Mr. Baugh is a shareholder in our Nashville office and chair of the Firm's Diversity Committee. He counsels and defends employers on a wide variety of employment and litigation matters, including Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, discrimination and harassment under state and federal laws, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and others. He also defends regional and national employers against class action lawsuits, wage and hour litigation, and numerous other employment-related issues.
Mr. Baugh routinely counsels employers on employment law compliance and litigation avoidance, proactively addressing issues such as employment policies and non-compete agreements. He also has extensive experience representing insurance companies in coverage disputes and workers' compensation insurance regulatory matters.
Mr. Baugh also represents cargo and passenger transportation service providers and transit companies, advising on federal transit laws, Department of Transportation regulations and drug testing claims.
Mr. Baugh has extensive federal and state trial experience representing local, regional, and national clients in several states. He represents employers before state and federal administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Tennessee Department of Labor and the Tennessee Human Rights Commission.
- "Politics and Religion in the Workplace: Election Season is Here," Baker Donelson Breakfast Briefing, March 2012
- Taking and Defending Effective Depositions, August 2007
- "Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Rising Tide of Claims Involving Older Workers," December 2006
- "Workers' Compensation, OSHA, FMLA, ADA, HIPAA and Other Acronyms," Santa Barbara, CA, March 2006
- "Interplay and Overlap of ADA, FMLA, and Workers' Compensation," 2006
- "Record Retention and Reduction," August 2005
- "The Ripple Effect of Workers' Compensation," The Practical Litigator, May 2005
- "Res Judicata/Collateral Estoppel: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Client from Future Claims and the Impact of Having Two Bites at the Same Apple," ABA Annual Meeting, Tort and Insurance Practice, Workers Compensation and Employers Liability, 2004
- "Recent Developments in Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law," 2001
- Chair – Baker Donelson Diversity Committee
- Chair – Tennessee Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section 2006-2007
- Chair – Workers' Compensation Section of the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section 2005-2006
- Member – American Bar Association, Labor and Employment and Litigation Sections
- Member – American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
- Barrister – Harry Phillips Inn of Court
- Assistant Examiner – Tennessee Board of Law Examiners
- Former Hearing Panel Member – Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility
- Tennessee, 1993
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1992
- Tennessee State University, B.S., 1989, magna cum laude