Adams and Reese Partner Jarrad Garner has been named President of the Board of the Madison County Chamber of Commerce.
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit membership organization that works with businesses looking to create or expand their presence in Madison County, Mississippi.
As President, Garner will lead the organization by presiding at board meetings, leading membership events and functions, and heading up social networking events.
At Adams and Reese, Garner is a litigation partner in the firm’s Jackson office. Practicing for close to 25 years, he has a diverse practice in casualty, commercial and personal injury litigation, in addition to trucking liability, labor and employment, and civil rights claims.
Garner has represented several major LTL trucking companies for almost 20 years, serving as primary litigation counsel in Mississippi. He has handled the full range of transportation liability matters, including general casualty, cargo loss and complex multi-fatality accident claims.
His employment-law experience includes single-plaintiff as well as complex litigation in the areas of wage and hour and FLSA claims, Title VII and Title IX discrimination and retaliation matters of all types, FMLA, ADA, ADEA and other employment-related litigation. Jarrad also counsels clients with respect to general labor and employment advice through formulation of employment practices policies, risk management techniques and loss prevention and training and instruction in the area of human resources.
Garner's civil rights practice is focused in the area of defending government entities and government contractors with respect to claims of violations of the Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.