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| | Address | | 262 German Oak Drive | | Memphis, Tennessee 38018 | | (Shelby Co.) | | | |
| | | Jackson, Shields, Yeiser & Holt practices in the following areas of law:
Representing Management in Labor Relations, Employment, Discrimination, Wage and Hour, OSHA, ERISA, Environmental, Workers Compensation, Construction and Immigration Law. Related Litigation before Federal and State Courts, Administrative Agencies and Arbitrators. | | Firm Size: 11 | Clients:
Allied (Bendix); Advance Engineering; Aimcore; Anchor Darling; APCOM; Arm & Hammer; ArmKel; Atlas Industries; Atrium; Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.; Baker Support Services, Inc.; Barney Trucking; Basler Electric Co.; BETCO; Boddie-Noell Enterprises; Briggs & Stratton; Bristol-Myers-Squibb; Burlington Air Express; C&D Detergents; Cardinal IG; Cebal; Central Soya, Inc.; Charleston Area Medical Center; Charms Candy Co.; Chef America; Children's Comprehensive Services, Inc.; Chugach Alaska; Church & Dwight; Clairol; Cliffstar; Coca-Cola (Lexington, Corinth, Tupelo); COMINCO; Cook Systems, Int'l.; Cresline Plastic Pipe Co.; Crown Battery, Inc.; Dal-Tile; Dawn Food Products, Inc.; Day International; DeLongs, Inc.; Delta Faucet Co.; Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.; Evans Rule; Extrusion Technologies, Inc.; Fasson; Federal Compress & Warehouse Co., Inc.; Fibercast; Flowserve; Footstar; The Fraenkel Co.; GAMCO; General Seating; Great Dane Trailers; Good Samaritan Hospital; Golden Grain Co.; Gorman-Rupp Co.; Guardian Industries; Haldex; Hardin's-Sysco Food Services, Inc.; Hilton Hotels Corp.; Himolene, Inc.; Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama; International Truck & Engine; Intermet; Invitrogen; J. Strickland & Co.; Jameson Memorial Hospital; Johnson Controls World Services; Kendall Co.; Kerr-McGee; Knaub Cakes; LÆ Engineering; Logan Aluminum; Marathon Equipment Co.; Mascotech Stamping; Matrix Essentials; Mead Johnson; Metro Grocers; Mueller Brass Co.; National Filter Media Corp.; NIBCO; Nordham; NSK; North American Pipe; Odom Sausage Co.; Oxbow Corp.; Pichney Plastics; Princeton Community Hospital (Princeton, WVA); Promus Hotel Corporation; Quail Lodge; Quaker Oats Co.; Refco; Refreshments, Inc.; Rexam; Royal SunAlliance; Saint Francis Hospital (Charleston, WVA); Savage Industries; Schrock/WCI Cabinets; SF Phosphates; Siemens; Solvay; STS Transportation; Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA); Sun Chemical; Tennalum (Kaiser); TI Group; Tipton County Board of Education; TNT Auto Warehousing; Travomatic Corp.; Tyco Industries; Tyler Mountain Water; Turner Holdings, LLC (Turner Diaries, Inc.); United Technologies; Woodcraft Industries; Worley Warehousing; Young Touchstone. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Gordon E. Jackson (Member) born Robertson County, Tennessee, August 18, 1939; admitted to bar, 1968, Tennessee; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. Education: Austin Peay State College (B.S., 1961); University of Miami and University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Academic Hall of Fame, 1997. Member, Board of Editors, Tennessee Law Review, 1967. Author: "How to Stay Union Free," Management Press, Inc., Second Edition, 1993; "How to Conduct a Union Vulnerability Audit," Management Press, Inc., 1979; "When Labor Trouble Strikes! An Action Handbook," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981; "The Union-Free Management Training Course Manual," Management Productions, Inc., 1982; "Unlawful Termination and Employment-at-Will," Executive Resources, Inc., 1984; "Selection Techniques in a Union-Free Environment," Management Press, Inc., 1985; "The Labor and Employment Law Desk Book," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986; "How to Win NLRB Elections and Defeat Union Campaigns," Executive Resources, 1988; "How to Use Video Presentations and Other Visual Aids to Defeat Union Campaigns and Win NLRB Elections," Professional Resources Center, Inc., 1991; "The Supervisors Election Campaign Manual," Executive Resources, 1991; "How to Win Your Election by a Landslide," Executive Resources, Inc., 1991; "The Labor and Employment Law Desk Book, Second Edition," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1994. Co-author: "What Every Union-Free Supervisor Should Know About Unions," Management Press, Inc., Third Edition, 1998; "How to Defend and Win Labor and Employment Law Cases," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1991; "Coaches Encourage/Bosses Punish, Management Press, 1998. Member: Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee (Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1984-1985) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; National Speakers Association (Certified Professional Speaker); Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: Gordon E. Jackson | | Stephen L. Shields (Member) born Bloomington, Indiana, December 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1980, Tennessee. Education: Hanover College (B.A., 1970); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1973); Yale University (LL.M., 1974). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law. Articles Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1972-1973. Associate Professor of Law, Memphis State University School of Law, 1974-1978. Adjunct Professor of Law, Labor Law, Memphis State University School of Law, 1978—. Author: "Distinguishing Employees from Independent Contractors". Co-Author: "Representing Family and Other Closely Held Businesses in Tennessee," Employment Issues Section, PESI, 1990; "How to Defend and Win Labor and Employment Law Cases," Prentice Hall, Inc., 1992; "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Tennessee," Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1996; "Alternative Dispute Resolution-Stay in Business and Out of Court," Institute of Business Law, 1997. Member: Tennessee and American (Member, Labor Relations Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: Stephen L. Shields | | Ted M. Yeiser, Jr. (Member) born Henderson, Kentucky, February 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1971); Memphis State University (J.D., 1975). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "How to Decertify a Union," Management Press, Inc., 1979; "The Decertification Handbook," Management Press, Inc., 1979. Co-author: "What Every Union-Free Supervisor Should Know About Unions," Management Press, Inc., 1978. Member: Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee and American (Member, Committee on Development of the Law under the National Labor Relations Act, Section on Labor and Employment Law, 1979) Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Army Reserve]. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: Ted M. Yeiser, Jr. | | James L. Holt, Jr. (Member) born Columbia, South Carolina, July 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1988, California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Memphis State University (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law, Memphis State University (J.D., 1986). Member, Moot Court Board. Member, Memphis State University Law Review, 1985-1986. Co-Author: "Workplace Posters and Record Keeping Requirements." Member: Memphis, Tennessee (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: James L. Holt, Jr. | | ASSOCIATES | | William A. Wooten (Associate) born Covington, Tennessee, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee; 2008, Missouri. Education: Washington University (2002); University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Law (J.D., 2007). President: Sports and Entertainment Law Society, University of Tennessee College of Law; Business Development of Nelly, Inc. Wrote Apple Bottom Clothing Company's Business Plan. Rule 31 Mediator, February 2008. Member: Tennessee Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; Intellectual Property; Entrepreneurial Business Law. Email: William A. Wooten | | Timothy A. Perkins (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Christian Brothers University (B.S., Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, 2002); University of Memphis (J.D., 2005). Recipient, Dean's Distinguished Service Award, 2005; Best Brief, University of Memphis Advanced Moot Court Competition, 2003; Second Best Respondent Brief, 29th Annual Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition, New York Law School, 2005. Associate Justice of the University of Memphis Moot Court Board, 2004-2005. Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable John R. McCarroll, Jr., Shelby County Circuit Court, 2003-2005. Member: Memphis Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation. Email: Timothy A. Perkins | | OF COUNSEL | | Dennis J. Sossaman (Of Counsel) born Memphis, Tennessee, January 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1983); University of Memphis (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Listed in: Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1987. Member: Memphis (Member, Family Law Section; President, 1996) and Tennessee (Family Law Section; Chair, 1998) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; General Civil Litigation; Collections. Email: Dennis J. Sossaman |
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