Obiananma Okeani

Obiananma (Nanma) Okeani is an employment and employee benefits attorney whose practice provides comprehensive coverage for employment disputes and compliance concerns for clients across a wide range of industries. Nanma’s experience includes representing clients in disputes before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in matters involving Title VII discrimination and harassment claims, employee covenants, employee benefits, FMLA, as well as wage and hour disputes. Nanma also advises clients regarding employment law to ensure compliance and to proactively address and solve employment-related issues.

Nanma is an active volunteer with Atlanta-area pro bono organizations, including organizations providing legal services to students facing educational obstacles and to local nonprofits in need of employment law assistance.  Outside the office, Nanma is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Labor & Employment section, the Atlanta Bar Association and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

Nanma earned her Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law where she served as an editor for Duke Law Journal, Vice President of Mentorship for Duke Women Law Students Association, and was a member of Duke’s Black Law Students Association. During law school she was a Law Clerk for Duke University’s Office for Institutional Equity, a Student Lawyer with Duke Children’s Law Clinic, and a Clinic Intern and Research Assistant at Duke Law Civil Justice Clinic.

Nanma graduated magna cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Georgia, where she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa and Blue Key Honor Society, served as an intern for Cobb County Superior Court, and spent a semester studying law and international affairs at the University of Oxford, U.K.

Nanma's Practice

Representative Matters

• Representing a large municipal employer in litigation involving an employee’s allegations of unpaid overtime in violation of the FLSA.
• Represented a large employer in a putative class action wage and hour lawsuit involving a potential class and allegations of unpaid overtime, rest and meal periods violations, and failure to properly reimburse business expenses, among other claims.

• Defended a client against a temporary restraining order and injunction from a former employer.

• Successfully defended against and negotiated settlements of ERISA actions involving disputed behavioral health claims.

• Defended a regional healthcare system in a putative class action brought pursuant to ERISA involving allegations of excessive fees and fiduciary violations in connection with oversight and administration of retirement plan.
• Ongoing benefits and employment litigation counsel for an international company with over 41,000 employees in North America.