Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
Paul E. Prather
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Paul E. Prather represents management exclusively in all areas of employment and labor relations, including state and federal employment litigation and in administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the United States Department of Labor.
Overview
- University of Memphis, BA
- University of Memphis, J.D.
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Management Labor and Employment Roundtable - Member
- Memphis Bar Association - Member
- Society for Human Resource Management - Member
- Tennessee Bar Association - Member
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Management Labor and Employment Roundtable - Member
- Memphis Bar Association - Member
- Society for Human Resource Management - Member
- Tennessee Bar Association - Member
- University of Memphis, BA
- University of Memphis, J.D.
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Employment Law - Management, Memphis (2024)
- Employment Law - Management, Memphis (2021)
- Labor Law - Management, Memphis (2015)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, Memphis (2014)
- Employment Law - Management, Memphis (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
- COVID-19
- Employment
- Labor
- Management
Awards:
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Named, America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers USA, 2003-2013
- Named, International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers - Who's Who Legal, 2012-2014
- Named, Who's Who in American Law, 2014
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Other Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
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