Robert Williams, shareholder in the Memphis office, concentrates his practice in the area of labor and employment law. He has experience advising companies with a nationwide scope on employment matters, including hiring and termination, harassment, personnel and supervisory policies, arbitration, mediation, employee privacy and more. He also has experience litigating employment discrimination cases in federal and state courts nationwide. He has successfully handled defense of personal injury, products liability, Federal Employees Liability Act, medical malpractice and other general litigation cases. For the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Williams served as Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Chief of the Civil Division.
- Co-author – Special Issue – "Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure," 4 Memp. St. U. L. Rev. No. 2, pp. 400-425 (1974)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Labor and Employment Law since 2010
- Member – Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations (Labor and Employment Section)
- Served as First Lieutenant in the United States Army and received a bronze star for meritorious service in Vietnam
- Member – Defense Research Institute
- Member – Jackson, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce
- Former Director – Labor and Employment Law Section Memphis Bar Association
- Chair of Baker Donelson's Labor & Employment Group (2005 – 2006)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2002
- Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1977
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1974
- United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1974
- Tennessee, 1974
- University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D., 1973
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1968