Alex Drummond
Alex Drummond is an experienced workplace conflict resolution professional with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations and individuals navigate complex workplace challenges. Drawing on a strong background in employment law, Alex provides mediation, independent workplace investigations, and training services designed to help clients address concerns fairly, effectively, and respectfully.
Throughout his career, Alex has seen that workplace disputes involve more than legal issues. They also involve people, relationships, competing perspectives, and difficult decisions. Whether serving as a mediator, investigator, or trainer, he helps clients address workplace challenges thoughtfully, fairly, and with an eye toward practical, lasting solutions.
Alex is a trained mediator registered with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution who helps parties resolve employment, workplace, and business disputes. Having participated in hundreds of mediations throughout his career, he brings a practical understanding of employment law, litigation risk, and organizational realities to the process. Clients value his thoughtful approach, ability to build trust, and skill in helping parties identify common ground and develop practical solutions.
Alex also conducts independent workplace investigations involving allegations of executive misconduct, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and workplace culture concerns. Organizations, boards, human resources leaders, and outside counsel engage him to conduct impartial fact-finding in matters involving significant legal, operational, or reputational risk. His background as a litigator and mediator enables him to evaluate complex factual issues, conduct effective witness interviews, assess competing accounts fairly, and deliver objective findings that withstand scrutiny.
In addition, Alex provides workplace training and leadership development programs that help organizations build respectful, accountable, and effective workplace cultures. Drawing on his experience as an attorney, mediator, investigator, and advisor, he delivers practical training on harassment prevention, workplace conduct, leadership accountability, retaliation prevention, performance management, workplace investigations, and related employment topics. His programs help organizations strengthen communication, improve decision-making, and equip leaders to address difficult workplace situations effectively.
Before dedicating his practice to neutral services, Alex spent more than twenty years advising organizations and individuals on complex employment matters and workplace disputes. That experience provides the foundation for his work as a mediator, investigator, and trainer, allowing him to understand not only the legal issues organizations face, but also the human and organizational dynamics that often drive workplace conflict.
Alex previously served as an Equity Partner at Seyfarth Shaw, one of the world's leading labor and employment law firms. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Labor & Employment Litigation and as a Super Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law. In 2020, the Hispanic National Bar Association honored him as its Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center
University of Florida
Elizabeth Philp
Elizabeth Philp is an employment attorney with more than two decades of experience advising organizations and individuals on a broad range of workplace issues. Her career has included service as a law clerk to a federal judge, practice with leading law firms, and in-house legal experience, giving her a broad perspective on the legal, organizational, and practical challenges that arise in the workplace.
Throughout her career, Elizabeth has worked on complex employment matters requiring careful fact development, thoughtful analysis, and sound judgment. She has extensive experience gathering and evaluating facts, conducting effective witness interviews, assessing competing perspectives, and developing clear, well-supported analyses of difficult workplace issues. Whether communicating in writing or speaking with clients and decision-makers, she is skilled at explaining complex issues clearly and effectively while preserving the nuance and accuracy they require. Her approach is disciplined, objective, and thorough, with a focus on understanding what occurred, why it matters, and the implications for the individuals and organizations involved.
At Drummond Mediation and Employment Law Solutions, Elizabeth supports workplace investigations and other client engagements, bringing attention to detail, practical insight, and a commitment to fair and objective processes. She helps clients navigate sensitive and complex workplace concerns with clarity, professionalism, and sound judgment.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude
University of Virginia, with distinction