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If you never have to call upon any of the professionals in Employment Law, count yourself fortunate. They navigate ordinances that uphold workers’ rights for better conditions and fair standards in the workplace and, inversely, the rights of employers to moderate the powers of workers’ organizations and to keep labor costs low. Some specialize in such on-the-job issues as harassment, discrimination, or wage and hour claims. Others focus on corporate compliance, business contracts, workers’ compensation, personal injury, or regulatory issues. But whether you’re the plaintiff or defendant in an employment-related dispute, or there’s a question concerning an employment contract, it’s good to have experts like these POWER PLAYERS around to lend a hand. W. KERBY BOWLING Shareholder, Evans Petree, PC. J.D., U of M. Serves as co-leader of Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. Worked at Kellogg as unionized laborer before campaigning against organized labor. Assists clients in remaining non-union and avoiding employment litigation. Admitted to practice before Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Sixth Circuits. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for Administrative/ Regulatory Law and Labor Law-Management for the sixth year. Board member, National Foundation for Transplants. ALAN CRONE Attorney and founder, The Crone Law Firm, PLC. B.A., J.D., U of M. Licensed in Tennessee and Arkansas. Represents executives, employees, and entrepreneurs in employment and commercial litigation including wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, partnership and contractual disputes, non-competition enforcement and defense, overtime, wage and hour disputes, and more. Appointed chief counsel for Tennessee Department of Employment Security in 1995 by former Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist. Special counsel to the Mayor of Memphis. DONALD DONATI Co-founder, Donati Law Firm. J.D., Tennessee. Certified Trial Specialist. Certified Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy. Member, Tennessee Association of Justice, National Employment Lawyers Association, American Inns of Court, NOVA. Named 2012 Memphis Lawyer of the Year, Employment Law-Individuals, The Best Lawyers in America. Named one of top 100 lawyers in Tennessee by 78 |
Mid-South Super Lawyers, one of top six lawyers in U.S. by Lawyers USA in 2006. EUGENE S. FORRESTER JR. Member, Farris Bobango, PLC. B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University; J.D., Washington and Lee University. Practice concentrates on employment, workers’ compensation, civil litigation. Member, Tennessee, Arkansas, Memphis Bar Associations. Former president, MBA Young Lawyers Division. Former chair, TBA Greater Access and Assistant Project. Named MBA 1994 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. Licensed in Tennessee, Arkansas. DEBORAH GODWIN Partner, Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, P.C. B.A., magna cum laude, University of Michigan; J.D., Boston College. Areas of practice include ERISA, labor and employment, civil rights, personal injury. Director of firm’s ERISA Law Section. American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section and Committee on Developing Labor Law. Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Top 50 Women Attorneys in Mid-South Super Lawyers. AV-rated, Martindale-Hubble. MYRA HAMILTON General counsel, Hamilton Entertainment Employment Law, LLC. Practice areas include employment and labor, HR and corporate compliance, business contracts. Represents clients before the U.S. EEOC, Tennessee Human Rights Commission, various U.S. District Courts. Member, Memphis, American Bar Associations. Included on the Attorney Referral List with U.S. EEOC in several jurisdictions. Member, ABA Forum, Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, ABA Presidential Advisory
Council on Diversity. Inducted into Top 100, The National Black Lawyers. 2017 Women of Excellence award, New Tri-State Defender. CHARLES HILL Member, Glankler Brown, PLLC. Practice includes employment law, broker/dealer litigation, contracts, and commercial litigation. Experience in litigation over restrictive covenants, covenants against disclosure of proprietary information, protection of trade secrets, creating social media policies. Member, Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations and Defense Research Institute. Board member, Greater Memphis Chamber. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Named to The Best Lawyers in America. Board member, Youth Programs, Inc. Operator of FedEx/St. Jude Classic golf tournament. DAVID JAQUA Labor and Employment Group, Butler Snow LLP. Practice includes employment litigation (defense), arbitration and mediation, NLRB hearings, labor negotiations, representation campaigns, management counseling and training. AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell. Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, MidSouth Super Lawyers. Fellow, American and Tennessee Bar Foundation. LISA KRUPICKA Member, Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC. Practice concentrates on employment litigation and business advising. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Named to The Best Lawyers in America (2017 Memphis Management Employment Lawyer of the Year), “Top 100 Lawyers in Tennessee” in Mid-South Super Lawyers. Named to Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Former board member, Memphis Bar Association; former chair of Labor & Employment Section. Board and Executive Committee member, National Civil Rights Museum. LISA LICHTERMAN Shareholder, Littler Mendelson, PC. J.D., Vanderbilt University. Practice includes employment law and HR compliance. Selected Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Named to Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Frequently named to Mid-South Super Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law. Selected as a Mid-South Top 50 Women Attorneys for 2016 & 2017. MartindaleHubbell AV rating. Former board member, Memphis Bar Association; former chair of Labor & Employment section. Trustee, Pink Palace Museum.
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