Tanja L. Thompson

  • Office Managing Shareholder
  • Co-Chair, Traditional Labor Practice Group
  • Memphis
tthompson@littler.com
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Tanja L. Thompson dedicates her practice to representing companies in all areas of traditional labor law. Companies across the country and across many industries, including technology, transportation, healthcare, banking, cannabis, manufacturing, services, refining, insurance, staffing, and others, seek Tanja’s skill both in maintaining direct employee relations and in negotiating labor agreements and managing union-represented workplaces. Employers look to her for fresh thinking and creative approaches to business-critical decisions affected by organized labor.

A tireless advocate for her clients, Tanja’s labor advice practice includes representing clients in traditional and corporate campaigns. For unionized clients, Tanja is a savvy negotiator who takes a proactive, business-centric approach in representing clients’ interests at the bargaining table – thereby fostering stronger labor relations and more productive and engaged workplaces following bargaining. Represented clients also seek her counsel in labor arbitrations, NLRB litigation, and in developing training and communication programs to ensure effective management under the National Labor Relations Act.

Tanja is a co-chair of Littler’s Traditional Labor Practice Group, and previously was a member of the firm's Board of Directors. She is a frequent speaker nationally on labor law and union-related issues.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

The NLRB Today: A Conversation with NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo

  • May 5, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

NLRB Case Law Update

  • December 11, 2020
  • Labor Relations Advisory Committee 2020 Meeting, Virtual Program

NLRB Update for Union-Free Employers in the Wake of COVID

  • September 2020
  • Tennessee Bankers Association, Virtual Program

Labor Relations in a COVID-19 World

  • May 2020
  • Littler Executive Employer, Virtual Program

Labor Law Update

  • April 2020
  • Spring 2020 CUE Conference, Virtual Program

Current Developments at the NLRB

  • December 13, 2019
  • Memphis Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Conference

A Conversation with John Ring, Chair, National Labor Relations Board

  • May 2019
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

The NLRB – Obligations and Compliance

  • May 2019
  • National Business Institute

Labor Law on the Horizon

  • April 16, 2019
  • CUE Spring 2019 Meeting, Atlanta, GA

NLRB Case Law Update

  • October 20, 2018
  • Labor Relations Advisory Committee 2018 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

A Study of Today’s Union Organizing Campaigns and Effective Employer Responses

  • May 4, 2018
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

NLRB Case Law Update

  • April 16, 2018
  • Labor Relations Advisory Committee 2018 Spring Meeting, Washington, DC

A Conversation with Peter Robb, General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board

  • April 16, 2018
  • Spring 2018 CUE Conference, Tampa, FL

NLRB Update

  • March 20, 2018
  • SHRM Legal Conference, Memphis, TN

Littler Memphis Office Briefing

  • February 2018

NLRB Case Law Update

  • October 20, 2017
  • Labor Relations Advisory Committee 2017 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

A Conversation with Phil Miscimarra, Acting Chair, National Labor Relations Board

  • May 10, 2017
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

Littler Memphis Office Briefing

  • February 2017

Top 10 Labor Law Issues to Watch

  • October 17, 2016
  • CUE Fall 2016 Meeting, Dallas, TX

You Just Won the Election … Now What??

  • May 16, 2016
  • CUE Spring 2016 Meeting, Orlando, FL

The NLRB’s Ambush Election Rules, One Year Later

  • May 10, 2016
  • Association of Corporate Counsel, Memphis, TN

The NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule: One Year Later

  • May 5, 2016
  • Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ

A Conversation with the NLRB Associate Counsel, Division of Advice

  • December 4, 2015
  • Memphis Bar Association Labor & Employment Section Annual Seminar, Memphis, TN

Don’t Just Tell Me The Law, Tell Me What To Do!

  • October 2015
  • CUE Fall 2015 Conference, Denver, CO

Getting You Ready for Today’s NLRB Ambush Elections

  • September 3, 2015
  • Texas Labor & Employee Relations Consortium, Houston, TX

The NLRB’s New Election Rules – Are You Prepared?

  • May 7, 2015
  • Littler Mendelson, Phoenix, AZ

Additional Thought Leadership

The Developing Labor Law, Co-Editor-in-Chief

  • 2016-2018
  • Bloomberg BNA

Supreme Court Holds NLRB Recess Appointments Invalid

  • August 2014
  • HR Professionals Magazine
  • Brenda N. Canale

Has Specialty Healthcare Changed the Landscape in Organizing and Representation Proceedings?

  • Spring 2014
  • Journal of Labor & Employment Law
  • American Bar Association, Vol. 29, No. 3
  • Brenda N. Canale

Maintaining the Confidentiality of Workplace Investigations Just Got More Complicated

  • October 2013
  • HR Professionals Magazine

Can the NLRB Prohibit Confidentiality of Workplace Investigations?

  • October 2012
  • HR Professionals Magazine

New NLRB Election Rules are Short Lived

  • June 2012
  • HR Professionals of Greater Memphis
  • Vol. 2, No. 6
  • Nicole B. Dunlap

Proposed NLRB Election Rules

  • September 2011
  • HR Professionals of Greater Memphis

Toering Electric Co: NLRB Limits Job Protection for Job Applicants to Those with Genuine Interest in an Employment Relationship

  • 2007
  • Section of Labor and Employment Law
  • American Bar Association

Weapons in the Workplace: The Effect of Tennessee's Concealed Weapons Statute on Employer Liability

  • 1997
  • 28 University of Memphis Law Review 281

Books & Book Chapters

  • The Developing Labor Law, Bloomberg BNA, associate editor, 2011-2020
  • The Developing Labor Law, Bloomberg BNA, co-editor-in-chief, 2014
  • Guide to Workplace Law, Random House, 2nd Ed., American Bar Association, associate editor, 2006

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