Background
Lewis, Frederick John was born on October 12, 1944 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Son of Frederick Oliver and Dorothy Hazel (Moses) Lewis.
Lewis, Frederick John was born on October 12, 1944 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Son of Frederick Oliver and Dorothy Hazel (Moses) Lewis.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, 1966. Juris Doctor, 1986); Georgetown University. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi (President, 1968).
Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America.
Who"s Who in American Law. Member, Western District of Tennessee Federal Court Advisory Committee, Civil Justice Reform Acting, 1991.
Author: Labor Articles, "Proposals for Change in the Taft-Hartley Emergency Procedures: A Critical Appraisal," 40 Tennessee Law Review, 689. Company-Author: "Wright Lincolnshire-An End to the Kaleidoscope in Dual Motive Cases?" 48 Tennessee Law Review, 879.
"Re-Visiting the Tennessee Employment at Will Doctrine-What is the Exception and What is the Rule?" Volume 19, Number.
2, University of Memphis Law Review. "Employer Liability Foreign Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Created By Supervisors: The Search Foreign A Standard," Volume 25, Number. 2 University of Memphis Law Review.
"Cain Sloan and the Employment At Will Doctrine - The Beginning of the End?" Tennessee Bar Journal, 1984.
Instructor: University of Tennessee College of Law (1972-1973). Labor Relations Law (1980), Collective Bargaining (1996), University of Memphis, College of Business Administration.
Member, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Member: Memphis, Tennessee (Secretary-Treasurer, Young Lawyers Conference, 1975-1976), Federal (President, Memphis Chapter, 1990-1991) and American (Member: Equal Employment Opportunity Law Committee, Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee) Bar Associations.
Defense Research Institute, Incorporated.
(Member, Employment Law Committee). Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Military: Lieutenant Judge Advocate (Military Judge, United States Naval Reserve 1970-1972) (Resident, Memphis, Tennessee Office).
Worked at Ford & Harrison Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Labor Relations, Equal Employment, Wage and Hour, Airline Labor Law, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Law, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits and Immigration Law. Admitted to bar, 1969, Tennessee. 1970, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee.
1972, United States.
Supreme Court. 1974, United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. 1977, United States. Court of Appeals, 5th, 6th and 8th Circuits.
1979, United States.
Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
1981, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. 1993, United States. District Court, Western District of Michigan. 1994, United States. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
1996, United States.
District Court, Central District of Illinois and United States. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, 1966.
Juris Doctor, 1986).
Georgetown University. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi (President, 1968). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America.
Who"s Who in American Law.
Member, Western District of Tennessee Federal Court Advisory Committee, Civil Justice Reform Acting, 1991. Author: Labor Articles, "Proposals for Change in the Taft-Hartley Emergency Procedures: A Critical Appraisal," 40 Tennessee Law Review, 689.
Company-Author: "Wright Lincolnshire-An End to the Kaleidoscope in Dual Motive Cases?" 48 Tennessee Law Review, 879. "Re-Visiting the Tennessee Employment at Will Doctrine-What is the Exception and What is the Rule?" Volume 19, Number.
2, University of Memphis Law Review.
"Employer Liability Foreign Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Created By Supervisors: The Search Foreign A Standard," Volume 25, Number. 2 University of Memphis Law Review. "Cain Sloan and the Employment At Will Doctrine - The Beginning of the End?" Tennessee Bar Journal, 1984.
Instructor: University of Tennessee College of Law (1972-1973).
Labor Relations Law (1980), Collective Bargaining (1996), University of Memphis, College of Business Administration. Member, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Member: Memphis, Tennessee (Secretary-Treasurer, Young Lawyers Conference, 1975-1976), Federal (President, Memphis Chapter, 1990-1991) and American (Member: Equal Employment Opportunity Law Committee, Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee) Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute, Incorporated.
(Member, Employment Law Committee).
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Military: Lieutenant Judge Advocate (Military Judge, United States Naval Reserve 1970-1972) (Resident, Memphis, Tennessee Office). Ford & Harrison Limited Liability Partnership represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law including National Labor Relations Acting, Railway Labor Acting, Title VII (Civil Rights Acting of 1964, amended 1991), Americans with Disabilities Acting (American Dental Association), Age Discrimination in Employment Acting (ADEA), Employee Retirement Income Security Acting of 1974 (Employee Retirement Income Security Act), Family Medical Leave Acting (FMLA), Occupational Safety and Health Acting of 1970 (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and Fair Labor Standards Acting (FLSA).
We also represent our clients in grievance and arbitration cases, negotiation of contract disputes, union election cases, unfair labor practice proceedings, employment litigation and administrative proceedings, unfair competition and trade-secret disputes, pension and benefit plan design, environmental law matters and business immigration.
Member advising committee Western District Tennessee Civil Justice Reform Act, since 1991. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1970-1973. Fellow The College Labor and Employment Lawyers, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Mem.ABA, Tennessee, Memphis Bar Assns., Federal Bar Association (Memphis Chapter, president 1990-1991), Defense Research Institute, Rotary, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi (president 1967-1968), Kappa Sigma (president 1965-1966).
Married Laura J. Adler, June 25, 1983. 1 child, Frederick John Junior.