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Practice Areas
Hiring, Labor Management Relations; Performance Management and Termination; Policies, Procedures and Handbooks; Training - Compliance, Ethics, Leadership
Career
Thompson represents companies in the area of traditional labor law. National Fortune 500 companies, as well as local employers across various industries, seek her expertise in remaining union-free and in managing union-represented workplaces. Union-free efforts include campaigns, comprehensive union vulnerability assessments, human relations audits, communication strategies, and union avoidance and positive employee relations training. For unionized clients, she takes a proactive and assertive approach in representing clients’ interests at the bargaining table, in labor arbitrations and in developing training and communication programs to ensure effective management under collective bargaining agreements.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association, Budget and Finance Committee, Former Employer Vice-Chair, Committee on Development of the Law Under the NLRA, Labor and Employment Law Section, Former Co-Chair; Memphis Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Personal
J.D., University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law; B.A., Rhodes College