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Mary Leigh Pirtle

Mary Leigh Pirtle

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Nashville
(615) 742-7773
mpirtle@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/pirtle-mary-leigh/

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Mary Leigh Pirtle helps employers navigate complicated and evolving employment law issues. She counsels clients on a wide range of day-to-day employment matters, and regularly conducts onsite internal investigations into allegations of employee misconduct. With experience in both traditional labor and employment litigation, Mary Leigh has represented employers against claims ranging from wage and hour violations to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) violations.

Working with human resources professionals and in-house counsel at companies of all sizes, Mary Leigh’s practice involves:

  • Employment Law – Counseling employers with respect to day-to-day employment matters, such as navigating disability and leave issues, drafting employment agreements and restrictive covenants, advising clients on discipline, discharge of employees and employee relations, drafting policies and employee handbooks, and advising employers on COVID-19 guidance.
  • Labor & Employment Litigation – Representing employers in complaints related to non-compete/non-solicitation agreements, wrongful termination, reductions in force, discrimination and civil rights, wage and hour compliance, and unfair labor practice charges.
  • Investigations – Conducting thorough and timely investigations of alleged unethical or unlawful behavior by employees at various levels of management and advising employers on preventative measures to mitigate risk and remediate such claims.

Mary Leigh is also a former assistant attorney general for the state of Tennessee, where she represented Tennessee consumers against violations of Tennessee’s Consumer Protection Statute and represented the interests of Tennessee consumers of investor-owned utility companies. Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Mary Leigh practiced at the Nashville law office of King & Ballow.

Memberships

Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management (MT|SHRM) — Board of Directors, Legislative Affairs Director

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

STARS Nashville — Board Member

Representative Experience

  • Bass, Berry & Sims Continues Pro Bono Partnership with The Academy to Advise Entrepreneurs
    As part of our commitment to remedy economic inequalities that pervade historically low resourced communities, attorneys in our Nashville office...
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    Client Type: Pro Bono
  • 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.

    We represented a leading post-acute care provider in a hybrid wage and hour class and collective action under FRCP 23...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Internal Investigation for a Nationwide Hospital System

    Representation of nationwide hospital system in an on-site investigation relating to a series of anonymous complaints that a contracted physician had engaged in the routine sexual harassment of hospital staff and that he was practicing outside the scope of his credentials.

    We represented a nationwide hospital system in an on-site investigation relating to a series of anonymous complaints that a contracted...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • HealthStream Acquires ANSOS Staff Scheduling

    We represented HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, in its $67.5 million cash acquisition of Change Healthcare’s staff scheduling business, which includes ANSOS™ Staff Scheduling application and related products. Together, ANSOS with recent acquisitions, ShiftWizard and NurseGrid, will represent HealthStream’s portfolio of nurse and staff scheduling solutions and helps establish them as the market leader in healthcare workforce scheduling business.

    We represented HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, in its $67.5...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • FFL Partners Acquires Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center

    Representation of Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, PLLC, a leading orthopedic care provider in Mississippi, in its sale to FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. With this acquisition, FFL Partners formed a new orthopedic health services organization, U.S. Orthopedic Partners.

    We represented Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, PLLC, a leading orthopedic care provider in Mississippi, in its sale to...
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  • Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. to Acquire Jumer’s Casino & Hotel

    Representation of Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRWH) in its definitive agreement to acquire Jumer’s Casino & Hotel, from Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc., for $120 million in cash

    We represented Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Jumer's Casino & Hotel, from Delaware North...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • Internal Investigation for a Medical Treatment Center

    Representation of medical treatment center in a two-month investigation into multiple complaints of a hostile work environment resulting from the conduct of a member of the company’s executive leadership

    We represented a medical treatment center in a two-month investigation into multiple complaints of a hostile work environment resulting from...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Accel-KKR Acquires Forcura, LLC

    Representation of Forcura, LLC, a healthcare technology that facilitates continuity of care, in its sale to Accel-KKR, a Silicon Valley-based technology-focused private equity firm

    We represented Forcura, LLC, a healthcare technology that facilitates continuity of care, in its sale to Accel-KKR, a Silicon Valley-based...
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    Client Type: Private Company
  • Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Acquires Two Casinos From Eldorado Resorts for $230 Million

    Representation of Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRWH) in its acquisition of the operations and real estate of Isle of Capri Casino and Lady Luck Casino from Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ERI), in a cash transaction for $230 million

    We represented Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRWH) in its acquisition of the operations and real estate of Isle...
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    Client Type: Public Company
  • Support of Emerging Businesses in Historically Low-Resourced Community
    Working with Corner to Corner and its entrepreneur program, The Academy, attorneys from Bass, Berry & Sims volunteered to provide...
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    Client Type: Pro Bono

Publications

Past Events

Media Mentions & Firm News

Accolades

The Best Lawyers in America© —Litigation – Labor and Employment (2023)

HR Professionals — Rising Star (2018-2019)

Stetson University — Victor O. Wehle Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy

 

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Education

  • Stetson University College of Law - J.D., 2007
  • Stetson University - M.B.A., 2007
  • Middle Tennessee State University - B.B.A., 2004

    cum laude

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2007
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2015
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2013
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2013
  • Tennessee Supreme Court, 2007
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