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| | Address | | Suite 900, Bank of America Center, 550 Main Avenue, P.O. Box 2231 | | Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-2231 | | (Knox Co.) | | | |
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| Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
Employment Law, Labor Relations (Management), Discrimination (Defense), Immigration and Naturalization, Wage and Hour, OSHA, Environmental Law, Banking, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, Workers' Compensation (Defense), Wrongful Discharge, ADA, FMLA and Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. | Firm Profile:
Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC is a national law firm which represents management in all areas of labor and employment law including National Labor Relations Act; Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964, amended 1991); Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Immigration and Naturalization; Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); Family Medical Leave Act; Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA); and Fair Labor Standards Act. We also represent our clients in grievance and arbitration cases, mediation of contract disputes, union election cases, unfair labor practice proceedings, employment litigation, and unfair competition and trade-secret disputes. The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 25 | Representative Clients:
Allied Signal; Anderson News Corp.; BASF Corp.; Fibers Division; Baptist Health Systems; Baptist Hospital of Roane County, Inc.; Baptist Hospital of Cocke County, Inc.; Bayou Steel; Berkline, LLC; Breed Technologies; Builders Transport; Bush Brothers Foods; Carlex Glass Co.; Ceramaspeed; Clayton Homes; Cookeville Regional Medical Center; Dana Corp.; Cumberland Medical Center; DeRoyal Industries; Global Stone USA; Goody's Family Clothing; Great Lakes Chemical Corp.; Hunt Foods, Inc.; Ingles Markets, Inc.; K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City Stores); Key Plastics, Inc.; Lawler-Wood, Inc.; La-Z-Boy Logistics; MARCA; Mahle, Inc.; MasterCraft Boat Co.; Matsushita Electronic Components Corp. of America; Mohon International; Morristown-Hamblen Hospital; OOZX USA, Inc.; PBR Automotive; Pilot Oil Corp.; Quazite, Inc.; Red Kap Industries; Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital; Roane Medical Center; Sedgwick James; Shelby-Williams; Southeast Service Corp.; Staffing Solutions; Timet; Toyoda TRW Automotive, Inc.; Union Planters Bank of East Tennessee; University of Tennessee Medical Center; Wallace Pro Hardware; Witco Corp.; Zellweger Uster, Inc.; Zurich-American Insurance Co. |
Other Office Locations of Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC
Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Morristown, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
| | Gary W. Wright (Member) born Middlesboro, Kentucky, September 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1979, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with honors, 1974; J.D., 1977). Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Instructor, Business Law, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978. Trial Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Peoria, Illinois and Atlanta, Georgia, 1979-1983. Tennessee Supreme Court Approved Mediator. Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations (Member, Labor and Employment Law Sections). Practice Areas: Labor Law (Defense); Wrongful Discharge (Defense); Employment Discrimination (Defense); ADA and FMLA Compliance. Email: Gary W. Wright | | Ronald G. Daves (Member) born Ellenboro, North Carolina, July 1, 1943; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.S., 1968); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Chairman, Personnel Practices Subcommittee, American Trucking Associations, Washington, D.C., 1981. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Excellent Achievement in study of Labor Law; Robert L. McKnight Memorial Scholarship in Labor Law. Investigator, Tennessee Human Rights Commission, 1985. Tennessee Supreme Court Approved Mediator. Member: Tennessee (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 2002-2003) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Litigation Section) Bar Associations. [With USMC, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Labor Law (Defense); Employment Discrimination (Defense); Wrongful Discharge (Defense); Wage-Hour Laws (Defense); ADA and FMLA Compliance. Email: Ronald G. Daves | | Mary Moffatt Helms (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, January 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1987). Member, Hearing Committee for Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court of Tennessee. Member: Tennessee and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law and Health Law Forum) Bar Associations; Morristown Bicycle Association. (Resident, Morristown Office). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Workers' Compensation Defense; Litigation. Email: Mary Moffatt Helms | | Kelly A. Campbell (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, December 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1984; J.D., 1988). Member: Hamblen County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. (Resident, Morristown Office). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law (Defense); Workers' Compensation (Defense); Litigation. Email: Kelly A. Campbell | | Jerome D. Pinn (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, May 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut; 1992, District of Columbia; 1996, Tennessee. Education: Cornell University (A.B., cum laude, 1987); University of Michigan (J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Wrongful Discharge; Wage and Hour Law; Affirmative Action. Email: Jerome D. Pinn | | Jeffrey G. Jones (Member) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 1, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. Education: Tennessee Technological University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1987). Phi Alpha Delta. Editorial Board, Tennessee Judicial Newsletter. City Attorney, Algood, Tennessee, 1989-1994; County Attorney, Putnam County, Tennessee. Member: Putnam County (President, 1990), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Upper Cumberland Trial Lawyers Association. (Resident, Cookeville Office). Practice Areas: State Trial Practice; Civil and Commercial Law; Bankruptcy Law; Municipal Law. Email: Jeffrey G. Jones | | Fredrick J. Bissinger (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, September 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1998, Tennessee; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1987); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1992). Special Assistant, U.S. Attorney, 1994-1996. Member: Tennessee Bar Association. [U.S. Navy JAG Corps, 1993-1997]. (Resident, Nashville Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; Employment Discrimination Defense. Email: Fredrick J. Bissinger | | Howard B. Jackson (Member) born Canton, Georgia, June 14, 1961; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia; 2001, Tennessee. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (Mgt., 1983); Duke University (M.Div., 1987); Georgia State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Lead Articles Editor, George State University Law Review. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Religious Discrimination; Labor Legislation; Business and Commercial Litigation. Email: Howard B. Jackson | | Fredrick R. Baker (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, December 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: Transylvania University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); University of Tennessee (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. (Resident, Cookeville Office). Email: Fredrick R. Baker | | ASSOCIATES | | Mary Dee Allen (Associate) born April 4, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Union University (A.A., Nursing, 1988; B.S., History, 1989); Memphis State University (J.D., 1992). Recipient: Herbert Herff Presidential Law Scholarship; West Publishing Award for Outstanding Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Awards in Trial and Appellate Advocacy. Member: Moot Court Board; National Mock Trial Team; Memphis State University Law Review. Member: Putnam County and Tennessee Bar Associations; Business and Professional Women (Cookville Chapter). Reported Cases: Turner v. EZ Check Cashing, 35 F.Supp 2nd 1042 (M.D. Tenn. 1999). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Defense; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Mary Dee Allen | | Andrew J. Hebar (Associate) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 21, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.B.A., 2002); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2005). Member: Blount County Bar Association; Knoxville Bar Association (Member, Barrister's Executive Committee); Tennessee Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Torts; Worker's Compensation; Litigation; Subrogation. Email: Andrew J. Hebar | | G. Gerard Jabaley (Associate) born Copperhill, Tennessee, July 23, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.S., 1982); University of Memphis (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Knoxville Bar Association (CLE Committee, Member, 1992-1995; Co-Chair, 1995-1997; Member, Professionalism Committee, 1996-1997, 1999-2008), Tennessee Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections). Reported Cases: Heaton v. Board of Education of Elizabethton, TN, 2000 WL 31850 (Tenn. Workers Comp. Panel 2000); Stinnett v. BASF Corp., Fibers Div., 1996 WL 8254 (Tenn. 1996); Seiber v. Red Kap Industries, 1995 WL 704959 (Tenn. 1995); Burns v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., 1995 WL 688889 (Tenn. Workers Comp. Panel 1995); Ownby v. Wagner Div., 1995 WL 293144 (Tenn. Workers Comp. Panel 1995); Underwood v. Zurich Ins. Co., 854 S.W.2d 94 (Tenn. 1993); Jarnigan v. BASF Corp., 1993 WL 835039 (Tenn. 1993); James Fox v. Eagle Distributing Company, Incorporated, 6th Citcuit Court of Appeals, 12/14/07. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Human Resources Law; Management Training. | | Thomas Joseph Lynch, III (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, April 18, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: Carson-Newman College (B.A., 1999); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2002). Member: Knoxville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Thomas Joseph Lynch, III | | Suzanne K. Roten (Associate) born Akron, Ohio, September 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court Central District of California; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California 2001, Tennessee; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1970); University of California at Berkeley (M.L.S., 1978); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1990). Member, 1988-1990 and Chief Managing Editor, 1988-1990, U.C.L.A. Law Review. Member: Knoxville, Los Angeles County, Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Email: Suzanne K. Roten | | OF COUNSEL | | Anita Patel (Of Counsel) born Birmingham, England, July 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., Business Administration, with honors, 1991; J.D., 1995). Member: Knoxville Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; East Tennessee Law Association for Women. Languages: Gujarati. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Anita Patel | | William R. Seale (Of Counsel) born New Braunfels, Texas, September 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee; 1978, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S.I.E., with high honors, 1974; J.D., 1976). Tau Beta Pi; Alpha Pi Mu; Phi Alpha Delta. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1979-1981. Member: Hamblen County, Tennessee and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. (Resident, Morristown Office). Practice Areas: Labor Law (Defense); Employment Discrimination (Defense); Wrongful Discharge (Defense); Wage-Hour Laws (Defense); OSHA; ADA and FMLA Compliance. Email: William R. Seale | | Mark C. Travis (Of Counsel) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and Eastern District of Kentucky; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1981); University of Louisville (J.D., 1984). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: Tennessee Workers' Compensation Handbook. Field Representative: National Right to Work Committee, 1976-1977; U.S. Senator John Warner, 1978; Republican National Committee, 1979-1980. City Attorney, City of White Pine, Tennessee, 1985-1995. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Tennessee Workers' Compensation Reporter. Tennessee Supreme Court Approved Mediator. Member: Putnam County, Tennessee and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law; Business Law; Dispute Resolution Sections) Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers' Association; Defense Research Institute. (Resident, Cookeville Office). Practice Areas: Wrongful Discharge (Defense); Workers' Compensation (Defense); Employment Discrimination (Defense); Alternative Dispute Resolution; ADA and FMLA Compliance. Email: Mark C. Travis | | Patty K. Wheeler (Of Counsel) born Enid, Oklahoma, March 16, 1941; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee; 1984, California. Education: University of Arts and Sciences of Oklahoma (B.A., summa cum laude, 1962); University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1964); University of Southern California (Ph.D., 1973; J.D., 1981). Adjunct Professor, Research and Writing UT Law School, 1995-2000; Board of Directors, Tennessee Justice Center, 1996-2000; Board of Governors, Knoxville Bar Association, 1993-1996; Knoxville Civil Service Merit Board Hearing Officer, 1986-1992. Tennessee Supreme Court Approved Mediator. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of California; East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women; Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Banking Law; Casualty Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Mental Health Law; Education Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Products Liability. Email: Patty K. Wheeler | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Cookeville, Tennessee Office: 1420 Neal Street, Suite 201, P.O. Box 655. Telephone: 931-372-9123. Telefax: 931-372-9181.
Morristown, Tennessee Office: 929 West First North Street, P.O. Box 1066. Telephone: 423-587-6870. Telefax: 423-587-1479.
Nashville, Tennessee Office: 200 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 900. Telephone: 615-727-1000. Telefax: 615-727-1001.
Affiliated Firms:
Atlanta, Georgia Office: Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Nelson & Schneider, P.C., Suite 400, Lenox Towers, 3400 Peachtree Street, N.E. Telephone: 404-365-0900. Fax: 404-261-3707. Email: wl@wimlaw.com.
Greenville, South Carolina Office: Wimberly, Lawson Daniels & Brandon, Overlook Executive Park, 109 Laurens Road, Building 4, Suite A. Telephone: 864-242-9484. Fax: 864-242-6833. Email: mldjr@aol.com.
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