About

Provided by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bradley’s Labor and Employment Practice Group provides public and private employers with the comprehensive labor and employment legal counsel needed to help maximize the competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency of their modern workforces. Our clients rely on us when they face high-stakes, large-scale, and multi-plaintiff claims with the potential to seriously disrupt operations and profitability.

Our industry experience is vast and includes representation of national, regional, and local employers, from large corporations to small businesses, as well as all types of government entities, including statewide agencies and local school systems. Bradley attorneys defend employers across the southeast and beyond in federal and state courts, as well as before mediators and arbitrators nationwide. We also have extensive experience with advocating for clients before the EEOC, OSHA, OFCCP, NLRB, and other government agencies.

We have achieved client successes in the full spectrum of sophisticated employment claims and issues, including wage and hour, misclassification, investigations, FLSA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination and harassment, noncompete agreements, whistleblower actions, labor relations, and much more.

Chambers Review

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Labor & Employment - Tennessee

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings fields an esteemed labor and employment group with an impressive depth of resources and wide-ranging coverage, drawing upon its strong regional network to handle both local and nationwide employment disputes. It offers notable expertise in discrimination cases and restrictive covenant violations. The firm is particularly well regarded for its representation of major healthcare companies, alongside broader strengths in acting for manufacturing, distributors and tech businesses.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Craig Oliver
2
Craig Oliver
2
Band 2

Craig Oliver represents employers and management in FLSA, wrongful termination and harassment cases. He has many years of experience acting for healthcare clients in employment litigation and workplace investigations.

Craig is awesome.

Craig gives tremendously practical advice. He understands all of the nuances of labor and employment law and is a tremendous resource.

John Rodgers
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John Rodgers
2
Band 2

John Rodgers maintains a robust practice covering termination agreements, assisting with employment policies and also handling investigations. Based in Nashville, he has a deep knowledge of ADA and FLSA claims, as well as ERISA litigation.

John is exactly the partner we need to continue growing our business. We trust and rely on him routinely.

John is the best fit for our company. He is relatable, patient and to the point.

Charles Mataya
3
Charles Mataya
3
Band 3

Charles Mataya is particularly active in healthcare-related employment disputes and FLSA matters. He is further adept at advising on OSHA issues and noncompete cases.

Matthew Lonergan
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Matthew Lonergan
3
Band 3

Matthew Lonergan has solid expertise in FLSA, discrimination and Equal Pay Act violations, as well as termination issues. He is also highly experienced in union issues and wage and hour claims.

Matthew Lonergan is absolutely wonderful and is great to work with.

Matt is excellent.

Matt Lonergan is exceptional.

Ranked Lawyers at
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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Tennessee

Labor & Employment

Craig Oliver
2
Craig Oliver
2
Band 2
John Rodgers
2
John Rodgers
2
Band 2
Charles Mataya
3
Charles Mataya
3
Band 3
Matthew Lonergan
3
Matthew Lonergan
3
Band 3

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