Allison E. Thornton

Background

Thornton, Allison E. was born in 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Education

Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1989). University of Georgia (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1992).

Career

Worked at Fisher & Phillips. Admitted to the bar, 1992, Georgia. Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers.

Member: Intrastate and Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court teams.

Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court, 1991-1992.

Law Clerk to The Honorable Julie East. Carnes, United States. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1992-1994.

Member: Atlanta Bar Association.

State Bar of Georgia. Fisher & Phillips, a national law firm founded in 1943, practices labor and employment law exclusively, representing management. The firm offers preventive advice and litigation defense in such areas as airline and railway law, alternative dispute resolution, business immigration, collective bargaining and arbitration, reductions in force, compensation, disability, employment discrimination, leave statutes, labor/employee relations, mergers, acquisitions, and closings, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, pensions and benefits, personnel policies, privacy/workplace monitoring, security, sexual harassment, training, wage-hour, whistleblower claims, and wrongful discharge litigation.

Achievements

• Allison E. Thornton has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Intrastate and Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court teams. Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court, 1991-1992.

Law Clerk to The Honorable Julie East. Carnes, United States.

District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1992-1994. Member: Atlanta Bar Association.

State Bar of Georgia.