Alison T. Vance

Alison is a member of Butler Snow’s Labor and Employment Group. She represents employers in employment litigation and advises on complex workplace matters, including investigations, workforce restructurings and sensitive personnel decisions.

Alison brings the perspective of both outside counsel and a former senior in-house legal executive. She began her career at Butler Snow and later spent more than a decade in senior corporate legal roles. Her in-house experience gives her a practical understanding of the legal, operational and business considerations that shape employment decisions.

• Labor & Employment
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation

Alison has more than two decades of experience representing and advising employers. She handles employment litigation, EEOC and state agency matters, internal investigations, reductions in force and restructurings, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, accommodations and leaves of absence issues, wage-and-hour matters, executive employment and separation issues, workplace policies and handbooks, HR compliance, employee training and other sensitive personnel matters. She also advises on the employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic transactions.

Alison began her legal career at Butler Snow, where she represented management in employment litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings and advised employers on workplace issues. Among other matters, she obtained a defense verdict in a sexual harassment case and successfully defended evidentiary rulings from that trial before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She also obtained summary judgment for employers in multiple employment cases.

During her in-house career, Alison advised executives and HR leaders on significant employment matters. She played an integral role in large-scale workforce transformations and restructurings and advised on the employment aspects of major corporate transactions.

Alison’s in-house experience shapes her approach to client service. She understands that effective legal advice must address more than legal risk. She helps clients develop practical strategies that align with business priorities and operational needs.

• Mississippi, 2003
• U.S. District Courts
  • Mississippi: Northern, Southern
  • Arkansas: Eastern, Western
• U.S. Court of Appeals
  • 5th Circuit
  • 6th Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

• University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 2003
  • Mississippi Law Journal, Executive Mississippi Cases Editor
• University of Southern Mississippi, B.A., English, with high honors, 1999