Nick Norris

Nick Norris is a Mississippi labor and employment attorney who has represented workers since 2004. He handles wrongful termination, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, hostile work environments, and whistleblower retaliation. His practice covers unpaid wages and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), worker misclassification, and employee benefits disputes. He also represents employees in matters involving disability rights under the ADA, family and medical leave under the FMLA, military service protections under USERRA, and severance and non-compete agreements.

Nick earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Mississippi State University in 2001 and a Juris Doctor from Mississippi College School of Law in 2004. He was admitted to Mississippi state courts and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2004, and to the United States Supreme Court in 2009. His federal district court admissions span Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Tennessee. He has also been admitted to the Tribal Court for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians since 2006.

Nick has secured jury verdicts and settlements in significant employment disputes. His reported results include a $1.6 million overtime settlement involving the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department and a $1 million settlement in a nationwide overtime action against Hibbett Sports. In litigation against the Mississippi Department of Health, he obtained a $425,000 retaliation verdict and a $200,000 race discrimination verdict. Other results include a $195,000 settlement with the Jackson/Hinds Library System, a $200,000 racial harassment verdict against Illinois Central Railroad, and a $6.4 million judgment in an ERISA-related retirement plan dispute.

Nick Norris has litigated cases in state trial courts and federal appellate courts. He contributed to the Fair Labor Standards Act 2008–2011 Cumulative Supplements and the Family and Medical Leave Act 2009–2011 Supplements. His work also includes a paper on conditional class certification under the FLSA for a 2004 SMU Dedman School of Law seminar. He has been a member of the American Bar Association and Mississippi Bar since 2004 and the National Employment Lawyers Association since 2007. His record spans individual workplace claims and collective wage litigation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Owner, Nick Norris, P.A.
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Mississippi Bar Association
• Member, National Employment Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• Mississippi

Education

• Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Mississippi State University
  BS in Political Science

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