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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itMr. Simmons represents management clients in all aspects of employment litigation, advises clients on employment law and labor relations and represents clients in administrative proceedings such as those before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Occupational Safety & Health (TOSHA). Mr. Simmons was admitted to practice law in Tennessee in 1986 and in Mississippi in 1988. Mr. Simmons is a past chair of the Employment Law Committee of the Section of International Law and Practice of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the ABA’s Section of Labor and Employment Law (Occupational Safety and Health Committee) and the ABA’s Section of Litigation (Trial Practice Committee). Mr. Simmons authored the following: Plan of Attack: Evaluating and Litigating Non-Compete Cases, Employment & Labor Relations Law (ABA Section of Litigation, Spring 2007, Vol. 5, No. 3); and the international employment 2001 and 2002 year-in-review articles for the Section of International Law and Practice’s quarterly publication, The International Lawyer (Summer 2002, Vol. 36, No. 2; Summer 2003, Vol. 37, No. 2). Mr. Simmons was past editorial board member of The Mississippi Labor Letter (1995-2000). Mr. Simmons is a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Simmons has participated in presentations on global employment, labor relations and human rights workplace practices; crisis litigation; the impact of employment issues on transnational business transactions; and the prevention of sexual abuse of children in churches, schools, and other similar organizations. Mr. Simmons is a founding Member of Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather, PLC and carries the highest peer rating of “AV” as reflected in Martindale-Hubbell. Education: |
