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~. ELIZABETH M. PROVENCIO Ms. Provencio's practice reflects more than ten years of multi-state litigation including a concentrated caseload in Texas State and Federal Courts since 1999. Currently, Ms. Provencio's litigation involves labor and employment issues including First Amendment claims, due process claims, FMLA, Title VII, ADEA, ADA and FLSA issues; and also involves tort issues for municipalities and other governmental entities. Her prior litigation experience involved complex insurance coverage, probate, contract, investment products, and fiduciary duty issues. Ms. Provencio also represents municipalities in meet and confer and collective bargaining negotiations with police and fire unions. She served as one of the Lead Negotiators for both the City of Denton and the City of Abilene in their meet and confer negotiations with the firefighters' and police associations, served as one of the Lead Negotiators for the City of Waco in its collective bargaining with the firefighters' association and assisted in prior negotiations for the City of Waco and City of Galveston. Ms. Provencio actively participates in the community. She is a member of the Texas City Attorneys Association where she has presented at its annual conference, the Mexican American Bar Association, and the Bexar County Women's Bar Association. As part of the Texas Bar Association CLE program, she presented on the 2005 meet and confer legislation and contracts negotiated under the legislation. She served both on the Advisory Board for the Enterprise Foundation, which supports affordable housing and community development, and for the Jefferson/Woodlawn Lake Community Development Corporation, which promotes economic development. Ms. Provencio's pro bono work included asylum work on behalf of political refugees and currently includes handling cases for the Community Justice Program. Ms. Provencio was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and was admitted to practice law by the Maryland Bar in 1997, the District of Columbia Bar in 1999, and the Texas Bar in 2000. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkley in 1993 and J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law in 1997. She is married to Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer. She joined Denton, Navarro, Rocha and Bernal, P.C., as an Associate in November 2003. She was an Associate with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, L.L.P., from 1999 to 2003 and prior to that was an Associate with the Washington, D.C., firm of Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, L.L.P., from 1997 to 1999.