Knoxville Chapter November Meeting

Betsy J. Beck is an experienced litigator and focuses her practice on Employment and Labor law. She takes a proactive approach to employment issues, from policy drafting and training to daily advice on handling complaints and litigation, and strives to answer time-sensitive employment related questions as quickly as possible.

She advises and represents employers on a broad range of employment and labor law matters arising under state and federal law. Her clients are from a wide range of industries, from quick-serve restaurants to non-profit organizations.

Ms. Beck has developed, maintained and revised affirmative action plans for several large employers in East Tennessee.

She represents and advises employer on matters involving: • Discrimination • Harassment • Retaliation • Wage and hour regulations and audits • Employee medical leave issues • Employee handbooks • Substance abuse policies

She also frequently develops and presents on-site training programs to her clients on various topics, including: • Harassment • Drug and alcohol awareness • Litigation avoidance • Employee disabilities and medical leaves • Hiring and Employee Management

Brandon Morrow engages in a broad civil litigation practice, with a strong emphasis on labor and employment matters. He has experience crafting creative solutions to resolve disputes, but realizes that some situations require zealous representation in front of judges and juries. Brandon regularly handles trade secret and non-compete issues, and regularly defends employers before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies against a variety of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. He regularly drafts and reviews employment agreements, employee handbooks, and employment policies. Outside of labor and employment law, Brandon has significant experience representing religious institutions in a variety of Constitutional and civil rights claims. He has also served as appellate counsel in a number of matters, ranging from insurance coverage disputes to federal civil rights claims. Brandon speaks regularly at human resources conferences and employment law seminars and co-authors an employment law column, The Law at Work, in the Tennessee Bar Journal.

Jack Burgin has a diverse legal practice, primarily advising and defending employers on a variety of labor and employee benefit related topics and on representing and advising government contractors about costs and labor issues. He frequently represents and advises clients on Fair Labor Standards Act, Davis Bacon Act and Service Contract Act compliance.

Erin Wallen joined The Trust Company of Tennessee as a trust officer in 2025, having previously practiced law as a partner with Howard & Howard, P.C. where she handled business matters, all aspects of real estate management, and estate planning.  Erin manages and oversees trusts and estates, ensuring that assets are properly managed, and conducts other administrative duties.  She earned both a bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee and is a member of the Tennessee and Knoxville Bar associations.

Hilary Magacs is a civil rights lawyer with Kramer Rayson LLP in Knoxville, with a large part of her practice devoted to defending lawsuits against government entities and their employees, including those related to employment discrimination and harassment.

She holds an undergraduate degree in communications from the State University of New York at Cortland, a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University, and a law degree from the University of Tennessee.

Born and raised in Knoxville, Natalie Miramontes-Tankersley served as President of the Immigration Law Society at Lincoln Memorial University's Duncan School of Law, where she graduated cum laude in 2023. She joined the firm in 2023 in her last year of law school as a law clerk, developing her legal skills with the firm's immigration team. Natalie's legal service focuses on immigration within the business sector. Married to a Mexican national, she understands the complexities and stresses surrounding the immigration process. Considering Guadalajara, Mexico her second home, she is also bilingual.