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About Don Donati
Don Donati began his legal career at Memphis Area Legal Services, providing counsel to disadvantaged community members before opening Donati Law, PLLC in 1980. Known for ethical and honest representation, he handles personal injury, employment law, and veterans' benefits cases. He argued before the United States Supreme Court in Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, a landmark retaliation case that established broader anti-retaliation protections for workers under Title VII. He is licensed to practice in Tennessee, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Eastern District of Arkansas, the Western District of Tennessee, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Donati has been listed in Tennessee Super Lawyers from 2006 to 2018, Best Lawyers in America from 1989 to the present, and was named among the Top Lawyers in the U.S. by Lawyers USA in 2006.
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Sheila White, the only woman at a Burlington Northern rail yard in Memphis, won a $43,500 jury verdict after being transferred to harder physical work and suspended without pay for reporting sexual harassment by her supervisor, a case attorney Don Donati ultimately argued to a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory in 2006.
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