Robert L. Bowman
800 South Gay Street, Suite 2500, Knoxville, TN 37929
About Robert L. Bowman
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TennesseeJ.D.
- Major: Order of the Coif
- Major: Moot Court Board Member
- Honors: cum laude
- University of TennesseeB.A.
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: With Honors
Representative Cases
- Mitchell v. Superior Steel, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155844 (E.D. Tenn. Nov. 17, 2015)
- Adkins v. Restaurant Management Group, LLC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23830 (E.D. Tenn. Feb 23, 2012)
- Brumbalough v. Camelot Care Centers, Inc., 427 F.3d 996 (6th Cir. 2005)
- Cross Mountain Coal, Inc., v. Ward, 93 F.3d 211 (6th Cir. 1996)
- Mitchell v. Superior Steel, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155844 (E.D. Tenn. Nov. 17, 2015)
- Adkins v. Restaurant Management Group, LLC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23830 (E.D. Tenn. Feb 23, 2012)
- Brumbalough v. Camelot Care Centers, Inc., 427 F.3d 996 (6th Cir. 2005)
- Cross Mountain Coal, Inc., v. Ward, 93 F.3d 211 (6th Cir. 1996)
Classes and Seminars
- "Work Arrangements that (actually) Work" Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2015
- "Employee Misclassification" Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2013
- “The Wage and Hour Investigators Are Coming, Be Prepared” Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2010
- “Public Employers’ New and Unique Issues” Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2009
- “Lessons Learned From Bad Facts, Behavior and Decisions” Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2008
- “How to Deal With a Department of Labor Wage Hour Audit” Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2007
- “Selecting the Best Employees Within the Law" Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2005
- “Retaliation Claims: How to Avoid Winning the Battle and Losing the War” Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville 2004
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1996
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
Other Affiliations
- Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry Political Action Committee (Board of Directors)
- Knoxville Bar Association, 2015 - Present (Fellow)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- National Eagle Scout Association
- Management Committee Member, Kramer Rayson LLP, 2010 - Present
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- Tennessee Bar Association, East Tennessee Delegate to the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section, 2010 - Present
- Tennessee Bar Association, Leadership Law Class of 2010
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Child and Family of Tennessee
Past Positions
- Minority Floor Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Legislative Aid
Office Info
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- Employment
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