Brooke M. Nixon

Brooke counsels employers on proactive workplace strategies aimed at minimizing legal risk and avoiding costly litigation.

She works with a wide range of clients, including startups and rapidly growing businesses, helping them address daily employment issues and develop long-term compliance goals. Brooke regularly advises on hiring, training, performance management, employee discipline, and policy development, and conducts workplace training on topics such as anti-discrimination, harassment prevention, retaliation, and the FLSA.

Brooke represents employers in disputes involving discrimination, harassment, noncompetition agreements, and retaliatory discharge claims. She has defended numerous clients in matters arising under Title VII, the FLSA, and the FMLA, and has guided employers through high-stakes labor matters, including grievance and arbitration proceedings. She also supports clients in matters before the National Labor Relations Board and offers counsel on collective bargaining agreements and union-related issues.

Honors & Recognition

• Best Lawyers in America^® (2021-2022)
• Rising Stars of Law, Birmingham Business Journal, 2019
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence
• First female to hold the position of Chief Volunteer Officer of the Tuscaloosa YMCA
• Tuscaloosa News Top 40 under 40 Business Professionals, 2018

About Me

Brooke is an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School of Law and Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. She has been leading a small group for a number of years where she and a group of women do an aerobic kickboxing routine and then have a Bible study afterwards, an interesting combination that she loves. Brooke also enjoys spending time with her husband Michael and their two daughters, Tyler and Harper.

Representative Matters

• Brooke was successfully involved in the largest and most public union organizing election of 2017 assisting the execution of a campaign that saw the employer win the election by a nearly 2-1 vote margin.
• Served as outside general counsel to one of Tuscaloosa’s most rapidly growing retail businesses.
• Assisted multiple start-up companies in Tuscaloosa and central Alabama in formation and beginning of operations.
• Provided counsel to new and existing businesses related to hiring, training, retaining, and firing employees as well as the formulation and implementation of employment policies.
• Defended numerous clients against Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, and retaliatory discharge claims.

Education

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University

• J.D., summa cum laude, 2008

University of Alabama

• B.S., summa cum laude, 2005

News

Events

Legal Analysis

Constangy Streaming

Civic

• Bessemer Academy Board of Directors
  • President (2020-present)
  • Board Member (2014-present)
  • Vice-President (2016-2020)
• YMCA Board of Directors (2012-2018)
  • Chief Volunteer Officer (2016)

Professional

• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Alabama Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Young Lawyers sections
• Florida Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Young Lawyers sections
• Tuscaloosa Human Resource Professionals, Legislative Chair (2012-2018)
• Leadership Tuscaloosa (Class of 2014)
• Young Professionals of Tuscaloosa, Director (2012-2016)