Lovita Tandy
Lovita is a seasoned litigator and well-recognized authority in the area of labor & employment law. Her more than twenty years of experience includes: conducting high-level internal investigations, providing employment-related training to corporations and high-level executives, designing ADA compliance programs and other employment-related compliance programs, ensuring wage-and-hour compliance, and structuring reductions-in-force. She has defended dozens of employment discrimination and retaliation claims involving federal and state anti-discrimination laws, whistleblower laws, and the FLSA. She has also litigated multiple trade-secret, restrictive covenant, class and collective action matters.
Lovita began practicing at King & Spalding and became the first African-American female to be elected partner.
Lovita served as a full-time law professor for two years. She taught Contracts, Remedies, Transactional Drafting, and Negotiations. Lovita has also served as a guest lecturer at Emory Law School.
After graduating from law school, Lovita was a law clerk for the Honorable Richard L. Williams in the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division.
Direct Line: 404-400-3350
Fax: 404-609-2504
lovita.tandy@lawrencebundy.com
Education
- J.D., Duke University School of Law
- B.A., Harvard University
- Certificate in Project Management, Emory University Continuing Education
Bar Admissions
Georgia
Representative Experience
Conducted multiple internal investigations for an international building materials subsidiary of a Fortune 50 company concerning allegations of widespread racial discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and improper management.
Investigated claims of widespread mismanagement and abuse against the president of the United States division of an international furniture manufacturer.
Conducted an internal investigation of gender discrimination levied against the General Counsel of a high-tech manufacturing company.
Investigated claims of race discrimination within a financial institution’s 50+ security force.
Conducted investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by a male manager at a youth shelter.
Professional & Community Activities
Chief Financial Officer, Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys
Advisory Board Member, John Marshall Law School LLM Program in Employment Law
Member, CLE Board of Trustees, Atlanta Bar Association
Former Co-Vice President, Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys
Former Co-Chair, King & Spalding’s StreetLaw partnership with The Coca-Cola Company and Emory Law School
Former Volunteer Attorney, Emory Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans
Awards & Rankings
Recipient, Commitment to Equality Award, Women and Minorities in the Profession Committee, State Bar of Georgia
Honoree, Legal Elite, Georgia Trend
Recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers®
Named “Top 40 Under 40,” Atlanta Business Chronicle
Recognized by Chambers USA
Media & Publications
Co-Author with Bonnie Burke, Case Law Updates on Sex Discrimination Arbitration Waivers & Joint Employment Law (October 1, 2018) Law360
King & Spalding Lures Black Employment Pro (May 29, 2013) Law360
Interview subject, What It Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law by Monica R. Parker (2010) American Bar Association
A Strong Diversity Program Benefits Minorities and Everyone Else (February 1, 2008) Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
Unconventional Wisdom (2006) Super Lawyers®
A First for Law Firm King & Spalding: First African-American Women Partner Works with Large Corporations (June 3, 2003) Atlanta Business Chronicle
Co-Author with H. Lane Dennard, Treatise, Unions’ Right to Company Information (2001 Third Edition)
Presentations
Gender in Negotiations (October 2016)Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys CLE at Sea, Dubai, UAE
How to Build an Effective Reasonable Accommodations Process Within Your Organization (October 2016) Society for Human Resource Management
When Worlds Collide: Balancing the Responsibilities of the MEC and HR in Physician Peer Review (December 2015) King & Spalding Healthcare Roundtable
Women’s Federal Statutory Rights in the Workplace (November 2014) American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Convention.
Moderator, The Evolution of Diversity in the State Bar of Georgia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (October 2012) State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
Panelist, Diversity in the Workplace: Microinsults (February 2011)American Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting
The Americans with Disabilities Act: New Risks for Employers and a Gold Mine for Employees? (October 2009) The Seminar Group’s 6th Annual Labor and Employment Conference
