Rainey Kizer Littler

At Littler, we understand that workplace issues can’t wait. With access to more than 1,600 employment attorneys in 90 offices around the world, our clients don’t have to. We aim to go beyond best practices, creating solutions that help clients navigate a complex business world. With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, a diverse team of the brightest minds, and powerful proprietary technology, we deliver groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers for what’s happening today, and what’s likely to happen tomorrow. Because at Littler, we’re fueled by ingenuity and inspired by you.

Kevin Cleys

CHARLOTTE Kevin Cleys advises and represents management in a broad range of employment matters. A significant part of his practice focuses on handling singleplaintiff employment litigation arising under various state laws in addition to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). He has litigation experience at the administrative, state, and federal levels, where he has handled charges of discrimination and retaliation, wage and hour issues, state and federal trade secrets claims, and restrictive covenant and contract disputes. Kellie A. Tabor

CHARLOTTE Shareholder, Kellie Tabor helps her clients develop practical strategies for employment law compliance, including multistate leave and paid sick compliance, consulting on sticky leave, accommodation, and performance management issues, and planning for reductions in force. Kellie also assists clients in protecting their confidential information and trade secrets by developing comprehensive restrictive covenants and assessing concerning employee departures. On the litigation side, Kellie focuses her practice on defending employers in employee-initiated lawsuits, handling single and multi-plaintiff harassment, discrimination, retaliation, leave, and contract claims, among others. Kellie also regularly represents clients in enforcing noncompetes and other restrictive covenants, including obtaining temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions. Emma Chase

CHARLOTTE Emma Chase represents businesses in all phases of employment litigation, including negotiating settlements, handling mediations and preparing for trial. She regularly advises employers on compliance with federal legislation including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and the Affordable Care Act. She also has experience preparing and revising non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, employee handbooks, and self-insured health insurance policies.

Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, PLC

Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell PLC focuses on achieving exceptional client representation, satisfaction, and results by providing the highest quality, timely, and cost-effective legal services. Since its founding in 1975, the firm has grown from a few attorneys to forty lawyers and represents local, regional, and national clients from its five offices in Memphis, Jackson, Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Matthew R. Courtner

JACKSON Matthew R. Courtner is a member of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, PLC and joined the firm in 2011. He graduated from Mississippi College of Law, summa cum laude, in 2009 and then obtained a Masters of Law from New York University School of Law in 2010. Matthew practices in civil litigation with a focus on employment law, governmental law, civil rights, and tort defense. He assists employers by providing advice on day-to-day activities, drafting handbooks, investigating complaints of employee misconduct, and defense of employment law claims from the EEOC through the courts.