Shareholder

Amarillo Office

701S. Taylor St., Suite #500 Amarillo, TX 79101

806.468.3317
shawn.twing@sprouselaw.com

Practice Areas

• Labor & Employment
• Civil Litigation

Shawn D. Twing is a shareholder with Sprouse Shrader Smith, P.C. whose practice focuses on labor and employment law matters, business transactions, and agency practice. In addition to his law practice, Shawn is a frequent writer and speaker on labor and employment issues and serves as a lecturer at Wayland Baptist University.

 

Education:

• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, J.D. with honors, 1993
• West Texas State University, 1989

 

Admissions:

• Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas State Courts
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas,
   Western District of Oklahoma, and the District of Colorado

 

Member:

• State Bar of Texas (Labor and Employment Section)
• American Bar Association (member of Labor and Employment Section)
• College of the State Bar of Texas

 

Board-certified:

• Employment and Labor Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

 

Activities and Publications:

• University of Arkansas Law Review (frequent speaker and writer on employment and labor
   law issues)
• Texas Cattle Feeders Association (personnel committee)
• Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation (board of directors)
• Amarillo Club (board of directors)
• Lone Star Ballet (past president)
• Texas Panhandle Chapter of the American Red Cross (past chairman)
• Texas State Service Council for the American Red Cross (past member)
• Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Service (past board member)
• Coauthor, “Title VII’s Transgender Trajectory: An Analysis of Whether Transgender People
   are a Protected Class under the Term 'Sex' and Practical Implications of Inclusion,”
   Vol. 15 No. 2 Tex. J. C.L. & C.R. (Spring 2010)
• Coauthor, “Invoking Agency Jurisdiction in Employment Cases,” Vol. 10 Book 2 Tex.
   Tech Adm. L. J. (Spring 2009)
• Contributing Author, “Fifth Circuit Survey, Labor and Employment Law,” Vol. 40 No. 3
   Texas Tech L. Rev. (2008)
• Defense Research Institute, Employment Law Form Book, Sexual Harassment Section (2002)
• Coauthor, “Labor and Employment Law,” 32 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 869 (Summer 2001)
• Fifth Circuit Symposium (2000)
• Coauthor, “Recent Developments in Sexual Harassment Law – How the Rules of the
   Game Have Changed,” Vol. 34 No. 3 Arkansas Lawyer (Summer 1999)
• Coauthor, “Drug & Alcohol Testing by Private Employers and its Relationship to Workers’
   Compensation Practice in Arkansas,” The Arkansas Lawyer (Fall 1996)