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Judge Kevin Sharp - Nashville, TN
611 Commerce StreetSuite 3100 Nashville, TN 37203
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Updated: 02/10/2025
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About Judge Kevin Sharp
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Employment & Labor Law
Current Employment Position(s)
- Co-Vice Chairman
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Fellow)
- Napier-Looby Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- Nashville Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Nashville Bar Association (Member)
- Tennessee Bar Association (Member)
- Federal Bar Association (Member)
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) (Member)
- Tennessee Supreme Court Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, 2004 - 2009 (Board Member)
- TBPR Disciplinary Hearing Committee, 2000 - 2006 (Member)
- Special Disciplinary Counsel to the Tennessee Supreme Court, 2001
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee
J.D. - Christian Brothers College
B.S.
Honors: summa cum laude
Past Positions
- Drescher & Sharp, P.C., Nashville, TN, Shareholder, 2003 - 2011
- Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree, P.A., Nashville, TN - Member, Litigation Section; Co-Chair, Employment Law Group, 1997 - 2003
- Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree, P.A., Nashville, TN, Associate Litigation, Federal and State, 1993 - 1996
Pro Bono Activities
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee - Chief Judge, October 2014 to April 2017; Judge, May 2011 to September 2014
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee - Chief Judge, October 2014 to April 2017; Judge, May 2011 to September 2014
- U.S. Congressional Office of Compliance, Attorney, Washington, D.C., 1996 - 1997
- United States Navy, Petty Officer, Patrol Squadron 17, Barbers Point, HI, 1982 - 1986
- Former president, ALS Association, Tennessee Chapter
- Volunteer Counsel, Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund, 2005 - 2010
- Former board member (2001-2004) and legal counsel (1994-2004), Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Judge Kevin Sharp
Honors
- Member, National Trial Lawyers Top 100 - Civil Plaintiff
- Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class, 2005
- Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star – South in the practice area of Labor & Employment, 2018 - 2021
- South Trailblazer, The American Lawyer, 2021
- Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyer, 2020 - 2021
- Attorney for Justice, the Tennessee Supreme Court, 2019
- Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar, 2003, 2005-2009
- “Mid-South Super Lawyers”, 2007 - 2010
- Best Lawyers in America – Recognized for work in the field of “Employment Law - Individuals”, 2008–2010 and 2020-22
- Included in Corporate Counsel magazine’s feature The 2009 Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Labor and Employment Law
- Awarded “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
Office Information
Address
611 Commerce StreetSuite 3100 Nashville, TN 37203
Phone
Fax
- 615-434-7020
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5:30PM
Publication
Representative Cases
- United States of America ex rel. Derrick v. Hoffman-La Roche LTD et al.
- U.S. ex. Rel Duquoin Burgess v. Navistar
- Young v. Giles County Board of Education
- Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, Inc.
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