Focus Areas
- “OSHA Issues Updated COVID-19 Enforcement Plan and Guidance for Employers,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
- “Employment Law Considerations as Our Economy Begins to Reopen,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
- “How Much Leave Is Enough? Reasonable Accommodation, Undue Hardship, and the Intersection of the FMLA and the ADA,” Employee Relations Law Journal, 2014
- Contributing editor, The Developing Labor Law (Bloomberg BNA)
- Contributing editor, Personnel Law Desk Manual (Georgia Chamber of Commerce)
- “Back to the Future: Will Biden Take Us Back to the Obama-era NLRB?,” Thompson Hine Webinar, February 16, 2021
- Listed as a Labor and Employment Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, 2020, 2021
- The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow
- Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor & Employment, Georgia
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 1995 to 2022 for Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management and Litigation-Labor and Employment
- Selected to the Georgia Super Lawyers list, 2004–2022
- Named to Lawdragon Corporate Employment Lawyers Hall of Fame, 2018, 2020
- Listed in “Guide to the Most Powerful Employment Lawyers,” Lawdragon and Human Resource Executive magazine, 2009–2017
- Listed in Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, 2016
- Listed in “Top 10 Attorneys in Georgia,” Atlanta magazine, 2008–2010
Professional Activities
- Institute of Applied Management and Law, faculty member
Community Activities
- Morris Brown College Foundation, vice chair
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, past board chair
- Lekotek of Georgia, board member
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1974
- University of Alabama, B.A., 1971
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Georgia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Four Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers 2022,
Thompson Hine LLP
, February 14, 2022 - Five Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers 2021,
Thompson Hine LLP
, February 12, 2021 - Chemical Industry Regulatory Update – June 2020,
A Newsletter from The Adhesive and Sealant Council and Thompson Hine LLP
, June 11, 2020 - OSHA Issues Updated COVID-19 Enforcement Plan and Guidance for Employers,
COVID-19 Update
, May 21, 2020 - Employment Law Considerations as Our Economy Begins to Reopen,
COVID-19 Update
, May 1, 2020 - Five Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers,
Thompson Hine LLP
, February 14, 2020 - Thompson Hine Adds High-Profile Labor and Employment Team,
John Wymer and Bryan Stillwagon Join Firm’s Atlanta Office
, January 9, 2019