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Rosemarie L. Hill
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Rosemarie Hill is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Sections and chairs the firm's Labor and Employment Law Group. Ms. Hill counsels clients and represents employers in all areas of employment law, ranging from discrimination and retaliation lawsuits or agency claims to questions regarding hiring/firing/retention, wages, and leave. She has represented employers in employment lawsuits in state and federal courts as well as in mediations and arbitrations. She has represented clients in business litigation and arbitrations involving matters including franchise disputes, breach of contract claims, and securities matters.
Ms. Hill served as a Commissioner for the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution and on that court’s Board of Professional Responsibility Hearing Committee. Ms. Hill was born in 1951 in Erlangen, Germany.
Approved Arbitrator, Federal Arbitration Program, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Neutral
Representative Matters
- Representing employers in federal and state lawsuits, claims, and administrative charges in all areas of employment law; advising and counseling employers on these issues
- Successful defense verdict after 4-day federal jury trial on an age discrimination lawsuit; favorable outcome for a nationwide client of federal lawsuit claiming gender discrimination after first day of trial
- Representation of plaintiff and defendant business clients in lawsuits and disputes ranging from business torts to contract issues
- Representation of a major soft drink bottler in defense of civil and criminal antitrust charges, and presentation of yearly antitrust compliance seminars on behalf of client for 20+ years
- Successful defense on summary judgment of a federal Sherman Act price fixing case on behalf of a major corporation
- Arbitrator on nationwide securities and employment claims for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Representation of indigent defendants in death penalty cases.
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Ballet Tennessee, past President
- American Inns of Court, Brock-Cooper Chapter, Barrister
- Chattanooga Bar Association, Board of Governors
- Defense Research Institute
- Federal Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Principal Leadership Academy, Mentor
- Signal Centers, Inc., Board
- Tennessee Bar Association, Litigation Section Executive Council
- Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, past Commissioner
- Young Women's Leadership Academy Foundation, Founding Member
Honors
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Employment Litigation: Defense, Civil Litigation Defense, Antitrust Litigation, 2006
- The Best Lawyers in America, Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Labor & Employment Litigation
- Fellow, Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Foundations
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers
- Nautilus Lightkeeper Award, Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, 2009
