Bryan e. Pieper full resume
BRYAN E. PIEPER
Nashville, TN
Telephone: (615)647-9328
Email: bryan@bep.legal
Website: www.bep.legal
See Bryan's legal awards here.
EDUCATION
Lipscomb University, Institute for Conflict Management, Nashville, TN
Rule 31 Civil Mediation Training, July 2010
Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN
J.D. Degree, May 1994
L.S.A.T. 46 (99th percentile)
G.P.A. 3.413
Honors: Dean’s List; American Jurisprudence “Book” Award in Corporate Law, Spring 1993; Vanderbilt First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition, Finalist
Activities: Labor Law Society, President (1993-1994); Fisher & Phillips Labor and Employment Law Essay Contest, Judge (Spring, 1993 & 1994); Vanderbilt Litigation Association; Vanderbilt Bar Association Representative; Vanderbilt International Newsletter, Staff Writer; Study abroad, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), Summer 1992, Studied international transactions law and comparative law
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
B.A. Degree in Political Science cum laude, Minor in German, May 1991
G.P.A. 3.46
Study abroad, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany, 1990, Studied political science and German literature
Best Law Firms in America 2016 - 2021 (U.S. News & World Report/Best Lawyers)
Firm: The Law Office of Bryan E. Pieper, PLLC
Category: Employment Law
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2014-2017 (Thompson Reuters)
Category: Business Litigation
Best Lawyers in America 2015-2021 (www.bestlawyers.com)
Categories: Employment Law - Management; Employment Law - Individuals
Labor and Employment Law
•Pre-dispute HR advice, policy design and preparation, and management training
•Workplace investigations
•Employment litigation, mediation, and arbitration
•Negotiating employment contracts, executive compensation, and stock option agreements
•Drafting and enforcing non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements, and trade secret protections
•FLSA, OSHA, FMLA, USERRA, ADA, ERISA, and Title VII compliance and litigation
•Employee hiring, discipline, and termination
•Union-management collective bargaining, grievances, and unfair labor practice charges
Business and Commercial
•Business dispute litigation, arbitration, and mediation
•Intellectual property
-Enforcement of copyright, trademark, trade secret, and trade name rights
•Corporate governance
-Officer and director fiduciary duties, conflicts, and usurping corporate opportunities
-Rights of minority shareholders and shareholder derivative lawsuits
-Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
-State and federal whistleblower statutes
•Contract negotiation and breach of contract disputes
EMPLOYMENT
Private Practice of Law, Nashville, TN (1994 - present)
•The Law Office of Bryan E. Pieper, PLLC (2015 - present), owner
•Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC (2013 - 2015), member/partner
•DHPM, PC (Formerly, Drescher & Sharp, P.C. and Drescher Heller Pieper Martin, P.C.) (2004 - 2013), shareholder/partner
•Stokes Bartholomew Evans & Petree (now Adams & Reese, P.A.) (1999-2004), Associate Attorney
•Branstetter, Kilgore, Stranch & Jennings (1995-1999), Associate Attorney
•Sixth Circuit Judge Thomas W. Brothers (1994-1995), Judicial Law Clerk
Bethel University, School of Conflict Resolution, Nashville, TN (Fall Semester, 2012), Adjunct Faculty, Masters of Arts in Conflict Resolution program
Mediator and Administrative Law Judge (Nashville, TN 2001 - present)
• Outside Review Officer, presiding over employment law disputes between Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and MNPS employees (2005 - 2012)
• Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), presiding over employment law disputes between Nashville Electric Service (NES) and NES employees (2001 - 2004)
• Civil Mediator, facilitating resolution of business disputes, internal workplace disputes, operational disputes; shareholder and board of director disputes, church disputes, governmental entity disputes, political/campaign disputes, and other conflicts between individuals or entities in a variety of settings (2010 - present)
SELECTED SPEAKING AND TRAINING ENGAGEMENTS
Topic: Detecting and Preventing Workplace Harassment: Your Obligations as a Manager
Conference or Event: Numerous (internal client training program)
Topic: Affordable Care Act (ACA) latest updates and case law
Conference or Event: Full Implementation - Navigating the ACA Minefield, Birmingham, AL, Sterling Education Services
Topic: Employment Law Update and New Overtime Rules
Conference or Event: Institute of Management Accountants September 2016 CPE Luncheon and Chapter Meeting, Nashville, TN
Topic: 1. The Perilous Intersection of FMLA and ADA
2. Workplace Challenges of Privacy, Social Media, and Technology Issues
Conference or Event: Employment Law - Rights, Benefits, and Emerging Issues, Nashville, TN, Sterling Education Services
Topic: Termination Best Practices
Conference or Event: Employment Law Beyond the Basics, Nashville, TN, Sterling Education Services
Topic: Mediation of Employment Law Disputes
Conference or Event: MT-SHRM Sumner County Monthly Breakfast Meeting
Topic: Ten Common and Costly HR Mistakes
Conference or Event: Desayuno Con Los Abogados - Breakfast with the Lawyers 2013, Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Topic: 1. Employer’s Map to the ACA’s Maze of Requirements
2. Privacy and Technology in Today’s Workplace
Conference or Event: Essentials of Employment Law, Chattanooga, TN, Sterling Education Services
Topic: Keeping Up with the ACA: Latest Updates & Case Law
Conference or Event: Navigating the ACA for Employers, Nashville, TN, Sterling Education Services
Topic: FLSA / Wage & Hour Compliance
Conference or Event: Labor and Employment Law 2012, Nashville, TN, Sterling Education Services
Topic: Race and Sex Harassment: What it? How do you Prevent it?
Conference or Event: Desayuno Con Los Abogados: Breakfast with the Lawyers 2012 - Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce