Name: Alan G. Crone
Item: Alan G. Crone
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Bio

Attorney Alan G. Crone is the Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer of the Crone Law Firm, PLC. Crone also served as Special Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor to City of Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2020.

Crone graduated from Memphis State University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree, and then completed his Juris Doctor at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1990. Former Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist appointed him as Chief Counsel for the Tennessee Department of Employment Security in 1995. Crone was an assistant Shelby County attorney from 1996 to 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Shelby County Republican party from 1999 to 2003. Crone became a member of the Memphis City Council in 2015.

In his law practice, Crone represents employees, executives and entrepreneurs in legal matters involving employment law, business and commercial litigation, protecting intellectual property, business formation and succession planning, business operation and compliance. His litigation experience includes complex business, commercial and employment-related disputes, personal injury, business divorces, minority shareholder disputes, non-competition and intellectual property litigation and more. While he is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas, he has represented clients in courtrooms all over the United States. Alan enjoys cases and legal matters with challenging factual and legal issues that require innovative solutions.

A fifth generation Memphian, Alan is an ordained Roman Catholic Deacon, voracious reader and a devoted husband and father. That his personal role model is St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, speaks volumes about him. Seeking God both spiritually and rationally, St. Ignatius taught that because God can be found in our everyday work, all work is important.

His education and active political experience give Alan valuable insight into human behavior and strategic thinking that have proven valuable in both his professional life and in his public service roles.

Education and Experience

· Memphis State University (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990)

· Appointed Chief Counsel, Tennessee Department of Employment Security, 1995, by Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist

· Co-Founder and Managing Member, Crone & Mason, PLC (November 1, 1995 to March 31, 2010)

· Member-Attorney Kramer + Crone, PLC (April 1, 2010 to May 1, 2011)

· Founding Member of Crone & McEvoy, PLC (May 2, 2011 to December 31, 2015)

· Assistant Shelby County Attorney (1996-2002)

· Commissioner, City of Memphis Landmarks Commission (2006 to 2008)

· Listed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a Rule 31 General Civil Mediator (2010)

· Appointed: Member Mediation/ADR Panel United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2015)

· Member Memphis City Council, District 9 Position 2 (2015)

o Chairman – Personnel, Intergovernmental Relations, and Annexation Committee

· Member, Board of Directors of the Riverfront Development Corporation (2016 to Present)

· Appointed by Mayor Strickland as Chairman of the Memphis Riverfront Task Force (2017 to 2018)

Honors and Awards

· Inaugural Recipient, Holy Family Award, given by Catholic Charities of West Tennessee (2011)

· Peer Review Rated™ AV by Martindale Hubble^®

· Best of the Bar-Public Service 2019 presented by the Memphis Business Journal

· Listed as Super Lawyer^® (Labor and Employment, 2010-2020)

· Named One of the Top 100 Lawyers in Tennessee (2015-2020) by The National Advocates

· Knight of Magisterial Grace: Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Order of Malta)

· Knight: Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem

· Fellow: Memphis Bar Association (2006)

· Leadership Memphis Class of 2002

· Recipient, Top Forty Under Forty Award, presented by The Memphis Business Journal, (November 10, 2000)

Memberships

· Memphis, Tennessee, Arkansas, and American Bar Associations

· Memphis Bar Association – Board of Directors (2005)
Chairman, Employment Law Section of the Memphis Bar Association (2005)

· The National Trial Lawyers Association

· National Employment Lawyers’ Association

· Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Association

American Bar Association

· Litigation Section and its Committees on (1) Pre-trial Practice and Procedure and (2) Class Actions and Derivative Lawsuits

· Co-Chairman Employment and Labor Law Subcommittee of the Class Actions and Derivative Lawsuits Committee (2003-Present)

· Labor and Employment Law Section and its Committee on Federal Labor Standards Legislation

Admissions

· Licensed to practice law in Tennessee (1990), Arkansas (1991), and Missouri (2021)

Admitted to practice:

· United States Supreme Court (2000)

· U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee (1991)

· U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (1991)

· U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee (2011)

· U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee (2011)

· U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western Division of Tennessee (1990)

· U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1991)

· United States Multi-District Litigation Panel, (1996)

· Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (1998)

· Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (2003)

· Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (2000)

· Second Circuit Court of Appeals (2010)

Appeared pro hac vice:

United States District Court for the Maryland District;

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida;

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York;

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York;

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kansas;

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio;

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania;

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania;

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;

Unites States District Court for the District of Utah;

Unites States District Court for the Western District of Missouri;

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama;

United States District Court for the District of Nevada;

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas;

United States District Court for the Northern District of Virginia;

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois;

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana;

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri;

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida;

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of North Carolina;

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Florida State Trial Court;

Mississippi State Trial Court;

Colorado State Trial Court;

North Carolina State Trial Court;

Oklahoma State Trial Court;

Idaho State Trial Court;

Utah State Trial Court;

Oregon State Trial Court.

Maryland State Trial Court

Civic and Community Involvement

· Chair, Tom Lee Park Building Committee (2018-Present)

· Chair, Mayor’s Riverfront Task Force (2017-2018)

· Deacon, Catholic Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee, assigned to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

· Board of Directors, Memphis Riverfront Partnership (2016 to Present)

· Board of Directors, House of the Good Shepherd of Memphis, Inc. (2012 to 2016)

· Board of Directors, St. Louis School (2009 to 2012)

· Board of Directors, Catholic Charities, Inc. (2005 to 2010) (Chair 2007 to 2010)

· Board of Directors, Family Services of the Mid-South (1996-1998)

· Board of Directors, Fire Museum of Memphis (1998 to 2001, Treasurer 1999-2000)

· Special Judge, Shelby County General Sessions and City of Memphis Court

· Chairman, Republican Party of Shelby County, 1999-2003

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