Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. is pleased to announce that Sarah T. Glaser has been elected Managing Director of the Firm, effective January 1, 2026.

Sarah is Chair of the firm’s Employment Law Practice Group and an experienced attorney who advises employers on employment law compliance, workplace risk management, and litigation before courts and administrative agencies. She has played a key role in firm governance in recent years, including serving as the Firm’s in-house employment counsel and co-chairing the Firm’s Marketing Committee. Sarah has consistently been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star and a Top Austin Attorney in employment law categories.

Sarah is also deeply involved in professional leadership across the legal and human resources communities. She serves as Co-Director of Legal and Legislative Affairs for the Texas Society of Human Resource Management (Texas SHRM) State Council and until recently, as Vice President of Legal and Legislative Affairs for the Austin Society of Human Resource Management (Austin SHRM). She has also held leadership roles with the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association, including serving as President from 2019 to 2020, and with the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation, where she served as Chair from 2020 to 2021.

Sarah will continue to proudly serve her employment law clients and lead the Employment Law Practice Group, while also serving as the Firm’s Managing Director.

Sarah succeeds Lauren J. Kalisek, who has served as Managing Director for nine years and will continue to focus on her general counsel and special counsel practice for water district and authority clients throughout the State of Texas.  She will also continue to serve as an officer of the firm’s Board of Directors.

Lauren remarked on the leadership transition: “It has been a privilege to serve as Managing Director for the last nine years and carry forward the values of taking care of our clients and our people first established by our founders in 1984.  I have every confidence in Sarah’s leadership in further building on those values and carrying forward the vision for the Firm’s future.  This transition reflects the strength of our bench and our continued commitment to serving our clients and community at the highest level.”