Executive Compensation Attorney

Sherrone helps executives and industry-leading companies make smart decisions about compensation and benefits arrangements, compliance matters and employment transitions.

She works closely with top leaders experiencing job transitions, negotiating employment contracts, equity or other compensatory arrangements to ensure their compensation, equity and employment terms are fair, strategic and forward-looking. She also helps businesses design and implement bonus, incentive compensation and equity plans, set up employee benefits and handle sensitive situations such as layoffs, executive departures and organizational restructurings.

Sherrone’s experience spans a wide range of complex, high-stakes employment and compensation matters, including:

● Negotiating executive employment, consulting and board service agreements.

● Managing reductions in force and advising on severance and early retirement programs.

● Drafting and enforcing agreements containing restrictive covenants across multistate workforces.

● Guiding clients through compensation-related compliance issues, including equity plans and benefit programs and required public securities filings.

● Advising on employment issues in the context of corporate transactions and distressed company scenarios.

Sherrone brings particular value to venture capital-backed startups, private equity-owned businesses and public companies, helping them navigate the evolving standards around executive pay, equity and workforce management.

A former associate at two top-ranked international Am Law 100 firms, Sherrone has advised companies at every stage of growth. Her clients rely on her to spot red flags, explain complex terms clearly and deliver honest, practical advice that balances risk with opportunity. She excels at helping clients understand their leverage, weigh real-world options and make confident, informed decisions.

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Sherrone is now based in Atlanta, Georgia. When she’s not working, she’s likely planning her next hiking trip or international getaway.