Margaret R. T. Myers

Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience in representing companies ranging from very large to midsize to smaller companies in employment law cases, Margaret defends a wide range of industries, such as health care, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, transportation, logistics, construction, manufacturing and quick-serve and restaurant establishments. In these matters, Margaret develops a detailed understanding of the needs of her clients and, if applicable, her client’s insurers, thereby expediting cases by meeting their requirements for prompt reporting, evaluation and budgeting.

Frequently presenting in-house management training sessions for supervisory and management-level employees of clients, Margaret covers topics such as Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Harassment, Anti-Retaliation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, military leave laws (USERRA), employee hiring, background checks, performance evaluations, corrective actions, and terminations. Margaret has helped develop and grow the firm’s employment practice in Nashville and other offices, particularly with respect to increasing the number of clients and matters in Tennessee referred by employment practices liability insurers.

Before attending law school, Margaret worked as a US Capitol Hill staff member and licensed private investigator in Washington, DC. For a decade, Margaret served as a board member of the Lawyers Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter, in various roles, including two years as Treasurer and several years as Program Committee Co-Chair, Community Relations Committee Co-Chair, and Legislation and Litigation Committee Co-Chair.