Bridget Blinn-Spears is a recognized litigator who helps employers navigate the complexities and peculiarities of managing each unique workforce. She also assists clients with structuring and conducting internal investigations, as well as advising on appropriate documentation and remedial measures.
Her practice, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, focuses on employment-related litigation. She defends her clients in state and federal courts against claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, restrictive covenant/non-compete agreements, and wage and hour disputes - including collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. She also handles tort claims against individual defendants.
Bridget provides strategic guidance on a wide range of issues including:
- corrective actions
- performance management
- terminations
- restrictive covenants
- responding to employee complaints
- employment classification and compensation structure
- regulatory compliance
- crisis management and emergency response
- policy development and revision
- handbook development and revision
In addition to her employment-related work, Bridget regularly works on corporate transactions, providing due diligence support and revising purchase agreements. She evaluates and advises on potential risks, adds appropriate language for representations and works through indemnification issues. She advises on and handles the transition process, force reduction and employee notification. She also prepares and amends employment agreements and related contracts.
Washington and Lee University School of Law - magna cum laude, J.D., 2004
Centre College, B.A., 2000
- North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- Texas Bar Association
- Listed, Super Lawyers® magazine, Texas Rising Star, 2011
- Listed, Super Lawyers® magazine, North Carolina Rising Star, 2014-2017
Overview
Bridget Blinn-Spears is a recognized litigator who helps employers navigate the complexities and peculiarities of managing each unique workforce. She also assists clients with structuring and conducting internal investigations, as well as advising on appropriate documentation and remedial measures.
Her practice, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, focuses on employment-related litigation. She defends her clients in state and federal courts against claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, restrictive covenant/non-compete agreements, and wage and hour disputes - including collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. She also handles tort claims against individual defendants.
Bridget provides strategic guidance on a wide range of issues including:
- corrective actions
- performance management
- terminations
- restrictive covenants
- responding to employee complaints
- employment classification and compensation structure
- regulatory compliance
- crisis management and emergency response
- policy development and revision
- handbook development and revision
In addition to her employment-related work, Bridget regularly works on corporate transactions, providing due diligence support and revising purchase agreements. She evaluates and advises on potential risks, adds appropriate language for representations and works through indemnification issues. She advises on and handles the transition process, force reduction and employee notification. She also prepares and amends employment agreements and related contracts.
- Texas Bar Association
- Listed, Super Lawyers® magazine, Texas Rising Star, 2011
- Listed, Super Lawyers® magazine, North Carolina Rising Star, 2014-2017
Notable
- Advised Charlotte, North Carolina-based, Carousel Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm, in the sale of HEPACO, LLC, a leading provider of critical environmental services on both an emergency response and planned basis in the Eastern United States, to San Francisco, California-based Gryphon Investors, a growth-focused middle market private equity firm. Read more here.
Speaking & Writing
- Nexsen Pruet Elects Eight Attorneys to Membership
January 1, 2021 - Bridget Blinn-Spears Advises Businesses to be Proactive in Tense Times
June 3, 2020 - Bridget Blinn-Spears Discusses Law Firm Parental Leave
February 10, 2020 - Nexsen Pruet begins 2019 with continued Triangle growth
January 10, 2019
- Employment Law Briefing Webinar Series: Getting Back to Work During the Pandemic
May 6, 2020 - Employment Law Breakfast Briefing: Top HR Issues for 2020
January 22, 2020 - Employment Law Briefing Webinar Series: Campaigning and the Workplace
October 28, 2020 - 2021 Employment Law Certificate Series
April 28, 2021 - Employment Law Briefing: New Year, New Administration, New Legal Changes for Employers
January 19, 2021
- COVID-19, Vaccinations, and Leave: What Employers Need To Know
April 7, 2021 - Dealing with the Opioid Threat in the Construction Industry
January 20, 2021 - Pandemic Pitfalls for the Unwary: NLRA Rights for Non-Union Employees
September 21, 2020 - VIDEO: Bridget Blinn-Spears on Recent Shifts in EEOC's Enforcement Efforts During the Pandemic
August 31, 2020 - COVID-19 Next Steps: What are Next Steps as Businesses Begin to Re-open Amid the Crisis?
May 19, 2020 - DOL Provides Initial Guidance and Sample Posting on New Paid Leave Laws
March 26, 2020 - COVID-19: Managing HR, Benefits, and Immigration Challenges During the Pandemic
March 20, 2020 - New Federal Law Provides Emergency Paid Sick and Family and Medical Leave
March 19, 2020 - UPDATE: Impending September 30 Deadline for EEO-1 Pay Data Collection
September 4, 2019 - Rumors Run Amok: Poorly Managing Rumors of an Alleged Affair Opens Title VII Liability
February 13, 2019
Outside Nexsen Pruet
Bridget spends most of her time out of the office with her family. She and her husband and their four children can often be found exploring the many beautiful parks around the state. Her kids appreciate her love of local craft beer – they have lots of opinions about the best food trucks and kid activities at family-friendly breweries.
