Kevin Sharp

(615) 425-7111 Office

Skype contact:  civilrightslaw

ksharp@dsattorneys.com

EXPERIENCE

2003 - present     Shareholder, Drescher & Sharp, P.C., Nashville, TN

  • Founding member
  • Primary practice representing individuals in federal and state court litigation.
  • Typical litigation involves prosecuting federal and state discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims as well as public accommodation actions under the Americans with Disabilities Act and retirement and welfare benefit claims under ERISA.  Involved in the prosecution of qui tam claims and regularly represent individuals and small businesses in contract negotiations, personnel matters and business dispute.  

1997 – 2003        Partner, Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree, P.A., Nashville, TN

  • Member, Litigation Section
  • Co-chair, Employment Law Practice Group
  • Primary practice representing businesses in federal and state litigation and general business matters.

1996 – 1997        Attorney, U.S. Congressional Office of Compliance, Washington, D.C.

  • Primary responsibilities over public accommodation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Occupational Safety & Health and Labor – Management Relations investigations and enforcement.
  • Conducted Capitol Hill inspections and assisted drafting congressional reports on ADA and OSH Act compliance by legislative branch.
  • Drafted initial ADA Title II and Title III regulations as applied to Congress under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.

1993 – 1996        Associate, Stokes & Bartholomew, P.A., Nashville, TN

  • Primary practice in federal and state court litigation. 

1982 – 1986        Petty Officer, United States Navy, Barbers Point, HI

  • Patrol Squadron 17
  • P-3 Orion crew member operating in reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capacity as part of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet
  • Air Crew Candidate School, Pensacola, FL
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training, San Diego, CA
  • Completed two deployments in The Republic of the Philippines with Detachments to Alaska, Japan, Thailand, Okinawa, and Diego Garcia

EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN

  • Doctorate of Jurisprudence (1993)
  • Associate Problem Editor, Vanderbilt Moot Court Board
  • Recipient, Appellate Advocacy Award
  • Weldon B. White Scholar
  • Research assistant to Professor Barry Friedman on issues of constitutional law and habeas corpus, and assisted on Professor Friedman’s article Pas de Deux:  The Supreme Court and the Habeas Courts, 66 S. Cal. L. Rev., 2467 (1993)

Christian Brothers College, Memphis, TN

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude (1990)
  • Concentration in Business Management
  • Graduated # 1 in class (4.0 G.P.A.)
  • Recipient, Alumni Academic Achievement Award (presented to student with the highest cumulative G.P.A.)
  • Recipient, Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key (presented to Business School student with highest G.P.A.)
  • Recipient, Certificate of Excellence in Management

ACTIVITIES

  • Licensed, Tennessee (1993)
  • Admitted, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee (1994)
  • Admitted, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee (2003)
  • Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1994)
  • Member, American Bar Association

Section of Litigation
Section of Labor & Employment
Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee
Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee
Former Member Labor & Employment Law Section Mentoring program

  • Member, Tennessee Bar Association

Member, Labor & Employment Law Section
Member, Disability Law Section
Member, Federal Practice Section
Member, Access to Justice Committee
Middle Tennessee Delegate to Section’s 2006 Executive Council

  • Member, Nashville Bar Association

Employment & Civil Rights Committee
Ethics & Professionalism Committee
Federal Court Committee

  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2010)
  • Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation (2003)
  • Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class (2005)
  • Member, NELA, National Employment Lawyers Association (Advocates for Employee Rights)
  • Former board member, Tennessee Supreme Court Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (2004 – 2009)
  • Disciplinary Hearing Committee Member, TBPR (2000 – 2006)
  • Special Disciplinary Counsel to Tennessee Supreme Court (2001)
  • Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar (2003, 2005-2009
  • “Mid-South Super Lawyers” (2007 - 2010)
  • Best Lawyers in America (2008 - 2010)
  • Included in Corporate Counsel magazine’s feature The 2009 Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Labor and Employment Law
  • Awarded “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
  • Former president, ALS Association, Tennessee Chapter (nonprofit organization dedicated to serving patients and families living with Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
  • Volunteer Counsel, Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund (2005 – present)
  • Former board member (2001-2004) and legal counsel (1994-2004), Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley
  • Lineal Descendant Member, 6th Marine Division Association