Herbert E. Gerson

Background

Gerson, Herbert E. was born on August 21, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Education

Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1973). Omicron Delta Kappa. Pi Sigma Alpha.

Phi Delta Phi.

Contribution.

Career

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 the bar, 1973, Tennessee and United States. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee.

1981, United States.

Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. 1983, United States. Supreme Court. Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha.

Phi Delta Phi.

Listed in: Best Lawyers in America. Company-Author: "Handicapped Discrimination Law and the Americans With Disabilities Acting," Volume 11, Spring, 1991, Number. 2, Mississippi College Law Review, Spring 1991.

Contribution Author: "Work in the 21st Century," American Society for Personnel Administration, 1984.

Author: "A Positive Approach to Managing in a Union Environment," Personal Administrator, November, 1984. Company-Author: "The Expanding Rights of Unrepresented Employees," Volume 62, Number.

5, Personnel Journal, May, 1983. "National Labor Relations Board Decision Expand Rights on Non Union Workers," Volume 72, Number.

7, Management Review, July, 1983.

"Hiring - the Dangers of Promising Too Much," Volume 29, Number. 3, Personnel Administrator, March, 1984. Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Personnel Administrator, 1984.

Contributor: Schlei & Grossman"s Employment Discrimination Law, Bureau of National Affairs.

Employment-At-Will, National Employment Law Institute. Member, Board of Editors, "Model Jury Instructions, Employment Litigation." Special Labor Relations Counsel, Shelby County Government.

Special Labor Relations Counsel, City of Memphis, 1989. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee, 1991-1994, Chair, Trial Practice and Jury Subcommittee, 1994-1996, Litigation Section.

Company-Chair, Employment and Labor Relations Law, 1996—.

Member, Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Law as it Affects Labor Relations, Development of Law, Practice and Procedure, 1978—) Bar Associations. (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.

Achievements

• Herbert E. Gerson has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Personnel Administrator, 1984. Contributor: Schlei & Grossman"s Employment Discrimination Law, Bureau of National Affairs. Employment-At-Will, National Employment Law Institute.

Member, Board of Editors, "Model Jury Instructions, Employment Litigation." Special Labor Relations Counsel, Shelby County Government.

Special Labor Relations Counsel, City of Memphis, 1989. Member: Memphis, Tennessee (Member, Labor Law Section) and American (Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee, 1991-1994.

Chair, Trial Practice and Jury Subcommittee, 1994-1996, Litigation Section. Company-Chair, Employment and Labor Relations Law, 1996—.

Member, Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Law as it Affects Labor Relations, Development of Law, Practice and Procedure, 1978—) Bar Associations.

(Resident).