

- Managing Partner
Betsy J. Beck is an experienced litigator and focuses her practice on Employment and Labor law. She takes a proactive approach to employment issues, from policy drafting and training to daily advice on handling complaints and litigation, and strives to answer time-sensitive employment related questions as quickly as possible.
She advises and represents employers on a broad range of employment and labor law matters arising under state and federal law. Her clients are from a wide range of industries, from quick-serve restaurants to non-profit organizations.
Ms. Beck has developed, maintained and revised affirmative action plans for several large employers in East Tennessee.
She represents and advises employer on matters involving:
- Discrimination
- Harassment
- Retaliation
- Wage and hour regulations and audits
- Employee medical leave issues
- Employee handbooks
- Substance abuse policies
She also frequently develops and presents on-site training programs to her clients on various topics, including:
- Harassment
- Drug and alcohol awareness
- Litigation avoidance
- Employee disabilities and medical leaves
- Hiring and Employee Management
Areas Of Practice
- Employment and Labor Law
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee
- J.D. - 2003
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Tennessee
- B.S. - 2000
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: Business Administration
Classes/Seminars
- Accommodating the Big 3: Disability, Pregnancy & Religion, and Managing Leave Under Each, 2015 to 2015
- Blurred Lines: Off Duty Misconduct, 2014 to 2014
- Retaliation: Managing Employers' #1 Risk (and Jurors' Favorite Claims), 2013 to 2013
- Reasonable Accommodation: The New ADA Focus, 2012 to 2012
- Workplace Investigations: Getting it Right, 2011 to 2011
- Promises, Promises: Statements that Come Back to Bite You - Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville, 2010 to 2010
- FMLA, ADA and Paid Leave Update - Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville, 2009 to 2009
- Advanced Employment Law: Working Through Common Problems - FMLA - National Business Institute, Knoxville, 2009 to 2009
- Advanced Employment Law: Working Through Common Problems - FLSA - National Business Institute, Knoxville, 2009 to 2009
- Family and Medical Leave: Statutory Amendments and Looming Regulatory Changes - Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville, 2008 to 2008
- Separation Agreements - Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Seminar, Knoxville, 2007 to 2007
Honors and Awards
- City View - Top Attorney Award for Labor & Employment
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2018
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Knoxville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Inns of Court, Hamilton Burnett Chapter, Member
- Member of the Junior League of Knoxville