Jerry Coker devotes his practice to working with companies on a broad range of labor and employment matters, with an emphasis on wage and hour law compliance, union organizing drives, union representation cases, union corporate campaigns and strikes, and the investigations and trials of NLRB unfair labor practice cases. He has represented management in many representation cases involving employers in manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality, health care and airlines. Jerry also regularly negotiates contracts for companies with unionized workforces and advises employers on how to handle all labor and employment issues associated with mergers and acquisitions.
Jerry is the past Chairman of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Georgia Bar. He is also a popular lecturer/workshop facilitator and has conducted numerous management training seminars on how to develop and maintain positive employee relations and avoid serious employment-related problems. Jerry presented human resources management workshops at the 1988, 2002 and 2004 National Automobile Dealers Association Conventions.
Recent Publications
ˇ Co-author, "Labor Liabilities Can Haunt Mergers," The National Law Journal, June 5, 2000
ˇ Co-chapter editor of Chapter 25 ("The National Labor Relations Act") of Employment Discrimination Law, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.)
Honors and Awards
ˇ The Best Lawyers in America - Labor and Employment Law
ˇ AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Industries
Airlines Automobile Dealerships Hospitality Retail
Memberships
National Association of Dealer Counsel