Drew Williamson
Senior Associate

1100 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2800, Atlanta, GA USA 30309

Overview

Drew Williamson is a litigator and trusted advisor who helps employers and businesses resolve high-stakes workplace and competitive disputes—and avoid the next one.

Drew's practice centers on employment litigation, including restrictive covenant and trade secret disputes. He drafts restrictive covenants, including non-competes and non-solicitation agreements, and litigates their enforceability. He also prosecutes and defends claims for injunctive and equitable relief involving trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, and unfair competition. And he defends employers nationwide against discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and wage and hour claims in state and federal court, before administrative agencies and in arbitration.

Drew is equally focused on keeping clients out of court. He advises employers on how evolving local, state and federal laws affect their policies, guides reorganizations and reductions in force, and conducts labor and employment due diligence for M&A clients ranging from emerging growth companies to Fortune 500 companies.

Drew also maintains a significant labor relations practice, serving as first-chair counsel in labor arbitrations and representing employers before the National Labor Relations Board and similar state and tribal agencies.

Before joining Kilpatrick, Drew practiced in the New York City office of a national labor and employment firm and, before that, served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department, defending the City, its agencies, and its management. In law school, he was a judicial intern for the Honorable Justice Josiah P. Coleman of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and spent his final semester interning in the New York State Office of the Attorney General's Litigation Bureau. He was Executive Editor of the Mississippi College Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board.

Drew serves as Vice Chair of the City of Atlanta Ethics Board.

The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized Drew in "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" for Labor and Employment Litigation since 2023 and for Management Labor and Employment Law since 2024. Super Lawyers has named him a New York "Rising Star" for Employment Litigation every year from 2022 through 2025.

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Education

Mississippi College School of Law J.D. (2016) magna cum laude

LaGrange College B.A., Political Science (2013)

Admissions

Georgia (2023)

New York (2017)

Court Admissions

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Supreme Court of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Professional & Community Activities

KT Education & Opportunity Fund, Grant Advisory Committee Member (2023-Present)

Andrew P. Stewart Center, Inc., Board Member (2025-Present)

City of Atlanta, Ethics Board
   Vice Chair
   Member (2025-2028)

State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division, Labor and Employment Law Committee, Co-Chair (2026-Present)

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