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Waller Elects Five New Partners
NASHVILLE, TN, Dec 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Waller, Nashville's oldest and largest law firm, has elected five
new attorneys as partners. Each attorney was previously an associate
at the firm:
-- R. Steven Connor - Finance and Restructuring
-- John "Jeb" E.B. Gerth - Labor and Employment
-- Justin F. McNaughton - Intellectual Property
-- John Park - Labor and Employment
-- Keith E. Thompson - Corporate
"We are thrilled to have these five attorneys, who represent a diverse
group of legal practices, join the partnership at Waller," said John
Tishler, chairman of Waller. "Steve, Jeb, Justin, John and Keith have
built deep relationships with our clients, and they've each made a
name for themselves in their industries and in our community."
Steven Connor joined Waller in 2005 and is in the firm's finance and
restructuring group. He focuses his practice on corporate governance,
bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, commercial finance, and
healthcare securities. Connor is a member of the Nashville,
Tennessee, and American Bar Associations, the American Health Lawyers
Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He earned his
J.D. from the University of Washington and received his B.S. from
Lipscomb University.
Jeb Gerth is a labor and employment attorney that has been with
Waller since 2005. He works with a variety of employers across the
automotive and manufacturing, retail, utilities, wireless
telecommunications, and healthcare industries. His practice focuses
on discrimination and harassment, labor disputes, FLSA, and labor and
employment class actions. He is a member of the Tennessee Bar
Association and a guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University Law School.
Gerth earned his J.D. from the University of Tennessee and received
his B.A. from Belmont University.
Justin McNaughton joined Waller in 2006 and focuses his practice on
intellectual property, copyrights, patents, software licensing and IT
outsourcing, trade secrets, and trademarks. He practices within the
automotive and manufacturing, banking and financial, and healthcare
industries. McNaughton is a member of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar
Associations and a board member with the Young Lawyers Division of
the Nashville Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from Washington
University in St. Louis and received his B.S. from Brigham Young
University.
John Park joined Waller in 2008 and is a key attorney in the firm's
labor and employment practice group. He serves the automotive and
manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, retail, and wireless
telecommunications industries. He focuses his practice primarily on
discrimination and harassment, labor disputes, labor and employment
class actions, and FLSA. He is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee,
and American Bar Associations. Park was also selected to be a member
of the inaugural class of the Fellows Program of the Leadership
Council on Legal Diversity, an organization of corporate chief legal
officers and law firm managing partners dedicated to promoting
diversity in the legal profession. He will be serving as a co-chair
of the Minorities Opportunities Committee for the Nashville Bar
Association for the 2013 term. He is on the Labor and Employment
Committee for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association,
and also currently serves as the diversity liaison for the Employment
and Labor Law Committee of the Defense Research Institute. Park
earned his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and
received his B.B.A from the University of Texas at Austin.
Keith Thompson has been with Waller since 2005. As an attorney in
Waller's corporate practice, Thompson focuses on corporate
governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. Thompson
represents a wide range of healthcare clients, including behavioral
care providers, hospitals and health systems, and outpatient health
service providers. He also advises companies in the automotive and
manufacturing industries. Thompson is a member of the American Bar
Association in the Health and Business Law Sections, the American
Health Lawyers Association, and Leadership Healthcare. He earned his
J.D. from the University of Tennessee and received his B.A. from Wake
Forest University.
About Waller
Waller is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with
offices in Birmingham, Alabama, and Austin, Texas. With approximately
200 attorneys, Waller helps clients navigate a diverse range of
complex transactional, regulatory and litigation issues across myriad
industries. Waller is Nashville's oldest and largest law firm.
Founded in 1905, Waller has client relationships spanning decades
because time and again, clients come for the lawyer and stay for the
firm. For more information, please visit www.wallerlaw.com.
Contact:
Ryan Witherell
615-327-7999
rwitherell@seigenthaler.com
SOURCE: Waller
mailto:rwitherell@seigenthaler.com
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