John C. "Jack" Burgin, Jr.

Jack Burgin has a diverse legal practice, primarily advising and defending employers on a variety of labor and employee benefit related topics and on representing and advising government contractors about costs and labor issues. Jack's advice and litigation practice focuses on

• Representing and advising employers on all types of employment discrimination issues, including questions relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Representing and advising plan administrators and plan sponsors on creating and complying with welfare benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").
• Representing and advising employers on a variety of retaliation claims, including claims filed with the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Part 24, and under the False Claims Act.
• Representing and advising a variety of employers on workforce restructuring issues, including voluntary and involuntary reductions in force, defending litigation arising from reduction in force decisions, and on compliance with Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program requirements.
• Representing and advising government contractors on Davis Bacon Act and Service Contract Act compliance.

Before joining Kramer Rayson, Jack graduated with honors from The University of Tennessee College of Law (1989), and then clerked for the Honorable Gary R. Wade, then Judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.

From 2001 to 2011 and 2017 to the present, Jack served as the president and then chair of the Board of Directors for Appalachian Bear Rescue, an organization devoted to helping injured and orphaned black bear cubs return to the wild. He also served two terms on the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, serving as Chair of the Commission in 2011. He is an avid amateur photographer and enjoys traveling and hiking with his wife, Catherine. Jack currently serves on the Board of Directors for Federal Defender Services of East Tennessee and previously served on the board of directors for the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.