Zachary Busey is licensed to practice in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. As a member of the Labor & Employment Group, he represents employers in a wide range of employment law matters, including claims of harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour violations.
Zachary primarily focuses on class and collective actions, particularly those arising out of the workplace. He has defended collective and class actions involving everything from wage-and-hour violations to alleged discrimination to improper background checks. His experience includes, among other cases, defending a nationwide collective action covering more than 65,000+ individuals; several nationwide hybrid actions (alleging violations under both state law and the FLSA); an enforcement class action filed by the EEOC; an enforcement collective action filed by the U.S. DOL; and a nationwide class action alleging racially discriminatory hiring and placement practices. He has also negotiated and obtained court approval of collective and class action settlements that, in the aggregate, have included tens of thousands of individuals.
In addition, Zachary is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), as well as a member of the Firm's Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity Team. The Team provides advice and counsel on all facets of electronic information management and assists with internal policy creation and training, as well as outward facing messages such as website disclosures and e-commerce platforms. The Team also quickly responds to and provides guidance in the event of a data breach or incident.
Zachary counsels clients on the impact of legalized marijuana, industrial hemp, and extracts from both, such as CBDs. His experience covers a number of industries, including construction, banking, health care, and hospitality, and he works regularly with employers to ensure drug testing and other workplace policies remain defensible.
You can follow Zachary on Twitter, @ZBusey, and connect with him on LinkedIn.