Brent L. Wilson - Partner
bwilson@elarbeethompson.com
(404) 582-8427





Practice Areas
Labor Relations
Labor & Employment Litigation
Employer Counseling, Training & Litigation Prevention
Employment Litigation
Educational Institutions
Communications/Media/Technology Providers
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Education
J.D., University of Georgia; State University of New York at Buffalo, 1976
B.A., cum laude, Morehouse College, 1973

Admitted to Practice
Georgia
Louisiana

Profile
Brent devotes a significant portion of his practice to defending employers in employment-related litigation and representing employers in traditional labor matters including unfair labor practice proceedings, representation cases, arbitration, and collective bargaining. He also proactively counsels employers regarding day-to-day employment decisions to avoid litigation. He works with a variety of employers nationwide, including communications companies, service providers, educational institutions, non-profit groups, public entities, and manufacturing operations. Brent is also a frequent speaker on litigation, employment, and labor relations topics for the Institute on Continuing Legal Education and the Council on Education in Management and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Labor Relations at the Emory University School of Law.

Areas of Practice
Employment Discrimination Litigation
Brent helped successfully defend a large restaurant chain against a claim of sex discrimination by the EEOC. He has also tried numerous cases in the federal and state systems to positive verdicts.

Labor Relations
Brent served as an intern and Field Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board for over three years. He is a member of the ABA Committee for the Development of the Law under the National Labor Relations Act and is a contributing editor to the treatise The Developing Labor Law.

Education Law
Brent represents a variety of elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educational institutions, including large metropolitan school systems, state universities, and charter schools.

Communications Industries
Brent represents a variety of communications clients, including national telecommunications companies, cable systems, newspapers, and television networks.

Professional Associations
National Association of College & University Attorneys
American Bar Association (Labor Relations & Employment, Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections)
Atlanta Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section, Past Chair)
State Bar of Georgia (State Bar Commission on Labor & Employment Laws, Co-Chair)
National Employment Law Council
Phi Alpha Delta
Gate City Bar Association (Executive Committee)
National Association of African Americans in Human Resources
Barrister, American Inns of Court
Atlanta Business League
Society for Human Resource Management
Labor and Employment Relations Association
Minority Corporate Counsel Association

Community Involvement
YMCA (Public Policy Council)
Early Childhood Development Co., Inc. (Board of Directors, Chair, Human Resources Committee)
Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta (Chair, Board of Directors)
St. Jude's Recovery Center, Inc. (Emeritus Board of Directors, Past Chair)
100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. (Board of Directors, Chair, Human Resources Committee)

Public Speaking

Speaker - Lorman Education Services. November 18, 2010. Topic: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 101; Georgia Unemployment Insurance Benefits Eligibility and Disqualification Issues.

Speaker - 7th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference, The Seminar Group. October 14-15, 2010, Atlanta, GA.
Topic: "The Obama Labor Board: Even Without Card-Check Big Changes Are On The Way?"

Speaker - Joint Forum for African American Senior Level Professionals sponsored by Mullings Corporation. Topic: “Obama – One Year Later: The Social, Economic and Professional Effect that an African American U.S. President has had on the Human Resources Profession and in the African American Community in America.”

Awards & Honors
"Man of Influence" in the Atlanta Tribune, Attorney's Corner section
America's Leading Black Lawyers, Black Enterprise Magazine
Outstanding Member 2003, Georgia Diversity Program
Georgia's Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine
Georgia Super Lawyers (Top 100 Vote-Getter)
Who's Who in Black Atlanta
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Chambers USA Leading American Business Lawyers
Who’s Who in American Law 2005
Who's Who Legal: USA, Management Labour & Employment 2006
“Best of the Best”, Diversity & the Bar