Bob Horton

Practice Areas

As chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, Bob Horton represents management in all areas of labor and employment law. Bob’s practice consists primarily of counseling clients regarding employment issues and defending companies against all manner of employment claims throughout the U.S.

Bob has substantial jury trial experience and has obtained defense verdicts in discrimination and retaliation lawsuits across the country. Bob assists numerous public companies and executives in the negotiation of employment agreements, as well as executive departures and subsequent issues that arise from equity grants in various forms.

Bob’s practice encompasses:

- Employment litigation

- Employment law counseling

- Investigations

- Employment agreements/severance

Career

Joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 1999.

Personal

JD, University of Tennessee College of Law (1991) - Order of the Coif

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1987)

BA, Louisiana State University (1984)

Awards