STEPHEN M. DARDEN
PARTNER: EMPLOYMENT/LABOR
100 Medtech Parkway
Johnson City, TN 37604
Direct Dial: (423) 283-6303
Direct Fax: (423) 283-6301
E-Mail: sdarden@hsdlaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS:
- Employment and Labor Law
- Defense of Wrongful Discharge
- Discrimination
- Employment-Related Tort Actions
- Union Avoidance
- Development of Employer Campaigns to Counter Union Drives
- Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings
- Collective Bargaining
- Arbitration and Decertification
- Avoiding Discrimination Claims
- Policy and Handbook Creation
- Implementation of Affirmative Action Compliance Programs
- Rendering General Advice Regarding Day-to-Day Matters that Employers Encounter in the Workplace
EDUCATION:
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Bachelor o f Science
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Juris Doctorate
BACKGROUND:
- Former Member of Omicron Delta Kappa
- Former Member of Mortar Board
- Justice of Phi Alpha Delta
- Former Member of the University of Tennessee Law Review (1983-5)
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- American Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section of the American and Tennessee Bar Associations
- President (1994) of the Washington County, Tennessee Bar Association
- Is now Mayor of Johnson City.
AWARDS:
- Torchbearer Award for Academic Achievement
SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS:
- March 2006: "No, Virginia, there isn't a mandatory retirement age"
- December 2005: "Streamlined Sales Tax: A Step Toward Broad Taxation of E-Commerce"
- November 2005: "Legal Principles of Employee Drug Testing"
- August 2005: "Do Recent Defections Signal Big Labor's Last Stand or Its Rebirth?"
- October 20, 2004: "NLRB Changes its Mind: Non-Union Employees have No Right to Co-Workers Representation During Investigations"
- August 2004: "New Overtime Regulations set to go Into Effect in August"
- May 2003: "Good New for Employers! Department of Labor Seeks to Simplify (Gasp!) Exempt Workers Categories"
- January 2003: "Many Employers Must Comply With New Health Care-Related Privacy Rule"
- September 2002: "Opportunities For Female, Minority and “Disadvantaged” Business Owners to do Business With the Government"
- January 2002:"OSHA's new recording requirements Forms 300, 300A and 301"
- February 19, 1998: “Conducting Investigations in the Workplace” for the Tennessee Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Forum
- March 31, 1989: “The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1998” for the Tennessee Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Forum
- January 23, 1997: “Language that Limits Employer Liability in Tennessee” for the Council on Education in Management
- September 17, 1997: “Union Organizing in the Healthcare Industry” for the Tennessee Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, State Conference and Exposition
- September 16, 1992: “Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act” for the Tennessee Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, State Conference and Exposition
- October 27, 1995: “Preventing and Responding to Violence in the Workplace” for the Tennessee Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- Many functions hosted by local Chambers of Commerce, Local Chapters of the Society for Human Resource Management Security
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