Ms. Whitney Bly Edwards, Ph.D.

Ms. Whitney Bly Edwards, Ph.D.: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Biography

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 Practice (2)

  • Labor & Employment
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
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
Law School Attended:
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, J.D., cum laude; Member, Mercer Law Review; President, Black Law Students Association
Year of First Admission:
2017
Admission:
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

Reported 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
ISLN:
1000261672

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American Express

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Location

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

    678-553-2100 Phone
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