Practice

Christine C. Vizcaino is an Associate with Sprouse Shrader Smith whose practice focuses on labor and employment law. Much of her practice is devoted to counseling employers on all matters affecting the employment relationship, from recruiting and retention to discipline and termination issues. Christine works with employers on best practices in the workplace regarding employee classification, wage and hour issues, policy drafting and implementation, terminations, and reductions in force. She routinely works with employers on drafting policies and procedures as well as providing training to management in areas such as sexual harassment, employee leave, workplace investigations, and EEOC compliance.

Christine is also a trial lawyer.  She represents employers in all phases of litigation before state and federal agencies as well as state and federal courts.  Christine has appeared before the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  She has also successfully litigated claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful discharge before both state and federal courts.

In addition to her primary practice area of labor and employment law, Christine uses the experience she has gained from employment litigation to assist other clients in general civil litigation matters.

Christine is heavily involved in Susan G. Komen West Texas and is chairing one of the organizations major fundraisers for 2019.

Practice Areas

• Employment Law
• Litigation
• Personnel Management, Policies and Procedures
• Wage and Hour Issues
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Unemployment Claims
• Employment Litigation

Distinctions/Honors

• SuperLawyers’ Rising Star Award (2016-2017, 2019)

Presentations/Publications

• “Social Media Can Get Scary,” Open Seminar (November 2018)
• “Using Handbooks to Protect Against Legal Liability,” NBI Seminar (November, 2018)
• “It’s Hard to Say Goodbye,” Open Seminar (May 2018)
• “Protecting you from #MeToo,” Open Seminar (March 2018)

Admissions

• Texas State Courts, 2018
• Oklahoma State Courts, 2011
• US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 2011
• US District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 2011
• US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2011
• US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2012
• US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2019

Education

• Oklahoma City University School of Law, JD., with honors, 2011
• Texas Tech University, BBA, 2008

Memberships

• National Employment Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• National Employment Law Institute
• Society of Human Resource Management
• Panhandle Human Resources Association
• Amarillo Area Bar Association
• Susan G. Komen West Texas (Board of Directors, 2018 – present)
• Texas Cattle Feeders Association (Human Resources Committee, 2018 – present)
• Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association
• Amarillo Area Women’s Bar Association