Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Robert (Bob) W. Horton has been named one of the Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys, Up-and-Comers, for 2013 by Human Resource Executive magazine.

Horton, who serves as chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice, has more than 20 years of experience both litigating and advising clients on a day-to-day basis regarding various employment related issues, including discipline and discharge, discrimination and civil rights, sexual harassment, and non-competition agreements. He also assists clients with various disability and leave issues under the ADA and FMLA, wage and hour issues, drug and alcohol testing, veterans’ employment rights, union avoidance and other issues.

The Up-and-Comers list of 40 attorneys includes those accomplished employment and labor-law stars compiled by Human Resource Executive® magazine and Lawdragon, a Los Angeles-based networking site for lawyers and clients.

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® was established in 1987 and continues today as the premier publication focused on strategic issues in HR. Written primarily for vice presidents and directors of human resources, the magazine provides these key decision-makers with news, profiles of HR visionaries and success stories of human resource innovators.