Imad Abdullah concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law and commercial litigation. He works with clients on all aspects of employment litigation under the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA and Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act. Mr. Abdullah also counsels clients on state and federal compliance issues. His practice includes 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 THRC or the EEOC. He provides regular advice to in-house counsel, human resources managers, and various other clients regarding employment issues such as leaves under the ADA and FMLA; terminations; reasonable accommodations under the ADA; and wage and hour issues under the FLSA.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a staffing agency sued by the EEOC for race discrimination (disparate impact theory) against a class of African Americans with prior criminal convictions.
- Successfully represented a municipal client before the Tennessee Court of Appeals in upholding the termination of municipal employee for violation of City work rules.
- Argued and obtained summary judgment in favor of retail business on a breach of lease contract claim involving over $200,000 in real estate taxes.
- First chair bench trial in defense of insurance company on bad faith claim.
- Second chair jury verdict in favor of internal medicine physician in wrongful death action alleging negligence in failing to aggressively treat a decubitus ulcer allegedly causing death by septic shock.
- Successfully argued summary judgment before the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee on behalf of a lending institution in a transport leasing and finance dispute.
- Speaker – "Legislative Developments and Key Rulings Under The Tennessee Human Rights Act and Americans With Disabilities Act," The Memphis Bar Association and Better Business Bureau – Small Business Outreach Committee (2010)
- Speaker – "Ensuring Workplace of Respect," training on sexual harassment law for large Memphis area real estate development firm (2007)
- Speaker – "Conducting Internal Harassment Investigations," Tennessee Healthcare Association (2007)
- Editor/Contributor – Chapter 37 ("The Common Law") Age Discrimination In Employment Act (ADEA) Treatise, Second Cumulative Supplement (BNA 2007)
- Board member – Pleasant View School (2008–2010)
- Secretary – Ben F. Jones Chapter, The National Bar Association
- Member – Leo Bearman Sr., American Inn of Court
- Member – Memphis and Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- Member – Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
- Tennessee, 2005
- United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 2005
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2005, cum laude
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Review (staff member 2003-2004)
- Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology (supervising editor 2004-2005)
- University of Minnesota, B.A., 2002, summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars