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Employment lawyer Dan Norwood discusses age-discrimination cases, opens Jackson office
Summary
Attorney Dan Norwood described his 46-year practice prosecuting employer discrimination cases, said Tennessee offers different remedies for age discrimination than federal law, and noted he opened an office in Jackson at 703 Highland Avenue.
Dan Norwood, who introduced himself as an attorney with decades of experience prosecuting employment discrimination claims, told the program he has focused recently on age discrimination and said Tennessee law allows different remedies than federal age‑discrimination law.
Norwood detailed recent cases he handled, including a suit he described against a major employer involving a long‑service employee. "Uniquely, yes. We have... Tennessee law is stronger than the federal age discrimination law," Norwood said when asked to compare state and federal protections. He explained that Tennessee law can allow compensatory damages for mental distress, humiliation and embarrassment in age‑discrimination claims, beyond some remedies available under federal statutes.
Norwood also said he recently opened an office in Jackson at 703 Highland Avenue and directs workers with concerns about age discrimination to his website workingboomeradvocate.com. He described training sessions he provides to human‑resources professionals and said he both sues employers and works to educate them to prevent future discrimination.
Hosts asked how older workers can reach him and Norwood pointed to his website as a contact channel for people looking to tell their stories.
