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September 26 - Nashville TIM K. GARRETT has been a member of the Nashville law firm of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC since 1992 and is the former chairperson of the firm's labor and employment practice area. He has extensive experience in representing employers in the middle Tennessee area and nationally in all areas of labor law and employment law. Mr. Garrett frequently lectures for employers on all aspects of employment law and traditional labor law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers & Partners, USA, and he is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American bar associations. Mr. Garrett earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of the South and his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif. HOWARD M. KASTRINSKY is a partner with the Tennessee law firm of King & Ballow and supervises the firm's Employment Discrimination Law Section. Mr. Kastrinsky's practice concentrates on the representation of management in all workplace-related matters, with an emphasis on employment discrimination. He advises employers on all employment law matters and represents employers before federal and state agencies in employment discrimination matters. Mr. Kastrinsky is a frequent speaker on all employment law topics. He has written several publications for the King & Ballow Comment Series, including one on the Family and Medical Leave Act. Mr. Kastrinsky also maintains an active labor law practice, representing employers in union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations and before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He is a former trial attorney with the NLRB. Mr. Kastrinsky is admitted to practice in North Carolina and Tennessee, and is a member of the Tennessee and Nashville bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from Cornell University and J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Kastrinsky was a member of the University of North Carolina Law Review and was the author of "Superseniority for Union Stewards Held a Violation of the National Labor Relations Act," 55 University of North Carolina Law Review 289. KERRY E. KNOX is a partner with the law firm of Castelli & Knox, LLP, where his areas of practice focus on employee rights, business litigation and appellate litigation. He has conducted trials in the general sessions, chancery and circuit courts of Tennessee on a variety of matters, including divorces, construction disputes and landlord/tenant issues. Mr. Knox also has briefed and argued cases before the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals and the Tennessee Court of Appeals. He is the co-writer of "Flexing Union Muscle: Is it the Right Game Plan for Revenue Generating Student-Athletes in their Contest for Benefits with the NCAA," 69 Tennessee Law Review 1051 (2002), and he wrote, "Black, Blue and Red: A Review of The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 4 Transaction," The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 67 (2002). Mr. Knox graduated, magna cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University and earned his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Law. After graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Ann E. Vitunac in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. September 27 - Memphis JAY A. EBELHAR is an attorney at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Ebelhar concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law, with experience in a variety of judicial and/or administrative matters concerning the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA and Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act. He also has represented employers in matters involving unfair competition and whistle blowing claims. In addition, Mr. Ebelhar has experience with commercial matters involving financial institutions, as well as matters relating to the misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud and breach of contract. Prior to joining Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, he was a judicial clerk for the Hon. Holly M. Kirby of the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Mr. Ebelhar is a member of the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section and Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee), the Memphis Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Board of Directors, 2004-2006) and the Tennessee Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Mr. Ebelhar was editor in chief of the University of Memphis Law Review. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Bellarmine University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. ROBBIN W. HUTTON is a partner with the law firm of Weintraub Stock, P.C., where her main areas of practice are employment and labor law, insurance defense, and civil and criminal litigation. She is admitted to practice in Tennessee, Mississippi and Nebraska. Prior to joining Weintraub Stock, P.C., Ms. Hutton was an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Civil Section. She earned her B.P.A. degree from the University of Mississippi and her J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law. Ms. Hutton is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, The Mississippi Bar and the Nebraska State Bar Association. JEFF WEINTRAUB is the managing partner of the law firm of Weintraub Stock, P.C. The firm, founded in 1959, represents management in employment and labor matters. Mr. Weintraub is a trial attorney who represents employers in jury trials in the private and public sectors in employment-harassment/discrimination and retaliatory discharge ("whistleblower") lawsuits and in EEOC charges, wage and hour cases, labor cases and enforcing non-competes, in all federal and state courts and agencies, various courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He also represents employers in union arbitrations, negotiations and elections. Mr. Weintraub is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri, and he is a Tennessee Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator. He provides training for employers around the country in avoiding harassment charges and employment litigation and is a frequent speaker at employment and labor seminars around the country. For many years, Mr. Weintraub has taught the Employee Relations & Labor component in SHRM's HR Certification course in Memphis. He has been included in The Best Lawyers in America for the last 16 years, as well as in Mid-South Super Lawyers (covering Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas) for the last five years. He was named by the Memphis Business Quarterly in 2010 as a "Mover & Shaker in Employment Law." He also has been included in the World's Leading Labour and Employment Lawyers (United Kingdom) for the last eight years.
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