"The oft shouted admonition of my defensive backfield college football coach -- 'If you don't know what to do, stand still, study your keys, and figure out what you need to do instead of running around like a chicken without a head'-- has served me well, especially off the football field."

-- Jimmy Nolan, Labor Lawyer

James N. Nolan has thirty (30) years experience representing employers in all phases of the employment relationship including collective bargaining, union avoidance, arbitration of employment disputes, claims of discrimination and wrongful termination, wage and hour compliance and workers’ compensation. He has represented clients engaged in diverse industries such as steel, coal, equipment manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare and financial services. He has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” for more than ten (10) years.

Publications/Presentations

Frequent speaker in the areas of labor and employment law. Speaking engagements include:

• Employee Discharge and Documentation: How Not to Become a Defendant (National Business Institute 1999, 2000, 2007 and Lorman Education Services 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
• Basic Wage and Hour Law in Alabama (National Business Institute 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004)
• Alabama Personnel Law Update (Council on Education in Management 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
• Workers’ Comp 101: A Guide to Managing Workers’ Comp Claims (Council on Education in Management 2003)
• Writing the Employee Handbook in Alabama (Lorman Education Services 1998, 1999)
• Alabama Labor and Employment Law (National Business Institute 1996, 1998, 2004)
• Workers’ Compensation Hearings: Techniques and Strategies for Success (National Business Institute 2007)
• Defending Wrongful Discharge Claims (National Business Institute 2007)
• Human Resource Law Update (National Business Institute 2008)

Awards & Recognition

• James Nolan has been recognized in the publication, Best Lawyers in America
• Alabama Super Lawyers

Professional Activities/Associations

• Alabama and Georgia State Bar Associations
• Bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Courts of Appeal for the 11th and 5th Circuits, and the Federal Districts in Alabama and Georgia