Bryce E. Fitzgerald

Meet Bryce E. Fitzgerald

Bryce helps employers, health care providers, and businesses solve high-stakes disputes and regulatory problems — efficiently, strategically, and with an eye toward the outcome that matters most. His practice focuses on employment litigation (including wage-and-hour and discrimination matters), restrictive covenant and trade secret disputes, health care regulatory and Certificate of Need (CON) matters, and complex business litigation in state and federal court across
Tennessee and beyond.

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What clients can expect: practical advice, crisp communication and thorough preparation from day one — whether the best path is early resolution, a preliminary injunction, summary judgment, or appeal.
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In his spare time, Bryce loves spending time with his wife and two sons, traveling, playing soccer and golf, Tennessee Volunteers football, and enjoying a good meal.

• Employment
• Government
• Estates
• Health Care
• Employment & Labor Litigation (Management-Side)
  
  • Wage-and-hour (FLSA) disputes and collective actions
  • Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims (Title VII, ADA,
    ADEA, FMLA, and related state-law claims)
  • Employee separations, investigations, and litigation risk counseling
  • Employee handbooks, policy compliance, and litigation risk
    counseling
• Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets & Business Disputes
  
  • Non-compete / non-solicitation disputes
  • Temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions
  • Contract disputes involving executive departures and competitive
    moves
• Health Care Regulatory & Certificate of Need (CON)
  
  • Certificate of Need (CON) strategy, proceedings, and related litigation
  • Health care licensing, operational/regulatory matters, and
    administrative appeals

• Commercial & Appellate Litigation
  
  • Complex business disputes in state and federal court
  • Appeals, including matters in the Sixth Circuit
  • General civil litigation

• Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

• Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., 2014)
  • Honors: cum laude: Recipient of the Ross L. Malone Honor Scholarship

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (B.A., 2011)
  • B.A. - 2011
  • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Major: Philosophy: Political Science, Spanish

• Acad. of Allergy & Asthma in Primary Care v. Amerigroup Tennessee, Inc., 155 F.4th 795, 801 (6th Cir. 2025)
  
  • United Biologics, LLC v. Amerigroup Tennessee, Inc., No. 3:19-CV-180, 2024 WL 770640, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. Jan. 18, 2024)
  • United Biologics, LLC v. Amerigroup Tennessee, Inc., No. 3:19-CV-180,
    2022 WL 22897162, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. Jan. 27, 2022)
• Rubenstein v. Am. Acad. of Actuaries, No. 23-5738, 2024 WL 3861745, at *2 (6th Cir. Apr. 12, 2024)
  
  • Rubenstein v. Am. Acad. of Actuaries, No. 1:23-CV-96, 2023 WL 4568506, at *8 (E.D. Tenn. July 17, 2023)
• Wright v. Cellular Sales Mgmt. Grp., LLC, 793 F. App'x 409, 412 (6th Cir. 2019)
  
  • Wright v. Cellular Sales Mgmt. Grp., LLC, No. 3:17-CV-324, 2019 WL 13242034, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 20, 2019)
• Sifuna v. S. Coll. of Tennessee, Inc., No. 17-5660, 2018 WL 3005814, at *1 (6th Cir. Apr. 5, 2018)
  
  • Sifuna v. S. Coll. of Tennessee, Inc., No. 3:14-CV-00515, 2017 WL 2062878, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. May 12, 2017)
  • Sifuna v. Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Educ., No. 17 CV 0028, 2017 WL 5891224, at *1 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 28, 2017)
• Erickson v. Fahrmeier, No. 3:17-CV-518, 2019 WL 1177969, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 13, 2019)
• Iysheh v. Cellular Sales of Tennessee, LLC, No. 3:17-CV-542, 2018 WL 2207122, at *1 (E.D. Tenn. May 14, 2018)
• Sepulveda v. Farmers Home Furniture, No. 2:22-CV-00153-DCLC-CRW, 2023 WL 12218658, at *4 (E.D. Tenn. July 17, 2023)
• Carlisle v. Staffing Sols. Se., Inc., No. 1:16-CV-00334, 2017 WL 2274995, at *4 (E.D. Tenn. May 24, 2017)

• "Employees Shielded from Social Media Backlash", Greater Knoxville Business Journal, December 2015, by John E. Winters and Bryce E. Fitzgerald

• Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye: The End of the Employment Relationship, Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Conference (November 2016)
• Managing Employee Cyber-Security Risks, Kramer Rayson LLP Employment Law Conference (November 2019).

• The Best Lawyers in America® (2026): Employment Law – Management
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® (2021–2025):
• Health Care Law (2021-2025)
• Labor & Employment Law – Management (2022-2025)
• Litigation – Labor & Employment (2021-2025)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2018–2025)
• CityView Top Attorneys (2021-2025):
  
  • Federal Court Practice (2021–2022)
  • Health Care Law (2022, 2023, 2025)

• Fellow, Knoxville Bar Foundation
• Certified, American Inns of Court National Advocacy Training Program
• Recipient of full tuition Ross L. Malone Honor Scholarship at Washington &
  Lee University School of Law

• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Knoxville Bar Association
• American Inns of Court, Hamilton Burnett
• Knoxville Bar Foundation

• Phi Delta Phi

• Elliott Lawson & Minor P.C., Summer Associate
• Community Legal Practice Center, Student Attorney