Adriana R. Midence

Adriana R. Midence is a principal in the Atlanta, Georgia, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and is a former co-leader of the firm’s Women’s Interest Network. Her practice includes employment and restrictive covenant matters.

Adriana’s employment litigation experience includes serving as lead counsel in cases involving race, national origin, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, and sex discrimination; sexual harassment; and retaliatory discharge. Adriana has successfully tried cases involving such claims in federal and state court in Georgia and other states, such as Texas and Tennessee. Adriana has also represented employers in similar arbitrations, and before the EEOC and related state-level agencies. As a result of Adriana’s litigation experience, she is also routinely asked by clients to provide advice and counsel on employment decisions and training on such issues with a goal of preventing claims and litigation.

Adriana’s restrictive covenant and trade secret work includes representing employers seeking to enforce and/or invalidate agreements with non-compete, non-solicitation, anti-poaching, and non-disclosure covenants, as well as related claims regarding trade secrets, fiduciary duties, and computer fraud and abuse. In addition to litigating such claims, Adriana frequently advises clients on the use of restrictive covenant agreements in Georgia and on a multi-state or nationwide basis, and best practices for protecting trade secrets.

Adriana has appeared on CNN and 100.3 FM WIOD (Miami) to discuss discrimination and harassment in the workplace, workplace investigations, and retaliation issues.

While attending law school, Adriana clerked for Justice P. Harris Hines of the Georgia Supreme Court, was a managing editor of the Emory International Law Review and member of the Hispanic Law Society Moot Court Team.