Jonni Lynn Walls

Jonni Walls focuses on employment litigation for management, as well as supervisor training and counseling with respect to human resource issues. Jonni's areas of practice include litigation of statutory and common law claims arising in the employment context; practice before administrative agencies; arbitration of disputes arising under employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements; contract negotiation; drafting of employment policies and handbooks; management training seminars; enforcement of confidentiality and non-competition agreements; and alternative dispute resolution.  Currently, Jonni is a full-time professor at SMU Dedman School of Law.

Jonni was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee/Knoxville (B.A. With High Honors, 1968). She graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., cum laude & Order of the Coif, 1991) in Dallas, Texas. While at SMU, Jonni was Notes & Comments Editor for the Journal of Air Law & Commerce.