Representative Experience

• Pro Bono Work Helps Grow Social Enterprise Organization in Nashville
  One of the firm’s strategic pro bono priorities is empowering community, and our work with Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation...
• Defense of Unfair Labor Practice Charge for Global Automotive Supplier

  Representation of a global automotive supplier in an unfair labor practice charge filed by a former employee who alleged that he was discharged in retaliation for engaging in protected concerted activities after he drafted a petition and approached his coworkers for their signatures while they were on the clock and in company work areas.

• Negotiation of Physician Employment Agreements in Response to CMS Fee Schedule wRVU Changes

  Representation of a national operator of hospitals and health systems in the negotiation of amendments to approximately 1,200 employment agreements for physicians as a result of the revised calculation of worked Relative Value Units (wRVUs) set forth by the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021 (the Final Rule) issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

• Internal Investigation for a Publicly Traded Company

  Representation of a subsidiary of a publicly traded company with respect to a complaint by the Director of Risk and Compliance that he had been retaliated against by the president of the company as a result of his participation in an investigation of anonymous allegations regarding the company’s President and the COO.

• Retaliatory Discharge Claims Against a Pain Management Company

  Representation of a pain management company in retaliatory discharge claims that stemmed from a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing for medically-directed services.

• Settlement of a Hybrid Wage and Hour Class Action for a Healthcare Provider

  Representation of a leading post-acute care provider in a hybrid wage and hour class and collective action under FRCP 23 and the FLSA brought by a group of former employees alleging that they were misclassified as exempt and entitled to overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of 40 hours each week.

• Successful Defense of Public Utility Company in Wrongful Termination Appeal

  Represented a public utility company in a former employee’s appeal to the Tennessee Court of Appeals alleging wrongful termination due to false and misleading information provided at the time of their hire

• Settlement of Hybrid Class Action Case for Hospital Operator

  Settled a hybrid class action case for a private hospital operator for alleged failure to pay nurses for time worked due to a time keeping system that would automatically deduct time for lunches each day

• Successful Defense of National Restaurant Chain in Sexual Harassment and Retaliatory Allegation Arbitration

  Successfully defended a national restaurant chain against sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge allegations stemming from an investigation which resulted in the Plaintiff’s termination

• Dismissal of FLSA Claim Against Restaurant Client Upheld by Ninth Circuit

  Successfully defended a national restaurant chain in a case alleging wage and hour violations