North Carolina Employment Law Alliance Representative

Our Representative

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Office Address

Three Wachovia Center
401 South Tryon Street
Suite 3000
Charlotte
North Carolina
28202
United States

Phone Number

(704) 335-9035

Fax Number

(704) 335-9697

Firm

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Main Office Address

Three Wachovia Center
401 South Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202
United States

Office Locations

Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach

Firm Phone Number

(704) 372-9000

Firm Fax Number

(704) 334-4706

Firm Website

Personal Background

A partner in the firm’s Charlotte office, Keith Weddington is the Chair of the firm’s Regulatory Department and a member of the JCSU Scholarship Committee. He received his JD, with honors, 1987 and his BA, 1984 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Weddington concentrates his practice in employment law and has extensive experience representing employers in a broad array of disputes with employees and former employees. He regularly advises and represents clients in employment law issues, including the following:

  • EEOC proceedings and litigation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
  • Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Sexual harassment
  • Personnel actions such as hiring, evaluation, discipline and termination
  • Drafting and review of employment agreements
  • ERISA litigation
  • Covenants not to compete, confidentiality agreements and protection of trade secrets
  • Wrongful discharge, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress and other claims arising out of the employment relationship
  • Preparation and revision of employee handbooks and employment policies
  • Drug testing policies and procedures
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Employment discrimination counseling
  • Violence in the workplace
  • Supervisor and management training
  • Unemployment compensation issues
  • Wage and hour issues
  • Reductions in force
  • Mr. Weddington frequently lectures and participates in seminars on employment law. He has also written numerous articles on employment law topics and compliance issues.

HONORS

  • Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America in labor and employment law
  • Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite" in employment law
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers in labor & employment
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers in labor & employment
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Firm Background

Founded in 1884, Parker Poe has become a prominent law firm of regional scope with more than 225 attorneys, and is one of the largest firms in the Carolinas. With twenty lawyers practicing in the employment, employee benefits and immigration law arenas, we provide a full range of employment law services to employers. Our attorneys routinely represent employers in state and federal courts in the Carolinas and before state and federal administrative agencies. We regularly counsel employers in order to reach creative and effective resolutions of day-to-day employment issues that arise in the workplace.

Firm Practice Areas

Antitrust and Business Torts, Banking and Capital Markets, Bankruptcy Reorganization and Creditors' Rights, Colleges and Universities, Commercial Contracts, Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Law, Construction, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employment, Energy and Utilities, Environmental, Estate Planning, Government and Public Policy, Health Care, HIPAA, Immigration, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, International Business, Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, Municipalities, Public Finance, Real Estate and Commercial Development, Securities and Corporate Finance, Tax, Telecommunications, Transportation, Torts, Trial and Insurance, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies, White Collar Criminal Defense & Internal Investigations