Kevin H. Sharp
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in Nashville, Tennessee
Practice Areas:
Employment & labor,
Employee benefits,
Civil rights,
Employment litigation,
Discrimination,
Employment law - employee,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful termination
Education Qualification:
Vanderbilt University Law School
Practice Areas:
Employment & labor,
Employee benefits,
Civil rights,
Employment litigation,
Discrimination,
Employment law - employee,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful termination
611 Commerce Street Suite 3100Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
First Admitted: 1993, Tennessee
Professional Webpage: https://www.sanfordheisler.com/team/judge-kevin-sharp/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Former member, TN Board of Professional Responsibility Disciplinary Hearing Committee
- Former board member (2001-2004) and legal counsel (1994-2004), Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley
- Volunteer Counsel, Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund, 2005-2010
- Former president, ALS Association, Tennessee Chapter (nonprofit organization dedicated to serving patients and families living with Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- Special Disciplinary Counsel to the Tennessee Supreme Court, 2001
- Member, TBPR Disciplinary Hearing Committee, 2000-2006
- Board member, Tennessee Supreme Court Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, 2004-2009
- Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class, 2005
- Member, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Tennessee Bar Association
- Member, Nashville Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Napier-Looby Bar Foundation
- Sustaining Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Tennessee, 1993
- Board member, TN Supreme Court Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- United States of America ex rel. Derrick v. Hoffman-La Roche LTD et al.
- U.S. ex. Rel Duquoin Burgess v. Navistar
Videos:
- Judge Sharp is the Managing Partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp’s Nashville office. He joined Sanford Heisler Sharp after serving as a judge on the U.S District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee from May 2011 through April 2017, serving from 2014 to 2017 as the Court’s Chief Judge., Meet Nashville Managing Partner Kevin Sharp
Representative Clients:
- Judge Sharp is co-counsel for the plaintiff class in Snyder v. UnitedHealth Group, et al., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The Complaint, filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") on behalf of a class of some 150,000 individuals, alleges that the health insurance giant UnitedHealth breached its fiduciary duties under ERISA by failing to remove the Wells Fargo Suite, one of the worst-performing target date fund options on the market, from its employee 401(k) plan, costing the plaintiffs millions in retirement savings. The Complaint further alleges that UnitedHealth's Chief Financial Officer and executive leadership personally intervened to keep the poorly performing Wells Fargo Suite on the plan because Wells Fargo was a critical customer and financier for UnitedHealth. The Court, having certified the class action, has ordered the case to trial. , 2024
- Judge Sharp has been litigating on behalf of over 60 local governments in Virginia in their claims against dozens of the largest companies in the opioid supply chain, including drugmakers such as Purdue Pharma, drug distributors such as McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, retail pharmacies such as CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart, and pharmacy benefit managers such as Express Scripts, Optum Rx, and CVS/Caremark. In addition to representing municipalities in the multi-district litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation), Judge Sharp is representing The City of Martinsville, Virginia, in Martinsville Circuit Court against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) for their role in creating the public health emergency caused by prescription opioids. , 2024
Pro bono/Community Service:
- President, ALS Association Tennessee Chapter
Honors/Awards:
- Mid-South Super Lawyers: Employment & Labor, Super Lawyers, 2023
- 2023 Distinguished Leader, ALM/Law.com Southeastern Legal Awards, https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2023/06/19/distinguished-leaders-kevin-sharp/?slreturn=20240219175637, 2023
- https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2023-07-28-the-2023-lawdragon-500-leading-civil-rights-plaintiff-employment-lawyers , Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
- Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America
- Listed in Who’s Who in American Law in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
- Awarded “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Included in Corporate Counsel magazine’s feature The 2009 Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Labor and Employment Law
- Best Lawyers in America – Recognized for work in the field of “Employment Law - Individuals”,
- “Mid-South Super Lawyers” (2007 – 2010)
- “Mid-South Super Lawyers” (2007 – 2010)
- Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar (2003, 2005-2009)
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Tennessee
- Attorney for Justice, the Tennessee Supreme Court, 2019
- Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyer, 2020-22
- South Trailblazer, The American Lawyer, 2021
- Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star – South in the practice area of Labor & Employment, 2021
- Labor & Employment Star - South, Benchmark Litigation, 2020
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyer, Lawdragon, 2020
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
- Labor & Employment Star - South in the practice area of Labor & Employment, Benchmark Litigation, 2019
- Attorney for Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 2019
- Labor & Employment Star - South in the practice area of Labor & Employment, Benchmark Litigation, 2018
Educational Background:
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Christian Brothers College, summa cum laude, 1990
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Voted by peers to Nashville Business Journal's Best of the Bar (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
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