Leigh M Nason

Practice Areas

Employment Law, Affirmative Action and OFCCP Compliance, Higher Education, Pay Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Diversity and Inclusion, Technology

Career

Leigh Nason is a shareholder in the Columbia, South Carolina office of Ogletree Deakins and co-chairs the firm’s Affirmative Action/OFCCP Compliance Practice Group, whose experienced attorneys counsel and defend federal contractors and subcontractors throughout the United States on jurisdictional, compliance, and enforcement issues involving the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

Leigh provides advice to in-house counsel and human resources professionals in all industries on the preparation, management, and defense of their affirmative action programs and related matters, including jurisdictional analyses, preventative strategies, complaint investigations, and compliance evaluations. She is often retained to assist with OFCCP systemic discrimination cases stemming from statistical disparities in hiring, pay, and testing and has successfully defended allegations of significant monetary liability and other sanctions in every OFCCP region. She advises small and large employers throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands on proactive pay equity analyses, defensible diversity and inclusion strategies and data analytics, and strategic EEO-1/VETS reporting. An experienced litigator, Leigh has defended discrimination claims before federal and state courts as well as administrative tribunals.

Professional Memberships

South Carolina Supreme Court, Certified Specialist in Employment and Labor Law

South Carolina Supreme Court, Employment and Labor Law Specialization Board (Chairperson, 2005-2007)

South Carolina Industry Liaison Group

Certified Green Belt in Legal Lean Sigma®

Faculty, Institute for Workplace Equality

Education