Ms. Bedsole is a shareholder in the Birmingham office and leads the Firm's Labor & Employment Group. She has litigated collective and class action wage and hour cases throughout the Southeast. She has successfully compelled collective and class action wage and hour cases to arbitration on individual bases.
Ms. Bedsole often guides employers in drafting and enforcing employment agreements. She has litigated trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty cases in multi-state jurisdictions. In those cases, she has gained significant experience retrieving company assets using forensic experts. She regularly moves to enforce non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions.
Ms. Bedsole is originally from Montreal. She advises U.S. companies with U.S. workers in foreign jurisdictions about the effect of U.S. law on those workers, and advises foreign companies in the U.S. on compliance with U.S. labor and employment laws.
Ms. Bedsole conducts management and employee training relating to employment issues in the workplace, drafts handbooks, provides policy review and regularly counsels employers to ensure compliance with applicable employment and labor laws.
Ms. Bedsole is also a registered mediator with the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution.