Jenny Bobbitt

Associate

Areas of Focus

Jenny Bobbitt

Associate

jbobbitt@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Licensed to practice in North Carolina only and under the supervision of the partners of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Application for admission to the New York Bar in process.
  • Concentrates on labor & employment matters.

Jenny assists employers, including those in the hedge fund and private equity industry, and public & private companies, on an array of labor & employment matters.

Jenny drafts and negotiates employment agreements, separation agreements, restrictive covenant agreements and other employment-related agreements. She assists employers with complex human resources investigations, and with drafting employee handbooks and employment policies, leading anti-harassment and anti-discrimination trainings, and counseling on day-to-day workplace issues.

In addition, Jenny assists clients with labor & employment issues in the context of corporate transactions and restructurings. In connection with such transactions and restructurings, Jenny conducts labor & employment due diligence, drafts and negotiates purchase and credit agreements, advises employers on transferring, hiring and terminating workers, and negotiates collective bargaining agreements. 

Education
  • J.D., Washington University School of Law

  • M.B.A., Washington University in St. Louis

  • B.A., Northwestern University

Bar Admissions
  • North Carolina

Recognitions
  • Leadership Raleigh, 2023.
  • North Carolina Rising Stars, 2020-2022 and 2024.
  • “One to Watch,” Best Lawyers, 2022-2023.
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2022-2023.
  • National Black Lawyers Top 100, 2022.
  • Capital City Lawyer’s Association (Wake County’s leading association for Black attorneys, 2023.
  • Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2019.
  • Louisville Bar Association Leadership Academy, 2019.
  • Kentucky Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Executive Committee, 2019.
  • Louisville Bar Association Public Service Committee, 2019.
  • “Young Leaders Award,” Kentucky Business Journal, 2018.

Insights and Achievements

    Blog | LaborSpeak

    March 12, 2024

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