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Nakimuli O. Davis-Primer

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Nakimuli O. Davis-Primer concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment and commercial litigation.

Featured Experience


Obtained summary judgment in favor of client in a discrimination lawsuit alleging age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Successfully defended federal court litigation against a health care client on alleged violation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) due to an employee's diagnosis of COVID-19.

Obtained dismissal in favor of the client for a wrongful termination lawsuit in Mississippi state court attempting to rely on a novel expanded view of the exceptions to the at-will doctrine and successfully defended appeal before the Mississippi Court of Appeals and Mississippi Supreme Court.

Professional Biography


Nakimuli partners with employers to create respectful and thriving workplaces that comply with federal, state, and local laws. She regularly counsels and advises clients on workplace issues; reviews, revises, and creates employee handbooks and policies that align with the client's overall mission, goals, and applicable laws; develops and conducts training programs on a variety of topics for executive leaders and management- and supervisory-level employees; and assesses and evaluates measures to reduce legal risks associated with employment-related decisions. Clients also call upon Nakimuli to conduct internal investigations and provide guidance on leave and accommodation issues, termination decisions, pay considerations (including final pay, PTO, and vacation payout), and other employment matters. She also advises employers on reorganizations, reductions in force, restructuring, voluntary buy-out programs, and internal audits of position classifications to ensure compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Nakimuli has extensive experience advising clients on all aspects of their diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives, programs, and activities, including but not limited to conducting internal audits for risk assessments. She develops ongoing training programs that raise awareness, identify tools and strategies, and reinforce best practices for creating sustainable, inclusive workplaces. These measures are critical to increasing employee engagement and reducing legal risks, particularly the risk of harassment and discrimination claims.

In addition to advising clients, Nakimuli represents them in litigation and administrative proceedings, including matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Unemployment Commission, and the Department of Labor. She defends employers in litigation filed pursuant to various state and federal laws, including Title VII and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Section 1981, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Rehabilitation Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Section 1983, the Equal Pay Act (EPA), and the FLSA.

Nakimuli counsels and represents employers across numerous industries, including higher education, manufacturing, education, banking, health care, state agencies, and hospitality on various employment-related and novel issues. She also advises higher education clients on student-related issues.

Her commercial litigation practice includes representing companies in breach of contract, fraud, personal injury, premises liability, intentional torts, tortious interference, and other claims. She has experience representing insurance carriers in breach of insurance policy and bad faith claims, as well as representing the carriers' corporate insureds in litigation ranging from premises liability, breach of contract, breach of duties of good faith and fair dealing, bad faith, employment, and negligence claims. Nakimuli has reviewed and evaluated insurance policies to assist insurers with making coverage decisions and has represented insurers in declaratory judgment actions. She also has significant experience litigating federal condemnation actions.

Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Nakimuli served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In recent years, she has also served as an adjunct professor at the Mississippi College School of Law, teaching Employment Law. Nakimuli is licensed in Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Education

  • Cornell University, Diversity & Inclusion Certificate Program through eCornell, October 2020
  • University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2009
    • Hugh C. "Buzzy" Clayton Memorial Scholarship Recipient
    • Executive Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
    • President, Phi Delta Phi
    • Treasurer – Black Law Student Association
    • Tutor – Oxford Boys and Girls Club
    • Volunteer – North Mississippi Rural Legal Services
    • 11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition Finalist, 2009
  • Mississippi State University, B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering (minors in Software Engineering and Math), magna cum laude, 2005

Admissions

  • Georgia, 2021
  • Tennessee, 2009
  • Mississippi, 2009
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2009
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2024
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2022
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2022
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 2021
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, 2009 
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2025

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