Donald Wes Sullenger

Over twenty years experience handling employment law and civil rights matters. My practice began representing large employers in defending such claims but, since 2007, I have represented both employees (or former employees) who have been victims of discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, unpaid overtime and wages, and other employment law matters and small employers wrongly accused of misconduct. I have successfully tried cases before juries and prevailed in the appellate courts. My main focus is always on doing my best to represent my client's interest, whether that is trial, settlement, appeal, etc.

Illinois

Since 2011

Kentucky

Since 2007

Tennessee

Since 2001

6th Circuit

Since 2009

Managing Member

Sullenger Law Office, PLLC

2006 - Current

Representing employees (or former employees) in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, and illegal termination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, etc. as well as wage theft due to unpaid overtime wages and misclassification as exempt from overtime.

Assistant Professor

American Justice School of Law

2005 - 2006

Professor of Contracts and Legal Writing.

Associate Attorney

King & Ballow Law Offices

2002 - 2005

All facets of employment and commercial litigation representing management. Focused on wage and hour law; discrimination law; First Amendment speech cases; and enforcement of non-competition agreements and protection of trade secrets. Also prepared and presented numerous seminars on wage and hour laws under federal, Tennessee, and Kentucky law, including an update of the law and the impact of the 2004 revisions to the white collar exemption regulations. Editor of Employment Law Comment newsletter.

Judicial Clerk to Judge William C. Koch, Jr.

Tennessee Court of Appeals

2001 - 2002

Assisted Judge Koch in deciding cases and drafting opinions.

University of Louisville

B.A. (1998) | History, Political Science

1995 - 1998

Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Woodcock Society; Golden Key National Honor Society; Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society; Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

J.D. (1998) | Law

1998 - 2001

Honors: High Honors; Order of the Coif; Who’s Who Among American Law Students, 2001; Graded on to Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property, 1999-2000; Dean’s List; Certificate in Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Certified Mediator by the Center for Conflict Resolution of Chicago, IL; CALI Awards for highest grade in Pre-Trial Litigation and First Amendment

Illinois State Bar Association

Member

2018 - Current

Kentucky Bar Association

Member

2007 - Current

American Bar Association

2001 - Current

Tennessee Bar Association

2001 - Current

Silencing the Blogosphere: A First Amendment Caution to Legislators Considering Using Internet Blogs to Communicate Directly With Constituents

American Society of Legislative Clerks & Secretaries – National Conference of State Legislatures

2007

Silencing the Blogosphere: A First Amendment Caution to Legislators Considering Using Internet Blogs to Communicate Directly With Constituents

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

2007

The Pitfalls of Prescription Drugs: What To Do When You Think An Employee Is Addicted, An Address to the Four Rivers Society for Human Resource Management

September 25, 2007

Burning the Flag: A Conservative Defense of Radical Speech and Why It Matters Now

University of Louisville Brandeis Law Journal

2005

Only We Can Save You: Why and When Non-Consumer Businesses Have Standing to Sue Business Competitors Under The Tennessee Consumer Protection Act

University of Memphis Law Review

2005