Heather D. Johnson

Senior Counsel of Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits at Energy Transfer Partners

Heather Johnson is Senior Counsel of Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits at Energy Transfer Partners, one of the largest Master Limited Partnerships with one of the most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. In her role, Heather is responsible for managing employment litigation and counseling business clients on a broad range of employment issues including recruiting, employee relations, internal investigations, leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance, labor relations, contingent worker issues and immigration compliance.

Earlier in her career, Heather was in private practice with a law firm in Dallas, Texas, and she also served as in-house counsel for UT Southwestern Medical Center. Heather received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and minor in Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

In her spare time, Heather enjoys reading, cycling (she recently rode 150 miles from Houston to Austin), traveling and investing in real estate (she loves a good fixer-upper). Most of all, Heather enjoys spending time with her husband and their two children.