Lovita Tandy

Partner at Lawrence & Bundy LLC
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(386) 825-5501
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Credentials

  • Project Management Certificate
    Emory Continuing Education
    Jan, 2017
    - Sep, 2024
  • Certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Practictioner
    Myers-Briggs Training Institute
    Jan, 2016
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

  • Lawrence & Bundy LLC
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • Partner
      • Feb 2022 - Present

    • Counsel
      • Sep 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Tandy Legal
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • Owner
      • Sep 2016 - Sep 2019
  • King & Spalding
    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Partner
      • May 2013 - Aug 2016

      As a partner in the Business Litigation Practice Group, Lovita focused on labor and employment law and complex commercial disputes. She defended multiple clients against nationwide systemic investigations and lawsuits brought by the EEOC. She also provided labor and employment subject matter expertise in corporate transactions. Her twenty years of legal experience includes: conducting high-level internal investigations, providing employment related training to corporations and high-level executives, strategic diversity counseling, ensuring wage-and-hour compliance, and structuring reductions-in-force. She has defended dozens of employment discrimination and/or retaliation claims involving federal and state anti-discrimination laws, whistleblower laws and the FLSA. She regularly represented unionized employers in collective bargaining negotiations, board proceedings and arbitrations. She has also prosecuted and defended multiple trade-secret and restrictive covenant matters.

  • Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Visiting Associate Professor
      • Aug 2011 - May 2013

      Taught Contract, Remedies, Transactional Drafting, and Negotiations Taught Contract, Remedies, Transactional Drafting, and Negotiations

  • Stay at home mom
    • United Kingdom
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Stay at home mom
      • Feb 2010 - Aug 2011
    • Partner and Diversity Committee Chair
      • Sep 1997 - Feb 2010

      Lovita joined the firm as an associate in 1997 and was promoted to partner in 2003. Her labor and employment experience is summarized above. From 2007 to 2010, she also served as Chair of the Firm's diversity committee. In this role, she was responsible for all aspects of attorney diversity programming for an American Lawyer Top 50 ranked firm of over 800 attorneys world-wide including: developing and administering firm’s overall diversity budget; creating and implementing overall strategic diversity plan; creating and implementing systems to monitor billable hour contributions of women and minorities across the firm; developing and presenting diversity related training programs; serving as external liaison to legal community and clients on various diversity issues; consulting with practice group leaders on diversity issues; implementing diversity related training programs; overseeing 12 affinity groups for women and minority attorneys; and administering minority scholarship program. During her tenure, King & Spalding received various awards for its diversity gains including: the Coca-Cola Company’s 2009 Living the Values Law Firm Diversity Award, General Electric 2008 Law Firm Diversity Award, 2008, Georgia Bar Women and Minorities in the Profession Committee’s Commitment to Equality, and the 2007 Chevron Law Firm Diversity Award.

  • Hon Richard L. Williams, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond Division)
    • Law Clerk
      • Jul 1996 - Jul 1997

      Prepared bench memoranda on various legal topics. Drafted jury instructions, opinions, and orders for use in criminal and civil law cases. Prepared bench memoranda on various legal topics. Drafted jury instructions, opinions, and orders for use in criminal and civil law cases.

    • Summer Associate
      • May 1995 - Jul 1995

      Drafted legal research memoranda, drafting pleadings and drafting briefs Drafted legal research memoranda, drafting pleadings and drafting briefs

  • Smith, Helms, Mullis & Moore
    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • Summer Associate
      • May 1994 - Jul 1994

      Drafted legal research memoranda, drafting pleadings and drafting briefs Drafted legal research memoranda, drafting pleadings and drafting briefs

  • Echoing Green
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Fellow
      • May 1992 - May 1993

      One of 20 graduating seniors in the nation to receive a one-year fellowship to create and implement service programs; worked with various community organizations to develop and implement supplemental recreational and educational services for children in Atlanta’s Techwood Homes and Perry Homes housing developments. One of 20 graduating seniors in the nation to receive a one-year fellowship to create and implement service programs; worked with various community organizations to develop and implement supplemental recreational and educational services for children in Atlanta’s Techwood Homes and Perry Homes housing developments.

Education

  • Duke University School of Law
    JD, law
    1993 - 1996
  • Harvard University
    BA, African American Studies
    1988 - 1992

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