Background
Williams, Junior, Robert M. was born on July 20, 1946 in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States.
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Robert M. Williams Jr.
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Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Science, 1968). University of Memphis (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
Worked at Ford & Harrison LLP (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Labor Relations, Equal Employment, Wage and Hour, Airline Labor Law, OSHA, Environmental Law, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits and Immigration Law. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Tennessee, United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1977, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Alpha Delta. Moot Court Justice.
Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1973. Co-Author: Special Issue - "Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure," 4 Memp. St. U. L. Rev. No. 2, pp.
400-425, 1974. Assistant United States. Attorney, 1974-1994. Executive Assistant United States. Attorney, 1982-1993. Chief, Civil Division, 1982-1993.
Member: Advisory Committee, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1991. Local Rules Revision Committee, United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee.
Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Military: 1st Lieutenant, United States. Army, 1969-1971; Bronze Star, Vietnam (Resident, Memphis, Tennessee Office).
Ford & Harrison LLP represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law including National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act, Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964, amended 1991), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (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.
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Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1973.
