Devon Sharp is Associate General Counsel at Galderma Laboratories, L.P., where she specializes in employment law, data privacy, and commercial contracting across the company’s aesthetic, commercial, and prescription business units.  She joined Galderma from a top Texas law firm where she represented companies in a wide range of employment disputes, general business disputes, and in transactional matters, and where she served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Women’s Initiative Group from 2016 to 2021.  Devon has extensive experience prosecuting, defending and managing litigation and arbitration in venues across country.  Her practice also includes representing companies in employment matters before state and federal agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  Devon is a proactive advisor and counselor when it comes to risk minimization and litigation avoidance, including compliance with federal, state and local laws (both in the employment and data privacy areas), developing effective policies and procedures, and protection of trade secrets and confidential information. 

Devon received her Juris Doctorate from Baylor Law School.  She was recognized as a Rising Star by Thompson Reuters Super Lawyers from 2011 to 2021, and was identified as a Top 100 Up-and-Coming Attorney and a Top 50 Up-and-Coming Woman Attorney by Thompson Reuters Super Lawyers in 2020.  She was identified as one of Texas’ Best Lawyers in Litigation – Labor and Employment by Woodward/White, Inc. Best Lawyers in America for 2021-22.  Devon also served on the Board of Directors for Dallas Summer Musicals Associate Producers from 2010 to 2017.  Devon joined ASC as a first year attorney and has been a member of the organization for the entirety of her legal career. She was one of the original co-chairs of ASC’s 5K Committee and has helped the organization run that event every year since its inception. Devon is thrilled to work with Debrán this year to support POETIC.  When not practicing law or participating in ASC activities, Devon enjoys playing golf, listening to live music, cooking and eating delicious food, and spending time with her husband, Scott, their two children, Phoebe and Jonah, and their dog, Teddy.