John Bode Chattanooga Miller Martin Attorney | Miller & Martin PLLC

John R. Bode

Chattanooga

Office: 423.785.8320 | Fax: 423.321.1507

john.bode@millermartin.com

Practice Areas

Overview
Education
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Overview

John Bode concentrates his practice on labor relations and employment opportunity. For more than three decades, John has served as lead trial counsel in numerous cases before state and federal agencies and courts and the National Labor Relations Board. He has extensive experience representing many prominent national, regional and Tennessee employers in union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining, arbitrations, strikes, decertification petitions, wage and hour and other state and federal audits.
Education
- J.D., University of Richmond, 1985
- B.S., with Distinction, Commerce, University of Virginia, 1982
Involvement
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits
Accolades
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Labor & Employment (Tennessee, Band 3), since 2015
- Mid-South Super Lawyers®, 2007-2008, Since 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America© - Labor & Employment Law since 2016
- Best Lawyers® 2022 Chattanooga "Lawyer of the Year" - Labor & Employment Litigation
- Best Lawyers® 2021 Chattanooga "Lawyer of the Year" - Labor & Employment
- Best Lawyers® 2018 Chattanooga "Lawyer of the Year" - Labor & Employment Litigation
- Best Lawyers® 2017 Chattanooga "Lawyer of the Year" - Labor Law Management
- Best Lawyers® 2013-2014 Chattanooga "Lawyer of the Year" - Labor & Employment
- Martindale-Hubbell - AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
- American Bar Foundation – Fellow
- Chattanooga Bar Foundation – Fellow
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Associated General Contractors, Labor and Employment Law Council – Member
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Chattanooga Bar Association, Board of Governors – Former Member
- First-Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga – Member
- Rotary Club of Chattanooga - Member
- Society for Human Resources Management, Chattanooga Chapter – Board Member and Legislative Director
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section – Immediate Past Chair
Community
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga - Board Member and Secretary
- Bright School - Board Member
- Hunter Museum of American Art - Board Member
- Urban League of Greater Chattanooga - Board Member
News
Alerts
- Could April Showers Bring May Unions?
Event
Publications
- Smartphones Ring in New Challenges

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