Alyssa Riggins

Senior Associate

301 Hillsborough Street
Suite 1400
Raleigh, NC 27603

T 919.329.3810

alyssa.riggins@nelsonmullins.com

Alyssa focuses her practice on employment and labor matters, with experience in litigation, advice, and counsel. She has routinely counseled companies, including one in the Fortune 500, on RIF, OWBPA, and WARN Act matters. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, she counseled clients on furloughs, layoffs, return-to-work, and vaccination issues. Now, Alyssa routinely counsels clients on employment issues as they arise, including proper employee classification, requests for accommodation, internal investigations, and claims of discrimination or harassment. She has experience in litigation from the early stages to close in a variety of employment matters, ranging from claims of employment discrimination or harassment, to restrictive covenants, to employment related torts. Alyssa has trial experience in these matters along with federal and state statutory and constitutional claims.

employment issues as they arise, including proper employee classification, requests for accommodation, internal investigations, and claims of discrimination or harassment. She has experience in litigation from the early stages to close in a variety of employment matters, ranging from claims of employment discrimination or harassment, to restrictive covenants, to employment related torts. Alyssa has trial experience in these matters along with federal and state statutory and constitutional claims.

Experience

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Representative Matters

Obtained summary judgment in federal court on all counts of employment discrimination, equal pay act, and breach of contract claim for national publisher
Obtained dismissal of employment and tort counterclaims on behalf of manufacturing client in state court
Successfully defended motions to compel and motions to quash discovery responses and requests in both federal and state court for nearly a dozen clients
Obtained dismissal of employment and tort claims for large educational institution
Advised large educational institutions on issues of tenure and breach of contract
Conducted workplace investigations into claims of employment discrimination or harassment

Previous Professional Experience

Associate, national labor and employment law firm (2017–2021)
Intern, North Carolina Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division (2015)

Educational Activities

William & Mary School of Law
- Research Assistant to Professor Rebecca Green
- Business Law Society
- Women in Law Society

Education

William & Mary Law School, JD (2017)
- William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law
North Carolina State University, BA, History, summa cum laude (2013)
- Valedictorian

Admissions

North Carolina
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Practice Areas

Industries

Media

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Recognitions

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The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Litigation – Labor and Employment (2023–2025)
Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Employment (2023)

Professional Activities

North Carolina Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
Wake County Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
NC Chamber

Community

SAFEchild (2018–present)
- Young Ambassadors
- Fund Development Committee

Overview

Alyssa focuses her practice on employment and labor matters, with experience in litigation, advice, and counsel. She has routinely counseled companies, including one in the Fortune 500, on RIF, OWBPA, and WARN Act matters. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, she counseled clients on furloughs, layoffs, return-to-work, and vaccination issues. Now, Alyssa routinely counsels clients on... employment issues as they arise, including proper employee classification, requests for accommodation, internal investigations, and claims of discrimination or harassment. She has experience in litigation from the early stages to close in a variety of employment matters, ranging from claims of employment discrimination or harassment, to restrictive covenants, to employment related torts. Alyssa has trial experience in these matters along with federal and state statutory and constitutional claims.