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Ms. Whitney Bly Edwards, Ph.D.
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Ms. Whitney Bly Edwards, Ph.D.

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Terminus 200, 3333 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 2500, Atlanta, GA 30305

Labor & Employment and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

About Ms. Whitney Bly Edwards, Ph.D.

Whitney Bly Edwards is a member of the Labor & Employment Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta office. Her practice includes a broad range of labor and employment law matters, including advising and counseling employers on multi-jurisdictional employment issues pertaining to leaves of absence, terminations, reductions in force, and disciplinary actions. She regularly provides due diligence in corporate transactions, including comprehensive workforce and compliance analysis; review of employment-related proceedings and disputes and risk exposure; and restrictive covenant enforceability assessment. She also has experience conducting internal wage and hour and discrimination and retaliation investigations for employers. Her practice also includes drafting employee handbooks, personnel policies, and various employment-related agreements. Prior to joining the firm, she gained experience defending medical practitioners facing professional liability claims and representing health care facilities in litigation. Before entering law school, Whitney worked as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Pathfinder, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2025
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
•'Ones to Watch,' Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2023-2026
•'Ones to Watch,' Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2023-2026
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Georgia Super Lawyers, 'Rising Stars,' 2025
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s 'Regional Litigation Department of the Year - Georgia,' 2021

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 2
    • Labor & Employment
    • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Practice Details

  • Payment Information
    Accepted Credit Cards
    American Express
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Of Counsel
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Internships: Judicial Intern, Hon. Amy Totenberg, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2017
    Legal Intern, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, 2016
    Judicial Intern, Hon. Dax Lopez, State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, 2015
    Teaching Experience: Assistant Professor of English, Lane College, 2011-2012
    Assistant Professor of English, Tennessee State University, 2009-2010
    Temporary Instructor of English, Kennesaw State University, 2008-2009
    Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2007-2008
    Teaching Associate/Instructor of Record, Howard University, 2005-2007
  • Additional Links
    https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/e/edwards-whitney-bly-phd

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    Georgia
    Court of Appeals of Georgia
    Supreme Court of Georgia
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)
    •Member, Gate City Bar Association
    •Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
    •Participant, Atlanta Bar Association Minority and Diversity Clerkship Summer Program, 2015
    •Volunteer Tutor, Burdell-Hunt Elementary School, 2014-2015

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
    J.D.
    cum laude; Member, Mercer Law Review; President, Black Law Students Association
    Other Education
    Fisk University
    B.A.
    summa cum laude

    Howard University
    M.A.
    English, magna cum laude; Concentration in African-American Literature

    Howard University
    Ph.D.
    English, High Honor; Concentration in Caribbean Literature

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Terminus 200, Terminus 200, 3333 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 2500Atlanta, GA 30305U.S.A.

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