W. Judd Peak

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Licensed attorney in Tennessee with record of experience and success in

management-side labor and employment law. Trained in broad areas of the

law, allowing adaptive creativity in approaches to any legal problem.

( Areas of legal training - Have concentrated in most aspects of

labor and employment law, with particular emphasis in employment

litigation, human resource management, union avoidance, and employee

benefits.

( Primary areas of practice - Employment discrimination, management

labor relations, administrative law, wage and hour disputes, commercial

litigation, regulatory law, ERISA.

WORK EXPERIENCE: ( Frost Brown Todd LLC, Nashville, TN.

Dec. 2003 - present. Regional law firm of over 450

attorneys with offices in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,

West Virginia and Tennessee. Experienced in all

aspects of labor and employment law, including union

avoidance, contract enforcement, unfair competition

matters, discrimination litigation and labor

arbitration. Served as the only L&E attorney based in

the firm's Nashville office. Significant portion of

practice includes client counseling on preventative

law strategies, workplace claims prevention and

technology issues. Have served as lead counsel in

numerous litigation matters, including several jury

and non-jury trials. Represented corporations in both

state and federal courts, at the trial level and on

appeal. Clients have included international, national

and regional corporations.

( Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.,

Nashville, TN.

Feb. 2001 - Dec. 2003. Exclusive labor and management

firm with offices in over 40 cities across the United

States and Caribbean. Experiences include contract

enforcement, NLRB elections, OSHA investigations,

discrimination issues, civil RICO, FLSA, WARN

notification, whistleblower, antitrust, non-compete,

and labor arbitrations. Clients included numerous

Fortune 50 corporations, and include Nissan USA, The

Home Depot Corp., General Electric, Dollar General,

Inc., HCA, Inc., Shoney's, CYC, Inc., Eastman Kodak

Co., Saint-Gobain Corp., and Ingersoll-Rand Co.

( Bateman, Gibson & Childers, LLC, Memphis, TN.

Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2001: Litigation defense firm.

Experience in all aspects of litigation. Clients

include multinational petroleum corporations, national

railroad companies, Fortune 100 insurance firms,

computer software technology start-ups, and maritime

transportation corporations. Training in trial

techniques, discovery practice, appellate work, and

general litigation and corporate practice.

( Metropolitan Department of Law, Nashville, TN.

Law Clerk, August 1997 - December 1998: Assisted

Metropolitan attorneys in all matters of litigation

involving the Metro government. Researched and

prepared memoranda for legal opinions distributed by

the Dept. of Law.

( Hon. William C. Koch, Jr.

Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Section,

1996.

Summer Internship: Experience included drafting of

four opinions, preparing bench memoranda, and

researching various legal issues for cases on appeal,

including Planned Parenthood of Tennessee's challenge

to the Tennessee abortion statute.

EDUCATION: ( Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN.

Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1998.

( Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.

B.A., Double Major: Economics and International

Studies, 1995.

( Washington Semester for Economic Policy, 1993.

The American University, Washington, DC.

Comprehensive program designed to immerse

scholars in federal macro-

economic policy, trade and industry issues, and

politics inside the Beltway.

BAR ASSOCIATION ( Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resources

Management, 2007-10.

AND COMMUNITY ( Defense Research Institute, Member, 2007-10.

INVOLVEMENT: ( Young Leaders' Council, Class of 2003.

( Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society, Corporate

Secretary 2009-10.

( Nashville Bar Association: Ethics and Professionalism

Committee.

( Tennessee Bar Association: Corporate Counsel

Committee.

( American Bar Association: Member since 1999.

Active participation in

Labor & Employment Section, ABA Advisory Panelist.

( Judge, Univ. of Memphis Law School Moot Court

Competition, Rhodes

College Mock Trial Competition, Davidson County Mock

Trial.

HONORS AND ( Contributing Editor, The Developing Labor Law, 2003-10

eds.

ACTIVITIES: ( Traveling Lecturer, Human Resources Training Camp,

2007-10.

( William A. McDonnell Scholar, Vanderbilt Law

School, 1996.

( Who's Who In America, 2000.

( Participant, 1996 Moot Court Competition,

Vanderbilt Law School.

COURTS ( State of Tennessee

ADMITTED: ( U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern

Sections of Tennessee

( Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

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