Robin Banck Taylor

Practice Areas

Labor and Employment Law

Career

Robin is a member of Butler Snow’s litigation department and practices within the Labor and Employment group. With approximately 25 years of litigation experience, Robin regularly counsels businesses in all aspects of employment law and has served as lead counsel in cases in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.

Robin has defended employers in cases arising under Title VII, state fair employment practices statutes, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. She represents management in labor and employment relations, and her experience includes handling contract negotiations and unfair labor practice proceedings. Robin routinely represents management’s interests before various state and federal administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board and Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

In addition to her active litigation practice, Robin regularly counsels employers on day-to-day personnel issues, including hiring, compensation, discipline, termination, covenants not to compete, protection of confidential information and trade secrets, and arbitration agreements.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; Mississippi Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Madison County Bar Association; Capital Area Bar Association

Publications

Co-author, Chapter 41. Damages in Common-Law Employment Cases, The Comprehensive Guide to Economic Damages, Seventh Edition (2023).

Co-author, Anti-Discrimination Laws: Mississippi State Q&A, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2023-2025).

Co-author, Hiring Requirements: Mississippi, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2023-2025).

Co-author, Leave Laws and Leave Policy Language: Mississippi, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2023-2025).

Co-author, Mississippi Wage and Hour Laws, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2023-2025).

Co-Author-“Background Check Best Practices After 5th Cir. EEOC Ruling-Law360,” (September 2019), https://www.law360.com/articles/1195761/background-check-best-practices-after-5th-circ-eeoc-ruling; Contributor – "Religion, Employment Discrimination Law," Chapter 9, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2017 Cumulative Supplement, Fifth Edition (November 2017); 2014 - HR Professional Magazine – “'Best Practices for Responding to an EEOC Charge: Part II” and “'DOMA The Windsor Decisions’ Impact on Retirement Plan Designs”

Personal

Belhaven College, B.S., magna cum laude, 1994; Tulane Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000.

Best Lawyers in America® (Litigation – Labor and Employment; Employment Law – Management); Benchmark Litigation (Labor & Employment Star); 2017 Leading Business Women in Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal; Admitted: Mississippi; Alabama; Tennessee; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits); U.S. District Courts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee.