CONTACT INFORMATION:

E: stift@barrettjohnston.com

P: 615-244-2202

PRACTICE AREAS

Wage & Overtime
Labor & Employment
Civil Rights

of counsel

Scott P. Tift

Scott Tift represents people in civil rights litigation and represents employees in disputes with their employers. Scott also represents labor unions on all variety of union matters.

Civil Rights: Mr. Tift regularly represents individuals whose civil rights have been violated by their employers or by government actors, including in the following lawsuits:

• Mr. Tift represents doctors and patients challenging Tennessee’s abortion ban, and Mr. Tift previously represented clinics challenging Tennessee’s pre-Dobbs abortion restrictions;

• Mr. Tift represents voters challenging the constitutionality of the 2022 State Senate and State House of Representatives district maps;

• Mr. Tift represents voters challenging legislation seeking to require the Metropolitan Council to reduce its number of members from 40 to 20;

• Mr. Tift has successfully represented government employees who were illegally fired because of their political beliefs;

• Mr. Tift has successfully represented individuals challenging the constitutionality of a bail system that results in indigent misdemeanor defendants being jailed solely due to their inability to pay bail; and 

• Mr. Tift successfully represented children and their parents in a Freedom-of-Religion lawsuit against a local public school system.

Illegal Pay Practices: Mr. Tift regularly represents employees whose employers have violated state and federal wage laws, including by being underpaid, by being forced to work off the clock, or by being paid less than other co-workers due to race, gender, or other discriminatory reason.

Union Law: Mr. Tift represents labor unions on behalf of the workers they represent, including the United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995; the Service Employees International Union, Local 205; the Utility Workers Union of America, Local 121; and others.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Tift worked on President Bill Clinton’s scheduling and advance staff.