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Maurice Wexler

Maurice Wexler

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
20th Floor, First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee  38103
(Shelby Co.)

Telephone: 901-526-2000
Telecopier: 901-577-2303
http://www.bakerdonelson.com



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Practice AreasLabor and Employment; Litigation; Corporate Law
 
EducationLoyola University, Chicago, J.D., 1963, University of Colorado, B.S., 1953
 
Admitted1964, Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsMemphis, 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.
 
BornDenver, Colorado, September 26, 1931
 
BiographyListed 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.
 
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