John Coleman III

Burr & Forman L.L.P.

John Coleman has practiced management-side labor and employment law for over 40 years. A 1978 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, a 1981 graduate of Duke University School of Law, and a 1981-82 law clerk to US Circuit Judge Donald S. Russell, and the 1997-8 Chair of the Alabama State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section, John since 2006 John has been a fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and since 2017 a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.   He was rated Chambers Partners’ Labor and Employment Law Band 1, and chosen for LawDragon’s Nation’s 100 Most Powerful Labor and Employment Lawyers and its successor for 15 years, for Best Lawyers in America for over 30 years, and for every edition of SuperLawyers and five times a top 50 Alabama pick. Counsel for clients in precedential labor and employment cases and for client groups in drafting both sets of ADA and FMLA regulations, the 1992 Alabama Workers Compensation Act, and state drug testing rules, he has authored 3 employment law books, over a dozen legal articles, holds two adjunct law positions, and has provided annual Title VII CLE updates since 1985.