Mark M. Lawson - a Bristol, United States Commercial Litigation Lawyer

Bristol Commercial Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Commercial Litigation 50%
Commercial Transactions 15%
Governmental Entities and Boards 10%
Labor and Employment Law 25%

Litigation: 75%

Attorney Information

Overview

Mr. Lawson's practice of over 45 years includes traditional labor law practice, employment law litigation, and transactional work for business and industry, including municipal government entities and boards. He was instrumental in establishing the firm's labor and employment law practice. He has appeared before state and federal courts and agencies, including those outside the Tri-Cities (Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City) regional area.

Mr. Lawson has substantial experience before the National Labor Relations Board, and he represents management in union organizing campaigns and collective bargaining. He has appeared in appellate courts on numerous occasions and he is admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Lawson has been active in establishing and maintaining the firm's Employment Lines seminar series and newsletter.

Mr. Lawson has regularly represented clients in business transactions, including acquisition/disposition of assets and entities. He also has worked regularly with various municipal entities and boards dealing with intergovernmental and constituent matters, financings, condemnation, and personnel issues.

Mr. Lawson has been deeply involved in the Bristol Community for many years, and he has served on numerous organizational boards including Girls, Inc., Sullins Academy, Bristol Family YMCA, Theatre Bristol, and Kingsport Theatre Guild. He is active in his church, Christian Science Society of Bristol, Tennessee.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Mark M. Lawson included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

"Super Lawyer" in Employment and Labor Law, by Law & Politics Magazine, 2006-2010
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated (5 of 5)-Labor and Employment Law-Martindale Hubbell Law Directory

Other Sources of Feedback About Mark M. Lawson

Included on the 2009 Virginia Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2007 Virginia Super Lawyers list
2006 Virginia Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 1976
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
Non Legal Education
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June, 1973
  B.A.
  Major: English
- The Principia, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, June, 1969
  College Preparatory

Current Employment Position(s)

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Of Counsel
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Past Positions

White Elliott & Bundy, Associate, 1976 - 1979
White Elliott & Bundy, Shareholder/Managing Shareholder, 1980 - 1994
Elliott Lawson & Pomrenke, Shareholder, 1994 - 2003

References

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Wachovia Bank
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Highlands Union Bank
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Classes and Seminars

"Employment Lines Seminar", Elliott Lawson & Minor, 1976 - Present

Representative Clients

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Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.
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Hapco/American Flagpole
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Penn-Virginia Corporation
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Sandvik Rock Tools, Inc.
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Rosedale Therapeutics, Inc.
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Prime Choice Foods, Inc.
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King College
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WCYB TV-5
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Steel Fab
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Tri City Extrusion
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Barter Theatre
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Washington County Service Authority
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Representative Cases

Jamison v. Wiley
- Citation: 14 F.3d 222
- Court: C.A. 4
- Year: 1994
- Serial Number: 1994026325
Harrison v. KVAT Food Management, Inc.
- Citation: 766 F.2d 155
- Court: C.A.4 (Va.)
- Year: 1985
- Serial Number: 1985133715
Ramar Coal Co., Inc. v. International Union, United Mine Workers of America
- Citation: 814 F.Supp. 502
- Court: W.D. Va.
- Year: 1993
- Serial Number: 1993054146
McGlothlin v. Connors
- Citation: 142 F.R.D. 626
- Court: W.D. Va.
- Year: 1992
- Serial Number: 1992101150
Keen Mountain Const. Co., Inc. v. Chambers
- Citation: 481 F.Supp. 532
- Court: W.D. Va.
- Year: 1979
- Serial Number: 1979137806
Ramar Coal Co.
- Citation: 303 NLRB 604
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1991
- Serial Number: 1991214324
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
- Citation: 301 NLRB 1008
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1991
- Serial Number: 1991214235
Coppinger-Machinery Service
- Citation: 279 NLRB 609
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1986
- Serial Number: 1986015833
Westbury Coal Min. Partnership v. J.S. & K. Coal Corp.
- Citation: 355 S.E.2d 571
- Court: Va.
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1987053778
Williamson Piggly Wiggly
- Citation: 1986 WL 53957
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1986
- Serial Number: 1986015991
Barbara George, Inc.
- Citation: 1984 WL 37102
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1984
- Serial Number: 1984020928
Baker Mine Services, Inc.
- Citation: 1986 WL 53777
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1986
- Serial Number: 1986015833
Nicholas County Health Care Center, Inc.
- Citation: 331 NLRB No. 122
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000473435
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc.
- Citation: 332 NLRB No. 19
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000534551
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc.
- Citation: 332 NLRB No. 20
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000553736
Williamson Piggly Wiggly v. NLRB
- Citation: 827 F.2d 1098
- Court: C.A. 6
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1987108192
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc.
- Citation: 2000 WL 1390484
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000534551
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc.
- Citation: 2000 WL 1449841
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000553736
Nicholas County Health Care Center, Inc.
- Citation: 2000 WL 1143591
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000473435
Double A Coal Co., Inc. et al
- Citation: 307 NLRB 689
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1992
- Serial Number: 1992227715
Shenandoah Coal Company
- Citation: 305 NLRB 1071
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1992
- Serial Number: 1992227381
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc.
- Citation: 291 NLRB 693
- Court: NLRB
- Year: 1988
- Serial Number: 1988172345
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc. v. NLRB
- Citation: 2001 WL 672063
- Court: C.A. 4
- Year: 2001
- Serial Number: 2001518647
NLRB v. Double A Coal Co., Inc.
- Citation: 17 F.3d 1434
- Court: C.A. 4
- Year: 1994
- Serial Number: 1994048407
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. NLRB
- Citation: 953 F.2d 638
- Court: C.A. 4
- Year: 1992
- Serial Number: 1992024231
Mid-Mountain Foods, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Citation: 2001 WL 1355192
- Court: D.C.Cir.
- Serial Number: 2001913539
Collins v. Summers Hardware & Supply Company
- Citation: 88 S.W.3d 192
- Court: Tenn. Ct. App.
- Year: 2002
- Serial Number: 2002211878
Trail v. Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.
- Citation: 2020 WL 104681
- Court: W.D. Va.
- Year: 2020
- Serial Number: 104681

Published Works

Articles

"Employment Lines Seminar" Workbooks, Elliott Lawson & Minor
"Business Lines" Newsletter, Elliott Lawson & Minor

Bar Admissions

Virginia, 1976
Tennessee, 1994
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1986
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Other Affiliations

Virginia State Bar, 1976 - Present (Member)
Tennessee Bar Association, 1994 - Present (Member)
Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM), 2004 - Present (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

Phi Delta Phi
Kappa Alpha Order

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Bristol, VA 24201

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