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Mr. Kaplan has devoted his entire career to representing management clients exclusively in all areas of labor relations, employment law, and human resource management.  His practice spans litigation, training, and consulting, in which he has handled matters in more than 40 states and Canada.  Mr. Kaplan also is a frequent speaker before management and legal groups and has published numerous articles on labor and employment issues.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers.

Mr. Kaplan is a Senior Editor of How To Take A Case Before the NLRB, Seventh Edition (BNA, Supp. 2007).  Mr. Kaplan is admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, and District of Columbia Circuits, as well as numerous federal district courts and the Supreme Court of Tennessee.  Mr. Kaplan also practices extensively before the NLRB across the country and has been admitted specially to practice in state courts in California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, and Ohio.

Mr. Kaplan is an active member of the Labor and Employment Law Section, Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA Committee of the American Bar Association.  He also previously served as Management Co-Chair of the ABA’s Subcommittee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace of the Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee.  Mr. Kaplan is a past Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association and is an active member of the Memphis Bar Association.  He also is a member of the Board of Directors of United Way of the Mid-South.

Mr. Kaplan attended Columbia University and received his B.A. degree cum laude from Rhodes College in 1979.  He received his J.D. degree from the University of Memphis in 1982, where he was Research Editor of The University of Memphis Law Review and a member of the National Wagner Labor Law Moot Court Team.


Education:
J.D., University of Memphis, 1982, Columbia University
B.A. (cum laude), Rhodes College, 1979

Admitted to Practice:
Tennessee
Supreme Court of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit