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GEORGE E. BARRETT

FOUNDING PARTNER

gbarrett@barrettjohnston.com

Practices labor law, government law, labor arbitration, labor mediation, collective bargaining, civil rights, civil liberties, constitutional law, municipal law, and civil litigation.
EDUCATION

1957 – Vanderbilt University - JD

1953 – Oxford University, England – Diploma in Economics and Politics

1952 – Spring Hill College – BSS

ADMISSIONS

1957 – Tennessee Bar

1991 – U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1960-1961 – President, Tennessee Council on Human Relations

1960-1966 – Secretary, Tennessee Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

1964-1965 – Deputy Public Defender

1964-1966 – Member: Governor's Commission on Human Relations

1966-1967 – Tax-Study Commission, State of Tennessee

1973-1974 – Governor's Task Force on Workman's Compensation, State of Tennessee

1975-1978 – Advisory Commission to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee on the Rules of Civil Procedure

1985 – Chairperson, Selection Committee for U.S. Magistrate, Middle District of Tennessee

1990-1992 – Tennessee Supreme Court Commission to Study Appellate Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member)

U.S. Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee

Member – Nashville Bar Association

Member – Tennessee Bar Association

Member – American Bar Association

Member – Alpha Sigma Nu

Member – Phi Delta Phi