Debbie Whittle Durban

Education:

• University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, cum laude (1999)
• University of South Carolina, BA, Political Science

Admissions:

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Leadership:

• Advisory Board, Employment and Labor Law Specialization
• Board Member, Employment and Labor Law Section, SC Bar

Whether you are seeking to:

• understand your obligations under federal, state and local employment laws
• create or revise an employment agreement, restrictive covenant or employee handbook
• implement or discuss employment-related policies, procedures or measures
• receive guidance for union organizing, labor disputes or collective bargaining matters
• defend individual, class, and collective lawsuits brought by an employee or employees

our team is here to help.

Our team works with a diverse group of employers—some with large in-house legal, human resources, and labor/employee relations teams, and others with limited or no in-house support.  We collaborate directly with your management team to increase efficiencies and synergies that support your business and employee relations goals.

We help clients manage:

• Properly classifying and paying employees under federal and state laws, including the FLSA, Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act
• Internal investigations including wage-hour audits
• EEOC or NLRB charges, OFCCP audits and OSHA inspections
• Claims of harassment, retaliation and discrimination
• Positive employee relations strategies
• Lawful responses to union organizing
• Training of management on compliance with federal and state employment laws

Nelson Mullins is a diversified law firm of more than 800 attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals across 25 offices serving clients in more than 100 practice areas.

• Our litigators are trial lawyers, serving Fortune 200 clients, litigating high-stakes matters, and participating on national and virtual trial teams.
• Our corporate and transactional teams provide high quality corporate, securities, finance, venture capital, commercial real estate, real estate capital markets, and technology services.
• Our government relations team serves clients at the federal, state and local levels and includes former high-ranking government officials.
• Our intellectual property group has been recognized nationally for IP litigation and provides a full-range of IP services for clients across industry sectors.
• Our Nelson Mullins Encompass team is a dedicated practice group that provides integrated e-discovery and information governance services to clients on a flexible and scalable basis, serving as Enterprise E-Discovery Counsel for Fortune 200 clients and empowering focused and defensible strategies with law firm accountability.

Together, we serve as trusted advisors to clients across a range of business sectors with client relationship fundamentals of quality, dependability, solution-oriented service and value.