Lauren E. Fisher White

Lauren Fisher White is a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation practice groups. She counsels clients on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, disciplinary decisions, and employee handbooks, and equips them with the language tailored to achieve the results they desire, based on business needs. She assists clients with employment and personnel matters including implementation and adherence to state and federal laws governing the workplace, and the investigation and response to harassment, interference, discrimination, and retaliation complaints.

Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, Ms. Fisher White has spent significant time advising public and private entities seeking to protect their workforce and their business. This counsel includes vaccine mandate and exemption request strategies and policies, and guiding employers and human resource professionals through Virginia Department of Labor and Industry audits and whistleblower complaints. She also monitors evolving, and often overlapping, COVID-related legislation and regulation to distill the specific implications for her clients.

Ms. Fisher White also has extensive employment litigation experience, representing her clients in matters ranging from discrimination defense to the enforcement of non-competes. As part of the Litigation practice group, Ms. Fisher White brings her experience resolving complex employment disputes to a broader range of matters, assisting clients with contract and business tort litigation as well as general litigation.