Crutcher, R. Pepper Jr.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

R. PEPPER CRUTCHER, JR. is a counselor to and advocate for businesses and entrepreneurs in the Southeastern United States. His counseling and planning work relates principally to human resources policies and practices, including non-judicial conflict resolution. His litigation practice mixes employment matters with other complex and class action work, including consolidated, multi-district litigation. Mr. Crutcher also helps producers, writers and actors understand and overcome entertainment law challenges. Mr. Crutcher has recently defended clients in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower investigations, Wage & Hour (FLSA) collective actions, race, sex and age discrimination suits, non-competition covenant and tortious interference disputes, lender liability, sex harrassment and pharmaceutical defect class claims, antitrust (group boycott) litigation, and software design defect litigation.

Mr. Crutcher has been rated "AV" by Martindale Hubbell and since 2004 has been been selected to be included in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business: The Client's Guide (Employment, Mississippi). He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Intellectual Property Law and Labor & Employment Law.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Business Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Safety & Health

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1986
• Louisiana, 1982
• Texas, 2008
• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Mississippi Bar, Section of Labor & Employment Law, 1996 - 1997 (Chairman)
• American Bar Association (Committee on Individual Employee Rights & Responsibilities)
• Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies (Vice Chairman of the Labor & Employment Practice Group)
• Federalist Society of Mississippi (Chairman)
• Fifth Circuit Bar Association
• The Mississippi Lawyer (Former Editor)

Honors and Awards

• "AV" by Martindale Hubbell, 2004 - Present
• Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business: The Client's Guide

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1982
  J.D.
• University of Mississippi, Mississippi, 1979
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• “Overcoming Mississippi’s Common Law Hostility to Arbitration", Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies, 2003
• “Constructive Discharge: What It Is, And What It Isn’t, In Mississippi Employment Law”, Fall, 2001
• Mississippi Employment Law Practice Handbook -- “An Overview of Mississippi Labor & Employment Law”, University of Mississippi, 1999
• 50-State Survey of Privacy Rights, Mississippi Chapter, Libel Defense Resource Center
• “Disability Law and Employer Policies In Mississippi”, Spring, 1993

Address

401 East Capitol Street
Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39201-2608

Phones

(601) 965-8158

Faxes

(601) 961-4466

Emails

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Websites

http://www.balch.com