Todd is a seasoned labor and employment attorney with significant trial, arbitration, and consulting experience. He regularly represents U.S. and international employers in business immigration matters, including Specialty Occupations (H-1B), Intra-Company Transfers (L-1), NAFTA Occupations (TN), Extraordinary Ability (O), Investor Visas (E-2), and physician J-1 Waiver and National Interest Waiver visa cases, as well as permanent residency, compliance training and audits.

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• Associations
• Bar Admissions
• Distinctions
• Education & Honors
• Experience
• In the News
• Papers, Presentations, & Publications

Associations

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1997
• U.S. District Courts
  • Tennessee: Eastern, Middle, Western
  • Arkansas: Eastern, Western
  • Michigan: Western
• U.S. Court of Appeals
  • 5th Circuit
  • 6th Circuit
  • 8th Circuit
  • 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Distinctions

• AV-Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Immigration Law, Martindale-Hubbell
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
  
• Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor, 2013-2016
• Board Chairman, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, 2014
• Top 40 Under 40, Memphis Business Journal

Education & Honors

• University of Tennessee, J.D., with honors, 1997
  • Editor, Tennessee Law Review
  • Moot Court Board
• University of Iowa, B.S., 1994
• Clerkship,
  Judge Houston Goddard, Senior Judge, ​Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section

Experience

• Over 100 federal and state court cases, contested agency hearings, and arbitrations. 
• Appellate experience in four United States Courts of Appeals, as well as several state courts of appeals. 
• Representation of employers across the United States in union organizing campaigns, including multi-facility organizing and corporate campaigns. 
• Representation of employers across the country in business immigration matters, including H1b, L-1, TN, O, E-2, J-1, and J-1 waiver temporary visa cases, as well as permanent residency, compliance training and audits. 
• Campanini v. Studsvik, Inc., U.S. Dist. Court, E.D. TN (2012) (Successfully defended client in trial over $1M breach of employment contract claim). 
• Weyerhaeuser Company, NLRB Case No. 06-RC-079980 (2012) (successfully defended employer in union organizing (RC) matter; petitioned-for unit found not appropriate; union election petition dismissed). 
• Vraney v. Medical Specialty Clinic, Chancery Court of TN, No. 65204 (2012) (Successful representation of employer at trial in breach of duty of loyalty case) 
• Kyle v. Circus Circus Mississippi, Inc. d/b/a Gold Strike Casino, 5th Cir. No. 10-60571 (2011) (successful representation of employer casino in whistleblower lawsuit). 
• MMC Materials, Inc., 2006 WL 2706008 (N.L.R.B. Div. of Judges 2005). 
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• Bayou Concrete Co., Inc., 2006 WL 467978 (N.L.R.B. Div. of Judges 2006). 
• In re Magid Glove and Safety Mfg. Co., L.L.C., 2003 WL 859259 (Tex. Ct. App. March 6, 2003). 
• Glasgow v. Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hosp. Plan 503, 2006 WL 1174459 (W.D. Tenn. 2006). 
• Thomas v. Bayou Concrete Company, 2006 WL 2456138 (S.D. Ala. 2006). 
• Sadler v. Labor Ready, Inc., 2006 WL 3147417 (M.D. Tenn. 2006). 
• Cheryl Funk v. Labor Ready, Inc., 2008 WL 4368946 (E.D. Ark. Sept. 24, 2008). 
• Hibbler v. Regional Medical Center at Memphis, 12 Fed. Appx. 336 (6th Cir. 2001). 
• ​Leaks v. Cintas Corporation, 60 Fed. Appx. 645 (8th Cir. 2003). 
• Maxfield v. Cintas Corporation, No. 2, 427 F.3d 544 (8th Cir. 2005). 
• Saint Vincent Hospital, LLC, 2004 WL 1629745 (N.L.R.B. July 20, 2004). 

In the News

• Trump Repeals DACA: What You Need To Know
• 147 Butler Snow Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers®, 18 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
• Increased Enforcement Highlights The Need For Employers To Have Immigration Compliance Programs
• Court Deals Setback to Trump's Immigration Policy
• Analyzing President Trump's Executive Order on Immigration - What it means for you, your business and your employees
• 102 Butler Snow Attorneys List in 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• 117 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2013 Mid-South Super Lawyers®

Papers, Presentations, & Publications

• Co-Author, "Increased Enforcement Highlights The Need For Employers To Have Immigration Compliance Programs", Attorney Publications, Butler Snow, February 13, 2017.
• Author, "Court Deals Setback to Trump’s Immigration Policy", Attorney Publications, Butler Snow, February 10, 2017.
• ​Author, "Analyzing President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration – What it means for you, your business and your employees", Attorney Publications, Butler Snow, February 3, 2017.
• Presenter, “The Pitfalls of Immigration Compliance”, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 8, 2014.
  
• Presenter, "Demystifying Business Immigration Law and Compliance for U.S. Employers," Employment Law Alliance Webinar, May 19, 2014.
• Presenter, "Immigrant Workers and National Origin Discrimination," National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, American Bar Association, Palm Springs, CA, March 27, 2014.
• Author, "Sixth Circuit Stands By School System’s Promotion Decisions," Workplace, Vol. 2013 No. 3, April 2013.
  
• Presenter, "Ten Things Every Employment Attorney Should Know About Immigration," ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, March 21, 2013.
• Presenter, "Alternative Fee Arrangements," Employment Law Alliance, Vancouver, Canada, September 29, 2012. 
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• Presenter, "Business Writing to the Jury," 2012 Tennessee SHRM Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, September 13, 2012. 
• Presenter, "Beyond I-9:  What You Need to Know about Immigration Law and Why," ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 5th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 5, 2011.
  
• Presenter, "Equal Employment Opportunity Law," American Bar Association, New Orleans, 2011.
  
• Presenter, "Mitigating Risk and Corporate Public Relations Due to Public Non-Merit Claims," American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on Whistleblower Enforcement and Compliance, New York, 2011.
  
• Presenter, "Labor & Employment Law Developments Affecting the Healthcare Industry," Tennessee Bar Association 2010 Health Law Seminar, Nashville, 2010.
  
• Presenter, "Labor & Employment Law Developments Affecting the Healthcare Industry," Tennessee Bar Association 2010 Health Law Seminar, Nashville, 2010.
  
• ​Author, "ICE Audits on the Rise" Employment and Labor Relations Law, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation.
  
• Author, "Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too The (Un)Enforceability of Releases on Pre-Filing Qui Tam Claims," Labor and Employment, American Health Lawyers Association.
  
• Author, "EFCA: Bracing Yourself for the Rising Tide of Union Organizing," "A Sneak Peek at Possible New Employment Legislation and Bailout Package Includes Several Employment Provisions," Workplace, October 2008.
  
• Co-Author, "Having Your Cake and Eating It Too -- The (Un)Enforceability of Releases on Future Qui Tam Claims," Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, July 2008.
  
• Author, "ICE: There is a new sheriff in town" Employment and Labor Relations Law, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation.
  
• Author, "Kentucky River Trilogy," Employment and Labor Relations Law, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation.
  
• Author, "Department of Labor Issues Final Military Leave Rules," Business Insider, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  
• Author, "Whistleblower," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2-5 (April 2008).