James Roddy (Rod) Tanner
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Practice Areas
Civil Litigation(10%); Labor and Employment Law(90%)
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Admitted
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1976, Texas; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court
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Law School
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University of Texas at Austin, J.D.
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Member
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Tarrant County (Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1998-1999) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chair, 1995-1996, Labor and Employment Law Section); National Employment Lawyers Association (Co-Chair, Labor Law Committee); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee.
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Biography
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Author: Chapter 18, "Texas Commission on Human Rights Act: Procedures and Remedies," and Chapter 24, "Discrimination Based on National Origin, Religion and Other Grounds," TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW, James Publishing Incorporated, 1998-2006 eds. Author: "The Judge, The Philosopher and The Personal Privacy Exemption of The Freedom of Information Act," Privacy and Public Disclosures Under the Freedom of Information Act, No. 11, Tarlton Law Library Legal Bibliography Series, Austin, Texas, 1976. Briefing Attorney, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1976-1978. Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)
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Born
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Temple, Texas, October 18, 1951
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Reported Cases
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Int'l Ass'n of Machinists and Aero. Workers Local Lodge 2121 v. Goodrich Corp., 410 F.3d 204 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 5.Ct.697 2005 U.S. S.Ct. (2005); AFGE, Local 1 v. Stone, 342 F. Supp. 2d 619 (N.D. Tex. 2004); Artco-Bell Corp. v. Local Lodge 2427, Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aero. Workers, 218 F. Supp. 2d 827 (N.D. Tex. 2002); Am. Maplan Corp. v. Heilmayr, 179 F. Supp. 2d 1249 (D. Kan. 2001); International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. General Dynamics Corp., 821 F. Supp. 1306 (E.D. Mo. 1993); International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. Dyncorp, 796 F. Supp. 976 (N.D. Tex. 1991); Aiello v. United Air Lines, Inc., 818 F.2d 1196, reh'g denied, 826 F.2d 12 (5th Cir.1987); Gross v. Black & Decker (U.S.), Inc., 695 F.2d 858 (5th Cir. 1983).
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ISLN
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903253237
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