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Rod Tanner
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Education
J.D., the University of Texas School of Law (1976)
B.A., English Literature, The University of Texas at Austin (1973, with Honors)
B.A., English Literature, The University of Texas at Austin (1973, with Honors)
Certification/Specialty
Board Certified Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1990-2019)
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Texas (1976)
- United States Supreme Court (2005)
- Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (1981)
- Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (1995)
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas (1980)
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas (1981)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (1995)
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (1998)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (2006-2020)
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Appears in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA (Woodward White 1996-2020)
- Named Texas Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters (2003-2020)
- Recognized as one of Texas' Top 16 Labor and Employment Attorneys by Texas Lawyer (Feb. 2001)
- Recognized as best labor and employment attorney in Tarrant County, Texas by Fort Worth Business Press (May 2001)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Co-Chair, National Employment Lawyers Association Labor Law Practice Group (2005-2016)
- Past Chair, State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section (1995-1996)
- Founding Member/Past Director, Texas Employment Lawyers Association
- Past Director, AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee
- Member, American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)
- Past Chair, Tarrant County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section (1998-1999)
- Member, Dallas County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)
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Publications and Oral Presentations
Contributing Author, TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW (James Publishing, Inc. 2016)
Chapter 18 – Procedures and Remedies Under Texas Commission on Human Rights Act
Chapter 24 – Discrimination Based on National Origin, Religion and Other Grounds
Co-Author/Speaker – Strikes and Lockouts and Practical Bargaining Tips
The Center for American and International Law 54th Annual Course on Labor Law and Labor Arbitration
Co-Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law 23rd Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2016)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments in Whistleblower Retaliation Law
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (Fall 2015)
Co-Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law 22nd Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2015)
Co-Author/Speaker – Service Contract Act: An Overview, Section 4(c) and Federal Enclaves
AFL-CIO Lawyer Coordinating Committee's 34th Annual Union Lawyers Conference (2015)
Author/Moderator – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law 21st Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2014)
Co-Author/Speaker – The NLRB: Back in Business in a Big Way
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2014)
Author/Speaker – Not Your Grandfather’s NLRA: A New Era of Enforcement by the NLRB
The University of Texas School of Law Twentieth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2013)
Co-Author/Speaker – Social Media: Trap for Employees or Employer?
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2013)
Author – Social Media and the National Labor Relations Act
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2012)
Author – Social Media and Protected Concerted Activity Under the NLRA
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Bulletin (2011)
Author/Speaker – Employment Law Developments in the Age of Facebook
Tarrant County Bar Association All-Star CLE Conference (2011)
Author/Speaker – National Labor Relations Act in the Age of Facebook
The University of Texas School of Law Eighteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2011)
Author/Speaker – Interstate Battles Over Covenants Not to Compete/Injunctive Relief
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (2011)
Author/Speaker – Mandatory Arbitration of Statutory Employment Discrimination Claims Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Regional Conference (2010)
Co-Author/Speaker – Pleading, Proving and Collecting Damages in Employment Cases
The University of Texas School of Law Seventeenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2010)
Author/Speaker – The Employee Free Choice Act: A Brave New World
The University of Texas School of Law Sixteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2009)
Co-Author/Speaker – Legislative Developments -- ADA Amendments Act, Employee Free Choice Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act
Tarrant County Bar Association (2009)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (2009)
Author/Speaker – Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2008)
Author – Religion in the Workplace
State Bar of Texas Employment Law Update (2008)
Author/Speaker – Religious Discrimination Law
The University of Texas School of Law Fifteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2008)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2008)
Author/Speaker – Protected Concerted Activity in Non Union Workplaces
National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2007)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law Fourteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2007)
Faculty Member – Labor Arbitration
The Center for American and International Law/Annual Labor Law and Labor Arbitration Short Course (2007)
Moderator, Cross-Examination: Tips and Traps
Tarrant County Bar Association Third Annual Trial Practice Series: Masters at Work (2007)
Speaker – Proving/Defending a Discrimination Case/Retaliation and the New Landscape After White v. Burlington Northern
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Webcast (2007)
Author – Recent Developments in Religious Discrimination Law
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2007)
Author/Speaker – Religious Discrimination Law
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2006)
Author – Application of National Labor Relations Act to Non Union Workplaces
The Employee Advocate (Spring/Summer 2006)
Author/Speaker – Developments in Religious Discrimination Law
National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2006)
Moderator – Union Organizing Activities in Texas: 2005 and 2006 Developments
The University of Texas School of Law Thirteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2006)
Author/Speaker – Non Competition Agreements
Tarrant County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference (2006)
Conference Chair, Employment Law Update
Tarrant County Bar Association (2006)
Author – Non Traditional Labor Law
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (2006)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section (2005)
Author/Speaker – Recent First Amendment Developments in Employment Cases
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2005)
Chair, Planning Committee – The University of Texas School of Law Twelfth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2005)
Author/Speaker – Brave New World of Employment Discrimination Law After Desert Palace
Tarrant County Bar Association (2005)
Author – To § 9(B) Or Not § 9(B)
Texas Lawyer (2005)
Speaker -- A Trial Practicum: Charge Conferences
Tarrant County Bar Association (2005)
Co-Author – Discovery Tactics in Employment Cases
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2004)
Author/Speaker – Texas Commission on Human Rights Act: Procedures and Remedies
State Bar of Texas Legal Assistants Division (2004)
Author – Employees May Sue for Constructive Discharge Under Title VII
Tarrant County Bar Association Bulletin (2004)
Author/Speaker – Constructive Discharge
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2004)
Speaker – Economic Activity Under National Labor Relations Act
American Bar Association Regional Institute (2003)
Author/Speaker – Texas Employment Tort Law Developments
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2003)
Author/Speaker – State Employment Tort Law Developments
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2003)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Update (2003)
Author/Speaker – State Tort Law Update
Tarrant County Bar Association Seminar (2003)
Author/Speaker – State Employment Tort Law Update
National Employment Lawyers Association/Dallas Chapter Annual Seminar (2003)
Author/Speaker – Selected Post Sturgis Developments Under National Labor Relations Act
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Southern Regional Conference (2002)
Speaker – Mock Trial of Non Competition/Confidentiality Agreement Case
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Seminar (2002)
Author/Speaker – State Tort Law Update
The University of Texas Law School Labor and Employment Law Conference (2002)
Author/Speaker – Fair Labor Standards Act Update
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Update (2002)
Author/Speaker – Discipline and Privacy in The Workplace in An Electronic Age
National Academy of Arbitrators/Industrial Relations Research Association – North Texas Chapter Annual Labor-Management Conference (2002)
Author/Speaker – Selected Federal Labor Law Issues
Northern District of Texas/ABA Federal Law Clerks Training Conference (2001)
Author – Recent Developments In Employment Class Actions
National Employment Lawyers Association/Dallas Chapter Annual Seminar (2001)
Author/Speaker – Recent NLRA Developments Affecting Nonunion and Unionized Employers
The University of Texas School of Law Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2001)
Co-Author/Speaker – Recent Developments in Employment Law
Baylor University School of Law General Practice Institute (2001)
Author/Speaker – Taking the Deposition of Key Witnesses
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (1999)
Author/Speaker – Remedies in Employment Cases
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (1999)
Author/Speaker – Federal and State Case Law Update
National Employment Lawyers Association/San Antonio Chapter Annual Seminar (1999)
Author/Speaker – Ghettoes in the Workplace: Race and Gender Segregation
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (1998)
Author/Speaker – NLRA at the Millennium: Selected Issues
Tarrant County Bar Association Annual Labor and Employment Law Update (1998)
Author/Speaker – Dealing with Rambo Litigators
National Employment Lawyers Association/Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter (1997)
Author/Speaker – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Fort Worth Paralegal Association (1997)
Author – Anatomy of a Strike
Texas Lawyer (1997)
Course Director – State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (1996)
Author/Speaker – Electromation and Beyond: Employee Participation Programs Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (1994)
Author/Speaker – An Overview of the ADA: An Introduction and Legislative Background
South Texas College of Law, Americans with Disabilities Act Seminar (1992)
Author – The Judge, the Philosopher and the Personal Privacy Exemption of the Freedom of Information Act
Tarlton Law Library Legal Bibliography Series (1976)
Chapter 18 – Procedures and Remedies Under Texas Commission on Human Rights Act
Chapter 24 – Discrimination Based on National Origin, Religion and Other Grounds
Co-Author/Speaker – Strikes and Lockouts and Practical Bargaining Tips
The Center for American and International Law 54th Annual Course on Labor Law and Labor Arbitration
Co-Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law 23rd Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2016)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments in Whistleblower Retaliation Law
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (Fall 2015)
Co-Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law 22nd Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2015)
Co-Author/Speaker – Service Contract Act: An Overview, Section 4(c) and Federal Enclaves
AFL-CIO Lawyer Coordinating Committee's 34th Annual Union Lawyers Conference (2015)
Author/Moderator – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law 21st Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2014)
Co-Author/Speaker – The NLRB: Back in Business in a Big Way
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2014)
Author/Speaker – Not Your Grandfather’s NLRA: A New Era of Enforcement by the NLRB
The University of Texas School of Law Twentieth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2013)
Co-Author/Speaker – Social Media: Trap for Employees or Employer?
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2013)
Author – Social Media and the National Labor Relations Act
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2012)
Author – Social Media and Protected Concerted Activity Under the NLRA
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Bulletin (2011)
Author/Speaker – Employment Law Developments in the Age of Facebook
Tarrant County Bar Association All-Star CLE Conference (2011)
Author/Speaker – National Labor Relations Act in the Age of Facebook
The University of Texas School of Law Eighteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2011)
Author/Speaker – Interstate Battles Over Covenants Not to Compete/Injunctive Relief
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (2011)
Author/Speaker – Mandatory Arbitration of Statutory Employment Discrimination Claims Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Regional Conference (2010)
Co-Author/Speaker – Pleading, Proving and Collecting Damages in Employment Cases
The University of Texas School of Law Seventeenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2010)
Author/Speaker – The Employee Free Choice Act: A Brave New World
The University of Texas School of Law Sixteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2009)
Co-Author/Speaker – Legislative Developments -- ADA Amendments Act, Employee Free Choice Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act
Tarrant County Bar Association (2009)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (2009)
Author/Speaker – Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2008)
Author – Religion in the Workplace
State Bar of Texas Employment Law Update (2008)
Author/Speaker – Religious Discrimination Law
The University of Texas School of Law Fifteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2008)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2008)
Author/Speaker – Protected Concerted Activity in Non Union Workplaces
National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2007)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas School of Law Fourteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2007)
Faculty Member – Labor Arbitration
The Center for American and International Law/Annual Labor Law and Labor Arbitration Short Course (2007)
Moderator, Cross-Examination: Tips and Traps
Tarrant County Bar Association Third Annual Trial Practice Series: Masters at Work (2007)
Speaker – Proving/Defending a Discrimination Case/Retaliation and the New Landscape After White v. Burlington Northern
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Webcast (2007)
Author – Recent Developments in Religious Discrimination Law
State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course (2007)
Author/Speaker – Religious Discrimination Law
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2006)
Author – Application of National Labor Relations Act to Non Union Workplaces
The Employee Advocate (Spring/Summer 2006)
Author/Speaker – Developments in Religious Discrimination Law
National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference (2006)
Moderator – Union Organizing Activities in Texas: 2005 and 2006 Developments
The University of Texas School of Law Thirteenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2006)
Author/Speaker – Non Competition Agreements
Tarrant County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference (2006)
Conference Chair, Employment Law Update
Tarrant County Bar Association (2006)
Author – Non Traditional Labor Law
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (2006)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section (2005)
Author/Speaker – Recent First Amendment Developments in Employment Cases
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2005)
Chair, Planning Committee – The University of Texas School of Law Twelfth Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2005)
Author/Speaker – Brave New World of Employment Discrimination Law After Desert Palace
Tarrant County Bar Association (2005)
Author – To § 9(B) Or Not § 9(B)
Texas Lawyer (2005)
Speaker -- A Trial Practicum: Charge Conferences
Tarrant County Bar Association (2005)
Co-Author – Discovery Tactics in Employment Cases
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2004)
Author/Speaker – Texas Commission on Human Rights Act: Procedures and Remedies
State Bar of Texas Legal Assistants Division (2004)
Author – Employees May Sue for Constructive Discharge Under Title VII
Tarrant County Bar Association Bulletin (2004)
Author/Speaker – Constructive Discharge
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2004)
Speaker – Economic Activity Under National Labor Relations Act
American Bar Association Regional Institute (2003)
Author/Speaker – Texas Employment Tort Law Developments
Texas Employment Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Conference (2003)
Author/Speaker – State Employment Tort Law Developments
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2003)
Author/Speaker – Recent Developments Under National Labor Relations Act
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Update (2003)
Author/Speaker – State Tort Law Update
Tarrant County Bar Association Seminar (2003)
Author/Speaker – State Employment Tort Law Update
National Employment Lawyers Association/Dallas Chapter Annual Seminar (2003)
Author/Speaker – Selected Post Sturgis Developments Under National Labor Relations Act
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Southern Regional Conference (2002)
Speaker – Mock Trial of Non Competition/Confidentiality Agreement Case
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Seminar (2002)
Author/Speaker – State Tort Law Update
The University of Texas Law School Labor and Employment Law Conference (2002)
Author/Speaker – Fair Labor Standards Act Update
State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Update (2002)
Author/Speaker – Discipline and Privacy in The Workplace in An Electronic Age
National Academy of Arbitrators/Industrial Relations Research Association – North Texas Chapter Annual Labor-Management Conference (2002)
Author/Speaker – Selected Federal Labor Law Issues
Northern District of Texas/ABA Federal Law Clerks Training Conference (2001)
Author – Recent Developments In Employment Class Actions
National Employment Lawyers Association/Dallas Chapter Annual Seminar (2001)
Author/Speaker – Recent NLRA Developments Affecting Nonunion and Unionized Employers
The University of Texas School of Law Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (2001)
Co-Author/Speaker – Recent Developments in Employment Law
Baylor University School of Law General Practice Institute (2001)
Author/Speaker – Taking the Deposition of Key Witnesses
State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (1999)
Author/Speaker – Remedies in Employment Cases
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (1999)
Author/Speaker – Federal and State Case Law Update
National Employment Lawyers Association/San Antonio Chapter Annual Seminar (1999)
Author/Speaker – Ghettoes in the Workplace: Race and Gender Segregation
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (1998)
Author/Speaker – NLRA at the Millennium: Selected Issues
Tarrant County Bar Association Annual Labor and Employment Law Update (1998)
Author/Speaker – Dealing with Rambo Litigators
National Employment Lawyers Association/Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter (1997)
Author/Speaker – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Fort Worth Paralegal Association (1997)
Author – Anatomy of a Strike
Texas Lawyer (1997)
Course Director – State Bar of Texas Advanced Labor and Employment Law Course (1996)
Author/Speaker – Electromation and Beyond: Employee Participation Programs Under the National Labor Relations Act
The University of Texas Law School Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (1994)
Author/Speaker – An Overview of the ADA: An Introduction and Legislative Background
South Texas College of Law, Americans with Disabilities Act Seminar (1992)
Author – The Judge, the Philosopher and the Personal Privacy Exemption of the Freedom of Information Act
Tarlton Law Library Legal Bibliography Series (1976)