Faculty Profile: Greg Grisham

Greg Grisham is a partner in the Memphis Office of Fisher Phillips with over 30 years of successful experience counseling and representing employers in all aspects of workplace law in Tennessee and across the United States. He has helped employers avoid claims, charges, and lawsuits with a focus on preventative practices, including counseling on discipline, termination, demotion, promotion and other workplace changes,  investigations, wage and hour compliance, reasonable accommodation assessment, supervisor training and the review of employment policies and procedures. Greg has successfully litigated hundreds of administrative charges, employment lawsuits, and arbitration demands on behalf of employers, including federal and state law claims alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, invasion of privacy, defamation, breach of contract, and wage and hour violations, among others.  He represents employers in the prosecution and defense of trade secret claims, and in the enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants such as non-compete, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements. Greg also represents employers in unfair labor practice and union representation election proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.  Greg has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA, Labor & Employment, Mid-South Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America for Employment Litigation-Management side and Employment Law-Management, and LawDragon’s 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers. Greg is a Member of the American Employment Law Council, a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and of the American Bar Foundation. Greg is a past Chair of the Memphis Bar Association's L&E Section and of the Tennessee Bar Association's L&E Section where he currently serves on the Executive Committee. He received his J.D. with honors from the Cecil C. Humphreys’ School of Law of the University of Memphis where he was a member of the Law Review, his MBA from the University of Mississippi, and his B.S. from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.