Anne Averitt
USA Guide 2023
Band 4 : Labor & Employment
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205.521.8621Share profile
Band 4
About
Provided by Anne Averitt
Practice Areas
Labor and Employment
Litigation
Antitrust & Competition
Corporate & Securities
Career
Anne Knox Averitt has extensive experience in management-side labor and employment matters and commercial litigation. She works in the firm’s Birmingham office and represents clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to family-owned businesses in a number of industries.
Anne Knox also represents school boards in all aspects of their operations, including business operations, employment issues, special education, real property matters, contracts, bids, ethical issues, disciplinary matters, and their interactions with other governmental entities.
Her practice focuses on compliance. She assists both business and education clients in implementing effective solutions and developing internal systems and best practices while managing budgetary constraints and varying stakeholder priorities.
Anne Knox also handles litigation before arbitrators, administrative law judges, and federal and state court judges, including class and collective action matters, shareholder derivative claims, indemnity and insurance disputes, operating agreement disputes, restrictive covenant enforcement, and other management-side employment litigation.
Professional Memberships
Defense Research Institute; Alabama Bar Association; Birmingham Bar Association; Momentum Women’s Leadership Program
Education
Duke University
B.A.
Harvard Law School
J.D.
Awards
Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Labor and Employment Law – Management, 2021-2023
Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2021-2023
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers "Rising Stars," Civil Litigation: Defense, 2021