Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce Kim Hodges has been named managing shareholder of the firm’s Memphis office. Hodges was elected to the position during Ogletree Deakins’ annual Shareholders Meeting. In her role, Hodges will oversee the attorneys in the firm’s Jackson and Memphis office, as well as Ogletree Deakins’ geographic footprint in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Throughout her career as a litigator, Hodges amassed a wealth of employment and commercial litigation experience and defended corporate clients in state and federal courts across the United States. She has represented clients in appeals before the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeal and also has experience defending clients in matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and appeals before the Administrative Review Board.
Her litigation experience runs the gamut of employment law and related issues, including: all types of employment discrimination and harassment, wage and hour, Fair Labor Standards Act classification, state and federal disability discrimination and accommodation, public access for disabled individuals, Family and Medical Leave Act leave and interference, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, complex contracts, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, trade secrets, whistleblower claims, tort claims, and antitrust/unfair competition.