Gardens (July 2017).
  • “Gender Bias” City of Haslet (August 2017)
  • “Sexual Harassment Training” City of Burleson (January 2018).
  • “Public Employment Law Training” City of Burleson (February 2018).
  • “Topics and Trends in Human Resources Management” City of Southlake (May 2018).
  • “Federal and State employment Law Update” City of Burleson (May 2018).
  • “Appeal Review Board Training” Town of Flower Mound (June 2018).
  • “Civil Service Training” City of Haltom City (April 2019).
  • “Family and Medical Leave Act” City of Azle (August 2019).
  • “Nuts and Bolts of HR in the Public Sector: Discovering the Fundamentals” Texas Municipal Human Resources Association (September 2019).
  • “Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Training” City of Burleson (November 2019).
  • “Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Training” City of Euless (November 2019).
  • “Proposed Council Code of Conduct” City of Burleson (April 2020).
  • “Civil Service Commission Training” City of Haltom City (June 2020).
  • “Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Training” City of Springtown (July 2020).
  • “Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Training” City of Rhome (July 2020).
  • “Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Training” City of Bridgeport and City of Bridgeport Police Department (September 2020).
  • “Employment Law Update” City of Burleson (October 2020).
  • “State of the City Orientation” City of Southlake (January 2021).
  • “Code of Conduct” City of Burleson (February 2021).
  • “Interview Training” City of Southlake (April 2021).
  • “Family and Medical Leave Act” City of Azle (May 2021).
  • “Federal and State Employment Law Update” City of Lake Worth (July 2021).
  • “Texas Open Government Training” Town of Edgecliff Village (July 2021).
  • “Social Media in the Workplace” Texas Municipal Human Resources Association 2021 Annual Conference (August 2021).
  • “Texas Open Government Training” City of Azle (May 2022).
  • “Harassment, Discrimination, and Bullying in the Workplace” City of Burleson (Janaury 2023).
  • “Texas Open Meetings Act” City of Southlake ( April 2023).
  • “Supervisor Training” City of Boerne (April 2023).
  • “Interview & Hiring Training” Town of Flower Mound (April 2023).
  • “Investigations/Employee Relations” Texas Municipal Human Resources Association (May 2023).
  • “Texas Open Government Training” Town of Edgecliff Village (July 2023).
  • “Harassment, Discrimination, and Bullying in the Workplace” Child and Family Guidance Center (July 2023).