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Provided by Rosemary Kenyon
Represents management in all aspects of employment law in multiple industries on a full range of complex issues including high risk employment actions, board investigations, government investigations, mergers and acquisitions, employment agreements, severance plans and agreements, policy development, litigation and dispute resolution. Represents senior executives and officers in connection with their individual employment arrangements.
Of Counsel (2024-present) and Partner (2001-2023), Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP. Past Chair Pro Bono Committee and past member Policy and Planning Committee. Formerly Deputy General Counsel of Carolina Power & Light Company (now Duke Energy). Honors include: Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Endowed Justice Fund Named in Honor of Rosemary Gill Kenyon (2024), North Carolina Bar Foundation (NCBF); The Best Lawyers in America©, Employment Law - Management (2016-2019); Women of Justice Award, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2012, 2019); Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rated; North Carolina Super Lawyers, Employment and Labor (2012-2019) and Top 50 Women (2014).
North Carolina Bar Association: Past Member, Board of Governors; Past Chair, Strategic Planning and Emerging Trends Committee, Past Chair, Women in the Profession Committee and Past Chair, Dispute Resolution Section. Member, American Bar Association and Wake County Bar Association and Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation. Admitted to practice in North Carolina (1986), Virginia (1980), and Michigan (1979).
JD, University of Notre Dame (1979); BA, magna cum laude, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN (1976). Board, Saint Mary's College Alumnae Association (2015 - 2021); Board of Trustees, North Carolina Symphony (2021-present), Secretary (2023–present); Past Chair of the Board, Community Music School; Past Chair of the Board, Habitat for Humanity of Wake County; Past President, Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council.
Provided by Chambers
Rosemary Kenyon regularly advises on employment issues arising from transactions, including benefits concerns, as well as handling workplace investigations and contract negotiations.