About Alison
Alison is the managing partner at Brenton Legal. Before joining the firm, she served for over six years as the General Counsel for the Broward County Clerk of Courts, a constitutionally established office, with 500+ employees and annual revenue averaging $1 billion. In this role, she managed complex legal matters, including those filed in federal and state courts. Beyond litigation, Alison provided strategic legal counsel across the operational, financial, technology, and human resource divisions of the office. In 2023, Alison was recognized by the Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers for her drafting contributions to the Best Practices implemented statewide.
Alison started her legal career at a prominent Fort Lauderdale based law firm, where she handled civil and employment litigation and trial matters, including securing a seven-figure award in a gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation case.
Address
1070 E Indiantown RoadSte 400
Jupiter, FL 33477-5150
Email Address
ACD@BrentonLegal.comPhone Number
954.639.4644Admissions
- Florida
Education
- Juris Doctor, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, 2012
- Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, University of Florida, 2009
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Pro Bono Awards
- Exceptional Pro Bono Service Recognition, Florida Supreme Court, 2018
- Law Day Pro Bono Award Recipient, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee, 2018
- Gold Level Pro Bono Honors Service Award, Nova Southeastern University Shephard Broad Law Center, 2012
Professional Contributions
- Fellow, Florida Bar’s William Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy, Class XII
- Member, Florida Supreme Court Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee, 2024 -2025
- Member, Bench and Bar Committee, Broward County Bar Association, 2023 – current
- Member, Broward County’s Stephen R. Booher, Inn of Court, 2010 – 2015, 2023 – current
- Representative Member, Florida Supreme Court Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee, 2020 – 2023, including co-chairing the sub-committee on the Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.505
- Member, Legal Panel, Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, 2018 – 2023
Professional Engagements
- Presenter, “A Lawyer’s Ethical Roadmap to Artificial Intelligence,” Broward County’s Stephen R. Booher, Inn of Court, February 2024
- Drafter, Best Practices, Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, 2018 through 2023
- Presenter, “Vexatious Litigants – A Clerk’s Guide to Navigating Improper Litigation,” Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers’ conference, June 2023
- Presenter, “Impact of HB 837: Recording the Wheels of Justice in New Tort Reform,” Personal Injury Summit, June 2023
- Presenter, “SB 7026 – Risk Protection Orders,” Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, April 2018
- Presenter, “Florida’s Open Access to Public Records Laws,” Broward Clerk of Courts, annually from 2017 – 2023
Areas of practice
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Overtime/Unpaid Wages
- Workplace Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- National Origin Discrimination
- Pregnancy Discrimination
- Race/Color Discrimination
- Sex/Gender Discrimination
- Disability Discrimination
- Whistleblower Protection
- Workplace Harassment
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