Angie C. Davis, a shareholder in the Firm's Memphis office, partners with clients on all aspects of employment issues. Her practice includes high level investigations of claims involving discrimination and/or harassment under Title VII, the Tennessee Human Rights Act or the ADEA and the drafting of clients' responses to subpoenas, attorney demand letters, and state and federal agencies such as the EEOC or the NLRB. She provides daily counsel to executives, human resources managers and various other clients regarding employment issues such as leaves (under the ADA, FMLA, Workers' Compensation, vacation or client PTO policies); terminations; reasonable accommodations under the ADA; wage and hour issues under the FLSA; reorganizations; reductions in force; policies and procedures (including drafting/revising of handbooks); non-compete agreements and severance agreements. Ms. Davis regularly works with clients to develop employee handbooks and policy and procedure manuals with a special emphasis in the drafting of these materials and the training of employees in the areas of sexual harassment and workplace diversity.
Her employment litigation practice consists of representing clients in cases filed in both federal and state courts and in matters pending before the EEOC and the NLRB. Ms. Davis has received numerous no cause findings from the EEOC for employers. She has substantial experience handling employment issues in the following industries: restaurant food manufacturing, nursing home, chemical, steel, distribution, transportation logistics, non-profit organizations, and education.
In addition to her experience in employment law, Ms. Davis has also practiced in the area of tort litigation concentrating in medical malpractice defense, premises liability and insurance defense. Representative matters include premises liability work for a large supermarket chain and medical malpractice defense for physicians insured by large malpractice insurance carriers.
- United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the defendant in a case involving race discrimination, retaliatory discharge, and mixed motive issues.
Ms. Davis is a frequent speaker and author in the area of Labor and Employment Law.
- Author – "Social Media Policy Considerations for Long Term Care Providers – A Sword or A Shield?" Making a Difference, Baker Donelson Long Term Care Newsletter; re-printed, Senior Housing News, April 3, 2012
- Presenter – "Top Ten Ways to Reduce the Risk of Employment Litigation," Emerging Company Boot Camp, April 8, 2010
- Presenter – "The New New New Thing: Current Topics in Complex FLSA Litigation," American Bar Association National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, San Antonio, TX, March 26, 2010
- Presenter – "Wellness Plans, Employer Health Incentives and Rebates, GINA and Other Emerging Benefits Issues," SHRM Memphis Annual Half-Day Legal Seminar, March 16, 2010
- Speaker – "Update on revisions to the ADA and FMLA, and other leave issues," SHRM Legal Seminar, Memphis, TN, March 17, 2009
- Presenter – "Fair Labor Standards Act," Labor and Employment Law Today: Evolution or Revolution?, The University of Memphis Law Review Symposium, February 19, 2010
- Moderator – "Americans with Disabilities Act Update," 2009 Equal Employment Opportunity Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, Orlando, Florida
- Co-author – "Best Practices For Online Employment Applications," Law360, January 13, 2009
- Speaker – "Federal Laws Governing Leaves of Absence: FMLA, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and ADA - practical advice for distinguishing among these legal issues," 2008 National ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Second Annual CLE Conference, Denver, Colorado
- Speaker – "Employee Selection Procedures in the New Millennium," 2008 American Bar Association Teleconference, August 20, 2008
- Speaker – "Dos and Don'ts of Discipline and Discharge," EEOC Regional Outreach Seminar, Tunica, Mississippi, July 2008
- Co-author – "Retaliation – Landmark cases increase number of filings testing law of retaliation," Memphis Business Journal, June 2008
- Coordinator/ Moderator – Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Memphis Program, "Leadership and Community Service" (Distinguished speakers including A.C. Wharton, Mayor of Shelby County; Robert Lipscomb, Director Housing & Community Development City of Memphis; and MLK Panel including Rev. Samuel L. Kyles, Monumental Baptist. Panel discussed opportunities for lawyers to fill leadership roles in Community Service. Coordinated Service Projects at Ronald McDonald House, Target House and Grizzlies House highlighting St. Jude as community service leader in Memphis Community) April 2008
- Speaker / Planning Committee Member – "Tools for HR Professionals Including an Interactive Round Table Discussion Using Hypotheticals Involving Race and Color Discrimination" (Invitation-only executive leadership conference introducing a new EEOC program, Eradicating Racism and Colorism from Employment (E-RACE), a five-year national outreach, education and enforcement campaign implemented to advance the legal right to a workplace free of race and color discrimination through partnership with employers and other stakeholders) Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 2008
- Speaker – "Employee Selection Procedures in the New Millennium," 2008 American Bar Association Equal Employment Opportunity Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
- Speaker/Moderator – "Analysis of an Investigation, Evidence, Communication and Implementation," 2007 American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law National Conference
- Speaker – "In House Investigations," Institute of Management Accountants, November 2007
- Speaker – "Conducting Internal Investigations of Workplace Claims," Society of Human Resources Statewide Seminar, Chattanooga, September, 2007
- Speaker – "Conducting an Internal Investigation – What practical steps should you take if you receive a charge of discrimination? How should you investigate?" United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Memphis Seminar, August 2007
- Contributor – From the Heart: A Woman's Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease, by Kathy Kastan (chapter on employment issues that women with heart disease face regarding the ADA, COBRA, Unemployment Insurance, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability and FMLA), March 2007
- Co-Author – Sex Based Harassment: Workplace Policies for the Legal Profession, prepared for the American Bar Association in conjunction with the Law Practice Management Section, 2007
- Coordinator/ Moderator – Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Memphis Program, "Leadership in Government" (Distinguished panel including A.C. Wharton, Mayor of Shelby County; Councilman Dedrick Brittenum, Memphis City Councilman, Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen & Dunlap, PLC; and Buck Wellford, Shelby County Commissioner, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. Panel discussed opportunities for lawyers to fill leadership roles in government, including discussions of why lawyers should consider such roles and how individuals with political service aspirations can become involved) May 2007
- Speaker – "Hot Topics under the FMLA," Tennessee Healthcare Association, March 2007
- Speaker – "What You Can Learn From Paris Hilton About Protecting Client Confidentiality," Baker Donelson Women's Initiative Networking Group Ethics Seminar for In-House Counsel, October 2006
- Author – "EEOC Focuses on Teen Employees," Baker Donelson Labor & Employment Newsletter, August 2006
- Speaker – "Employment Class Actions," 2006 American Bar Association National Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Speaker – "Ethics and the Perception of Lawyers in Our Society," 2006 American Bar Association Equal Employment Opportunity Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, La Jolla, California
- Speaker – "USERRA," Society for Human Resource Managers Annual Memphis Seminar, 2006
- Speaker – "Ethics and the Profession," 2006 Memphis Bar Association CLE
- Speaker – "Top Ten Mistakes Employers Make When Responding to the EEOC," Memphis Area Paralegal Association Luncheon, 2006
- Speaker – "The Basics of Employment Law," MBA Program for Engineers, University of Memphis, 2006
- Contributing Author – EEOC Litigation and Charge Resolution, 2005 Edition
- Co-Author – "Title VII at 40: An Engine for Progress," Memphis Lawyer, March 2005
- Speaker – "Ethical Traps for the Unwary Employment Law Practitioner: The Propriety of Communicating with Current or Former Employee of an Adverse Party," American Bar Association EEO Committee Midwinter Meeting, 2005
- Speaker – "How Did Perry Mason Do It? (Effective Cross Examination)," American Bar Association National Meeting, 2005
- Co-Author – "Transexualism, Sex Stereotyping, and PriceWaterHouse v. Hopkins: A Staircase to Paradise or a Slippery Slope," University of Memphis Law Review, Fall 2005 edition
- 2002-2003 Contributing Author – Employment Discrimination Law (2003 Edition)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Labor and Employment Law, 2011 and 2012
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed as a top Employment Law Attorney in Memphis by Memphis Business Quarterly, Winter 2010
- Named to Memphis Business Quarterly's Power Players, 2010 and 2011
- Selected as one of "Top 40 Under 40" by Memphis Business Journal, 2009
- Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2009
- Listed as among top 50 female attorneys in Tennessee by Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2011
- Listed as a Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers in 2008
- Member – Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Steering Committee, 2007 – 2008
- Member – Wexler Fund Planning Committee at the National Civil Rights Museum (The Wexler Fund was established to provide an ongoing interactive mechanism that increases the awareness of young people in the inter-relationship of the various branches of government to advance the principles of equality and justice in the fulfillment of the promise of the Civil Rights Act of 1964), 2007-present
- Secretary, Board of Trustees – Creative Aging Mid-South (Creative Aging Mid-South is a non-profit organization that presents high quality, professional arts performances and workshops with local artists in low income nursing homes, retirement communities, senior centers, and adult day care facilities. Programs are in formats responsive to the needs of audiences with cognitive or physical disabilities.), 2005 – 2007
- Planning Committee Member – Symposium Celebrating the Opening of the New Home of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, "Labor and Employment Law Today: Evolution or Revolution?," February 19, 2009
- Planning Committee Member – "2005 CLE Symposium Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Title VII: The Civil Rights Act," University of Memphis, 2005
- Planning Committee Member – "Executive Level Conference on Diversity in the Work Place," 2005
- Committee Member – American Bar Association Outreach to Government Lawyers, 2008 – 2009
- Board of Trustees – Collierville United Methodist Church (Vice President, 2005 – 2007; Chair, 2008 – present)
- Public Service Chair – Women in Collierville Community Service Group, 2002 – 2006
- Member – Memphis, Tennessee and American (Equal Employment Opportunity Committee Member) Bar Associations
- Member – Association of Women Attorneys
- Member – Defense Research Institute
- Member – Leo Bearman Sr. American Inn of Court
- Adjunct Professor – Appellate Advocacy/ Moot Court, South Texas College of Law, 1999 – 2000
- Member – Order of Barristers
- Recipient – Order of the Lytae
- New Litigator Group Advisor for Baker Donelson's Memphis Office (The Litigation Associate Advisor works with associates during their first three years of practice, their mentors, local shareholders, and the associates' practice group leaders to advance the associates' professional development. The Advisor conducts group and individual coaching, assists with training on local issues and practice, and helps the associates gain diverse work experience.)
- Member – Baker Donelson Recruiting Committee, 2003 – 2007
- Leadership Academy Master's Program, Leadership Development Intensive Class, November 2008 (The Leadership Academy, formerly known as Goals for Memphis, is building on a 25+ year track record of positive community change based on the belief that the most significant catalyst for transformation in Memphis is more and better leaders.)
- Former Co-Chair of the Nationwide Mentoring Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Membership Committee, 2007 – 2008
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Sam Nuchia of the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas, 1999 – 2000
- Tennessee, 1999
- United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2005
- South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1999, magna cum laude
- Note and comment editor of the South Texas Law Review
- Member – Varsity Moot Court Team
- Winner – 1999 American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- University of Texas, B.A., 1991