Bart N. Sisk

Labor and Employment Group

Commercial Litigation Group

Memphis Office
Tel: (901) 680-7342
Email: bart.sisk@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

Traditional Labor Practice, including Representation Campaigns Union Decertifications
NLRB Hearings
Collective Bargaining, Labor Arbitrations
Business Immigration Law
Management Counseling and Training

Distinctions

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor and Employment

Education & Honors

University of Tennessee, J.D., with honors, 1984

Memphis State University, B.B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1981

Associations

American Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Louisiana Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Memphis Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Tennessee, 1990
Louisiana, 1984
U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Western District
- Mississippi: Northern District
- Arkansas: Eastern and Western Districts
- Louisiana: Eastern, Middle and Western Districts
- Illinois: Central District
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Experience

Represented employers across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean faced with union organizing, including mutli-facility organizing and corporate campaigns.
Drafted and monitored right to organize/neutrality agreements governing union organizing in the healthcare industry.
Negotiated collective bargaining agreements for employers in healthcare, forestry/wood products, and other industries.
Chickasaw Nation Industries, NLRB Case No. 5-CA-060999 (2011) (successfully defended successor employer’s withdrawal of recognition from union).
Weyerhaeuser Company, NLRB Case No. 19-RC-15275 (2010) (represented employer in union organizing campaign; union withdrew petition prior to election).
Alliant Techsystems, Inc. and United Steelworkers Local 8-593 (2006) (successfully defended employer’s changes to benefits during contract term).
Hialeah Hospital, 343 NLRB No. 52, 2004 WL 2461358 (2004) (reversed Administrative Law Judge’s Decision imposing bargaining order on employer).
Saint Vincent Hospital, LLC, 2004 WL 1629745 (N.L.R.B. July 20, 2004) (represented employer in hearing on challenged ballots and objections to election).
Marquette Transportation/Bluegrass Marine, 2001 WL 1589778 (N.L.R.B. Aug. 28, 2001) (successfully represented employer in case finding barge pilots to be supervisors and upholding termination for engaging in strike).
Alter Barge Lines, Inc., 2000 WL 33664304 (N.L.R.B. July 12, 2000) (successfully represented employer in case finding barge pilots to be supervisors and upholding termination for engaging in strike).
Fleming Companies, Inc., 1998 WL 1985249 (N.L.R.B. Sept. 18, 1998) (successfully defended employer regarding allegations of discrimination).
In re Alter Barge Lines, Inc., 336 NLRB 1266 (2001) (affirmed Administrative Law Judge’s Decision that barge pilots are supervisors and dismissing complaint alleging employer unlawfully discharged pilots for engaging in strike).
Brown & Root, Inc. and Charleston Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, 314 NLRB 19 (1994) (represented employer in hearing on unit determinations for multi-site election).
Lewis Grocer Co. v. Holloway, 874 F.2d 1008 (5th Cir. 1989) (defended employer in claims of discrimination under Surface Transportation Assistance Act).