Bobby is a partner with 30 years experience representing management in all areas of employment law, including: having opposed union organizational campaigns; provided advice regarding union decertification efforts; litigated race, sex, age and disability matters before juries in state and federal courts in over twenty states; advised and litigated in matters under the FLSA; contested citations issued under OSHA and MSHA; conducted labor negotiations and arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements; litigated matters before the NLRB; litigated non-compete covenants; and counseled clients on the broadest range of personnel issues. He has been selected as a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine for Labor & Employment Law excellence (2004-2010), named to Georgia Trend magazine's Legal Elite in labor/employment (2004-2010) and recognized as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Employment Law by Chambers USA (2005-2010). Representative Experience Forest Products and Paper Industry: Domtar Industries, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Plum Creek Timber Company; Rayonier, Inc.; Unisource Worldwide, Inc. Other Industries: Gray Television, Inc.; Houston's Restaurants; Printpack, Inc. (flexible packaging for the food industry); Crawford and Company (insurance industry); Sea Ray Boats, Inc.; Manhattan Construction Company; Cisco Systems; Georgia Power Company; Atlanta Gas Light Company; Aspen Re (insurance industry); Medical Association of Georgia. Other Distinctions Recognized as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Labor & Employment Law by Chambers USA (2011) Selected by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer in Employmetn & Labor (2004-2011) |