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| Practice Areas | Labor and Employment; Litigation; Corporate Law | | | Education | Loyola University, Chicago, J.D., 1963, University of Colorado, B.S., 1953 | | | Admitted | 1964, Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Memberships | Memphis, Tennessee, Federal and American (Immediate Past Chair, Co-chair, 2004-2008, Committee Member, 2008—, Committee on Outreach to Government Lawyers and Academic Lawyers, Labor and Employment Section; Co-Chair, Committee on Regional CLE and Co-Creator of CLE for judicial law clerks, Labor and Employment Section; Member, Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, Section on Labor and Employment Section, 1977—; Regional Representative, EEOC Liaison Subcommittee, 1983-1987; Chairman, Subcommittee in Liaison with EEOC, 1987-1989; National Chairman, Liaison Division, E.E.O. Committee, 1989-1992; Program Chair, EEO Committee) Bar Associations. | | | Born | Denver, Colorado, September 26, 1931 | | | Biography | Listed in: Who's Who Legal USA, Management, Labour & Employment, 2006; The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law (since 2005). Named: Top 50 Attorneys in Memphis; Top 100 Attorneys in Tennessee, Mid-South Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor, 2007—. President, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2009. Appointed to the Board of Trustees of the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN, 2009—. Member: Wexler Fund Planning Committee at the National Civil Rights Museum, 2007—; Wexler Fund Board, National Civil Rights Museum. Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; Master, Leo Bearman Sr. Inn of Court. Pro-Bono Mediator, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Memphis District Office. Co-organizer and Planning Committee Member, 2010 Opening Celebration of the new University of Memphis School of Law building, accompanied by a symposium on Labor and Employment Law by the University of Memphis Law Review. Co-organizer and Planning Committee Chair: "Tools for HR Professionals Including an Interactive Round Table Discussion Using Hypotheticals Involving Race and Color Discrimination," ERACE (Eradicating Racism and Colorism in Employment) Conference, a program national model sponsored by EEOC in Memphis, Tennessee, April 2008. Organized: "1995 CLE Symposium Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Title VII: the Civil Rights Act," University of Memphis, 1995; 2005 Symposium Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Title VII: the Civil Rights Act," University of Memphis, 2005; "Executive Level Conference on Diversity in the Work Place," 2005. Author: "Defending Against Prevailing Plaintiff's Requests For Attorney's Fees In Equal Employment Law Cases," Tennessee Bar Journal, February, 1984; "Defending Against Discovery in Civil Actions," Tennessee Bar Journal, May, 1985. Second Edition and Chapter Chair, "Discharge, Employment Discrimination Law," BNA, 1987-1989; "Charity Begins at Home: Do Your Homework and Avoid Punitive Damages," Memphis Bar Journal, 2000. Contributor: Third Edition, First Supplement, 1998, Employment Discrimination Law BNA, Chapter Chair, Two Chapters: Unions and National Labor Relations Acts. Author and Speaker: "Mediation, Yes or No," Department of Justice, 2006; "Damages in Employment Litigation," Young Lawyers Division, Memphis Bar Association, 2005. Chapter Co-Chair: Discharge in Employment Discrimination Law, published by the Bureau of National Affairs. Co-Author: "Title VII at 40: An Engine for Progress," Memphis Lawyer, March 2005. Planning and Speaker, EEOC Committee on New Procedures Initiative, 2005. Speaker, EEOC-sponsored Law & Employment Seminar, July 2008. Member, University of Colorado National Alumni Admissions Assistance Program, 1994-1995. Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis School of Law, 2000-2003. | | | ISLN | 902824780 | |
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