Alston & Bird’s DEI Strategy attorneys represent clients across a variety of industries as they navigate the evolving legal landscape impacting DEI programs. Our multidisciplinary team of attorneys collaborates closely to advise as you evaluate, develop, maintain, or revise your DEI initiatives. We work with you to identify and mitigate potential legal risks, while also defending you against litigation challenging your DEI policies and programs.
Our attorneys work together across practice areas to help companies, organizations, and colleges and universities strategically address both routine and complex issues in training, investigations, compliance with applicable antidiscrimination laws, government inquiries, and litigation defense. Our team of labor and employment, higher education, government contracts, white collar, securities litigation, corporate transactions and securities, and compensation and benefits attorneys provide a multifaceted suite of services.
- DEI Audits and Assessments. We proactively evaluate and analyze DEI programs and policies across your enterprise and offer strategic advice on legal compliance, internal and external communications, and risk reduction.
- Training. We offer training to employees at all levels on a wide range of topics, including employer equal employment opportunity, antidiscrimination, antiharassment, and antiretaliation policies and compliance with your legal obligations.
- Investigations. Our attorneys routinely conduct investigations on behalf of companies, colleges and universities, and boards of directors into alleged unlawful behavior, misconduct, and violations of company policy.
- Litigation. We draw on our experience across industries to defend clients in individual and class action litigation, government enforcement actions, shareholder derivative suits, and other legal challenges to DEI programs.