David P. Jaqua

Labor and Employment Group

Commercial Litigation Group

Memphis Office
Tel: (901) 680-7343
Email: david.jaqua@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

Employment Litigation (Defense)
Arbitration and Mediation
Traditional Labor Practice, including Representation Campaigns, NLRB hearings, and Negotiations
Management Counseling and Training

Distinctions

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
The Best Lawyers in America®, Labor and Employment Law
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor and Employment
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation

Education & Honors

University of Mississippi, J.D., Board of Editors, Mississippi Law Journal, with honors, 1976

United States Naval Academy, B.S., Mathematics, 1973

Associations

American Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
Tennessee Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
Mississippi Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1977
Tennessee, 1977
U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Eastern, Middle and Western Districts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- Arkansas: Eastern and Western Districts
- Texas: Northern and Western Districts
- Illinois: Southern District
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
- 8th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Experience

Over 250 federal and state court cases and contested agency hearings.
Lead counsel in more than 55 jury trials tried to verdicts in 16 states.
Appellate experience in six United States Courts of Appeals and nine state appellate courts.
Created the country's first company-wide Fair Treatment Process and Mandatory Arbitration Program for a major national healthcare corporation employing more than 110,000 employees and led the successful defense of the program in key cases decided by five federal courts of appeals.
Arbitrated 80+ cases arising under collective-bargaining agreements and dispute resolution policies.
Hollins v. Methodist Healthcare, Inc., 474 F.3d 223, 18 A.D. Cases 1510 (6th Cir. 2007).
Ortiz v. Winona Mem'l Hosp., 2003 WL 21696524 (S.D. Ind., June 4, 2003).
Virts v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del., 285 F.3d 508 (6th Cir. 2002).
Hardin v. Caterpillar, Inc., 227 F.3d 268 (5th Cir. 2000).
Covey v. Methodist Hosp. of Dyersburg, Inc., 56 F. Supp. 2d 965 (W.D. Tenn. 1999).
Rosamond v. Pennaco Hosiery, Inc., 942 F. Supp. 279 (N.D. Miss. 1996).
Ogunsalu v. Davenport, 1994 WL 397303 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 2, 1994).
General Drivers, Salesmen & Warehousemen's Local Union No. 984 v. Malone & Hyde, Inc., 23 F.3d 1039 (6th Cir. 1994).
Hammontree v. National Labor Relations Bd., 925 F.2d 1486 (D.C. Cir. 1991)(en banc).
Kozam v. Emerson Elec. Co., 739 F. Supp. 307 (N.D. Miss. 1990).
Woods v. Helmi, 758 S.W.2d 219 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1988).
Wilmoth v. Durfey, 1988 WL 136391 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 21, 1988).
Taff v. Media Gen. Broadcast Servs., Inc., 1986 WL 12240 (Tenn. Ct. App., Nov. 3, 1986).
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1529, AFL-CIO, CLC v. Chambers Big Star #52, Inc., 1986 WL 311, 124 L.R.R.M. 2120 (W.D. Tenn. 1986).
Bringle v. Methodist Hosp., 701 S.W.2d 622 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1985).
Sones-Morgan v. Hertz Corp., 725 F.2d 1070, (6th Cir. 1984).
National Labor Relations Bd. v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del., 651 F.2d 436 (6th Cir. 1981).
Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 84 F.R.D. 337, (W.D. Tenn. 1979).
Wimberly v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa., 584 S.W.2d 200 (Tenn. 1979).
Shelby County Health Care Corp., 343 NLRB No. 48, 2004 WL 2461368 (2004).
Shelby County Health Care Corp., 2004 WL 724949 (N.L.R.B. March 31, 2004).
South Fulton Med. Ctr., 2003 WL 22123263 (N.L.R.B. Sept. 10, 2003).
Pepsi America, Inc., 339 NLRB No. 125, 2003 WL 21959750 (2003).
Pepsi America, Inc., 2001 WL 1589770 (N.L.R.B. Oct. 1, 2001).
Mid-South Bottling Co., 1992 WL 1465969 (N.L.R.B. Aug. 12, 1992).
FMC Corp., 1991 WL 1283418 (N.L.R.B. Dec. 4, 1991).
Fleming Companies, Inc., 332 NLRB No. 99, 2000 WL 1675502 (2000).
Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del., 288 NLRB 1252 (1988).

Papers, Presentations & Publications

"FMLA May Protect Pre-Eligibility Requests For Post-Eligibility Leave," Workplace, Vol. 2012 No. 1.
"Labor Relations Section," Human Resources Management in the Healthcare Setting (American Hospital Association).
"Commonsense Strategies in an Age of Uncertainty," Law360, October 2010.