Victoria Plante-Northington

Victoria Plante-Northington is the founding attorney of the Plante Law Firm, P.C. Since 1997, she has represented individuals and small to mid-sized businesses in business formations, transactions, contracts, day-to-day operations as well as in litigation and internal matters related to employment and labor law. She has trained and assisted corporate management in the implementation of policies and procedures related to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, overtime pay, minimum wage, medical leave, and employee and independent contractor designations.

Ms. Plante-Northington is licensed by the State Bar of Texas. She is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, United States Court of Federal Claims, and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has also represented clients in employment and labor lawsuits outside the state of Texas including California, Louisiana and New Jersey. For two decades, she has successfully tried many cases in federal and state courts as well as administrative bodies like the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Texas Workforce Commission. She has authored several state and federal appellate briefs and has orally argued multiple times before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits. She has also briefed for review legal issues presented to the U.S. Supreme Court. She has also drafted legal memoranda as a law clerk of U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Jones for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Ms. Plante-Northington earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Shreveport and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law. She is currently seeking a Master of Divinity in Evangelism, Missions and Islamic Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

She is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the Labor and Employment and Real Estate sections of the State Bar of Texas. She is legal counsel and a member of the Board of Directors of two 501(c)(3) non-profit Christian Evangelism and Missions organizations. She serves as a coordinator in the Missions Ministry of her church. She has performed foreign missionary work in Africa and other countries and plans to devote more time to foreign missionary work in the future.

Ms. Plante-Northington has been a panel speaker or presenter for various community and government based agencies and organizations including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Government Procurement Connections. She has also given several pro bono seminars for employees and union members on employee rights. Throughout her scholastic and professional careers, she has received multiple awards and certificates. In 2009 and 2013, she was named among the successful businesses in Who's Who in Black Houston.