Kanette Keough-Rodgers recently took over as president/CEO of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce after the chamber’s transition team selected her from more than 170 candidates.

In her new role, Rodgers is responsible for retaining and expanding chamber membership by ensuring members receive relevant, responsive and timely services, initiatives, programs and events. She is also responsible for forging and sustaining relationships with community, government and educational institutions.

2. Staying Out of the Frying Pan - Monday, January 6, 2014

Last year, the whole country watched as celebrity chef Paula Deen found herself in the frying pan of bad publicity and damaging legal action. Now that the fire has more or less cooled, what lessons can employers and human resources professionals learn from what happened?

3. Meadows Appointed to State Dentistry Board - Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Dr. Dan T. Meadows has been appointed to the Tennessee Board of Dentistry by Gov. Bill Haslam. Meadows, who has a private practice on Walnut Grove Road, will serve as the Rotating Dentist member through June 2016.

4. Fisher Joins Boy Scouts Chickasaw Council as CEO - Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Richard L. Fisher has joined the Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America as chief executive officer. In his new role, Fisher will extend character development and leadership skills to youth who live in the Chickasaw Council territory, which includes the Mississippi Delta, Memphis, and Shelby and Crittenden counties.

5. Local Employers Get Reprieve With Affordable Care Act Delay - Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Obama Administration’s decision to delay until 2015 a key requirement of the Affordable Care Act that larger businesses offer health insurance will temporarily give businesses in Memphis and elsewhere in the nation a reprieve.

6. Attorneys Busy With Nuances of US Health Care Reform - Saturday, June 29, 2013

Most businesses are well aware of key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, like the mandate for larger employers to provide health care insurance coverage to employees.

But attorneys are busy at work on some of the lesser-known aspects of the new health care law.

7. Weintraub Continues Family Tradition at Fisher & Phillips - Thursday, August 2, 2012

Jeff Weintraub is among what might be one of the few third-generation lawyer families in Memphis.

His father Sam made a name for himself in labor and employment law in this area after coming out of World War II. He attended Georgetown and then was sent to Memphis by the National Labor Relations Board to open a field office before leaving that to start his own firm.

8. Cowart Finds Perfect Fit At Fisher & Phillips - Thursday, June 28, 2012

Craig Cowart, a partner in the Memphis office of Fisher & Phillips LLP, joined the firm’s local office after it opened here in January.

9. Chamberlain Joins MBI - Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Jessica Chamberlain has joined MBI as a workspace consultant.

Hometown: Arlington, Tenn.

10. Fisher & Phillips Law Firm Opens Memphis Office - Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, has opened an office in Memphis.

11. Homegrown Law Firm Goes Big Time Thanks to Merger - Thursday, June 28, 2007

One of the largest labor and employment law firms in the country now has a presence in Memphis thanks to a homegrown firm with ties to the Bluff City that goes back 20 years. Effective Sunday, the Memphis firm of Lewis Fisher Henderson & Claxton LLP will join with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, the nation's third-largest labor and employment law firm.

12. Ogletree Deakins OpensTwo Mid-South Law Offices - Wednesday, June 20, 2007
     Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Steward PC, the third-largest labor and employment law firm in the country, has announced plans to open new offices in Memphis and Jackson, Miss. The firm will be joined by Memphis-based

13. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Archer/Malmo made the following additions to its staff

Archer/Malmo made the following additions to its staff.

Gary Bridgman has joined the agency as public relations account executive. He was a member of International Paper Corporate Communic...