G. Todd Butler

G. Todd Butler represents clients in matters involving employment, civil rights and appellate issues. In particular, Mr. Butler defends companies and individuals in litigation, including class actions, relating to constitutional law, employment discrimination, wage and hour, wrongful termination, and harassment.

A portion of his practice is dedicated to traditional labor matters, such as defending unfair-labor-practice complaints before the NLRB and arbitrating cases concerning the interpretation of collective-bargaining agreements.

He also defends clients’ rights before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, OSHA, and state unemployment commissions, and provides counsel on workplace policies and compliance.

Mr. Butler teaches courses as an adjunct professor at Mississippi College School of Law and is the immediate past Chairman of the Mississippi Bar’s Appellate Practice Section. He is a member of the Federalist Society and a past editor-in-chief of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers’ Association’s quarterly magazine.

In 2013, he received a Leadership in Law award from the Mississippi Business Journal, and, in 2017, he was named to the Top 10 Class of the “Top 50 Under 40.” Mr. Butler was featured in the third edition of Winning On Appeal: Better Briefs and Oral Argument, a leading appellate practice treatise.

EDUCATION:

• Mississippi College School of Law
  • J.D., summa cum laude, 2008; Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi College Law Review; Moot Court Board
• Mississippi State University
  • B.S., summa cum laude, in Business Administration, 2005

ADMISSIONS:

• Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi

Membership:

• The Mississippi Bar, Appellate Practice Section (Immediate Past Chairman)
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Past Editor-in-Chief, The Quarterly)
• Mississippi College School of Law (Adjunct Professor)
• Federalist Society

Experience:

• Representation of municipalities in cases alleging civil rights violations.
• Representation of police officers in cases alleging civil rights violations.
• Representation of businesses in cases alleging employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
• Representation of non-profit organizations on compliance matters.
• Representation of religious organizations before administrative agencies.