Adreanna Sellers
Associate
Adreanna is a fierce advocate for unions and workers.
Adreanna believes workers and their unions deserve the same caliber of representation big employers can buy from large corporate firms. By pairing detailed preparation with a client-centered strategy, Adreanna works to deliver successful results for her clients and brings that same rigor to every matter she handles.
Adreanna represents local and national unions in arbitration, litigation, and proceedings before state and federal administrative agencies including the NLRB, FLRA, and PERB. She also advises and assists unions in handling contract negotiations, internal union governance, filing unfair labor practice charges, and defending duty of fair representation cases. Adreanna works with clients across private, public, and federal sectors in a variety of industries to protect the rights and benefits of all employees. She works closely with clients to understand their goals and serves as a dependable advisor that crafts effective solutions built around them.
Experience
Associate, Murphy Anderson PLLC (2022-2026)
Student Attorney, UNC Law Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic (2021-2022)
Extern, Justice Anita Earls, Supreme Court of North Carolina (2021)
Policy Extern, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (2021)
Extern, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (2021)
Intern, Project on Predatory Student Lending, Harvard Legal Services Center (2020)
Recent Speaking Engagements
Panelist, Protect or Produce? Balancing Ethical Duties with Disclosure Obligations, ABA Committee on Development of the Law Under the NLRA 2026 Midwinter Meeting
Moderator, Best Techniques for Getting Your Opposing Party to Provide Fulsome Discovery, National Employment Lawyers Association 2023 Annual Convention
Leadership
Young Lawyers Division Fellow, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Civil Rights Law Review
President, UNC Black Law Students Association (BLSA)
Co-Chair, 2020–2021 Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity
Member, Student Bar Association Multicultural and Diversity Committee
Competing Member, BLSA Mock Trial Team
