Jeffrey A. Walker

Labor and Employment Group

Commercial Litigation Group

Greater Jackson Office
Tel: (601) 985-4558
Email: jeff.walker@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

Employment Litigation
Employment Compliance, Counseling and Training
Non-Compete and Trade Secret Litigation
Traditional Labor Law

Distinctions

Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers®, 2012
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year, Labor Law - Management
The Best Lawyers in America®, Labor and Employment Law, Labor and Employment Litigation
Chambers: USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor and Employment
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor
AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Education & Honors

University of Mississippi, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1978

University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1975

Associations

American Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section
- Litigation Section
Defense Research Institute
Mississippi Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section
  - Chairman, 1991-92
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Capital Area Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1978
U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Experience

Total Transportation, Inc. v. Shores, 2006 WL 3361833 (Miss. App. Dec. 28, 2006).
Delta-Macon Brick & Tile Company, Inc., 289 NLRB 830 (1988).
Columbian Rope Co., 299 NLRB 1198 (1990).
Austin v. Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., 1997 WL 269376, 6 OCAHO 923 (1997).
Southfork Systems, Inc., 313 NLRB 274 (1993).
National Labor Relations Bd. v. Fruehauf Corp., 720 F.2d 1398 (5th Cir. 1983).
Harris v. Edward Hyman Co., 664 F.2d 943 (5th Cir.1981).
Anthony v. Marion County General Hosp., 617 F.2d 1164 (5th Cir. 1980).
Sullivan v. University of Miss. Med. Ctr., 617 F. Supp. 554 (S.D. Miss. 1985).
McGee v. Randall Div. of Textron, Inc., 680 F. Supp. 241 (N.D. Miss. 1987).
Hawthorne v. Gulfshores, Inc., 115 F.R.D. 474 (S.D. Miss. 1986).
Sessom v. Milwaukee Distribution Center, Inc., 645 F. Supp. 202 (N.D. Miss. 1986).
International Woodworkers of America, AFL-CIO v. Champion Intl Corp., 482 U.S. 437 (1987).
McGee v. Randall Div. of Textron, Inc., 837 F.2d 1365 (5th Cir. 1988).
Davis v. College Suppliers Co., 813 F. Supp. 1234 (S.D. Miss. 1993).
Peterson v. Test Intl, E.C., 904 F. Supp. 574 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
Lee v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 944 F. Supp. 497 (S.D. Miss. 1996).
FMC Corp. v. Cyprus Foote Mineral Co., 899 F. Supp. 1477 (W.D.N.C. 1995).
Crenshaw v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 915 F. Supp. 93 (W.D. Ark. 1995).
Callender v. Ergon, Inc., 928 F. Supp. 665 (S.D. Miss. 1996).
Hobbs v. Stroh Brewery Co., 189 F. Supp. 2d 559 (S.D. Miss. 2001).
Henry v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 730 So. 2d 119 (Ala. 1998).
Marshall Durbin Ford Corp. v. Baker, 909 So.2d 1267 (Miss. App. 2005).
Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 333 F.3d 611 (5th Cir. 2003).

Papers, Presentations & Publications

"The NLRB Puts Its Thumb on the Scale," Workplace, Vol. 2013, No. 1, February 2013.
"Minimum Wage Hike Effective July 24, 2007," Workplace, July 2007.