Alison White is an experienced civil litigator with extensive trial experience. Alison came to ADK from Manatt Phelps & Phillips, where she spent over 14 years representing some of the nation’s largest companies in high-stakes litigation.

Alison's practice focuses on general business litigation, including contract disputes, business torts and other commercial matters, as well as employment litigation, including civil claims involving wrongful terminations, harassment, discrimination, and unpaid wages. She is experienced in a full range of employment matters, including wage and hour issues, employment agreements, personnel practices and policies, leaves of absence, hiring and termination decisions, workplace violence issues, and trade secrets, among others.

While in school, Alison spent time working for the District Attorney’s Offices in Atlanta and Los Angeles, and at the Public Defender Service in Washington, DC. She also has a California real estate broker’s license and spends her spare time building custom homes and volunteering at her children’s school.

EDUCATION
J.D., Emory School of Law
Managing Editor, Emory International Law Review
President, Emory's Public Interest Committee (EPIC)

B.A., Claremont McKenna College
​
EXPERIENCE
Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Counsel