Scott E. Simmons
Chattanooga
Office: 423.785.8475 | Fax: 423.321.1675
scott.simmons@millermartin.com
- Overview
- Experience
- Education
- Involvement
- In-Depth
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Overview
Scott Evan Simmons focuses his practice on employment litigation and preventative counseling in the firm's Labor & Employment practice. Mr. Simmons regularly counsels clients on a wide range of employment-related topics, including wage-and-hour compliance, hiring, termination and creation and modification of general personnel policies.
As a former business owner with a master’s degree in business management, Scott can draw on his business-management background in communicating with clients on day-to-day legal issues, including employee relations and employer compliance matters.
Scott has served on Miller & Martin's hiring committee and as co-chair of the firm's Workplace Environmental, Health & Safety/OSHA practice.
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Experience
- Obtained summary judgment for employer in arbitration proceeding on race and disability discrimination claims.
- Negotiated a favorable settlement for employer in front of TOSHA relating to a workplace death claim.
- Obtained defense verdict as lead counsel in bench trial on claim of unpaid wages by terminated employee.
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Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Tennessee College of Law, 2010
- Order of the Coif
- Editor-in-Chief, Transactions; The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
- Editor, Tennessee Law Review
- M.B.A., summa cum laude, Finance, The University of Tennessee, 2008
- B.S., magna cum laude, University of Tennessee, 2005
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Tennessee College of Law, 2010
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Involvement
Bar Admissions- Tennessee
Court Admissions- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
Memberships- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
Community- Red Bank Baptist Church, Deacon Chairman and Personnel Committee
- The Benjamin House (Kampala, Uganda), Board of Directors (Past)
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Prior to practicing law, Scott was a sportswriter, during which time he had opportunities to interview such legends as Lou Holtz, Pat Summitt, Johnny Majors and Rick Pitino, among many others.