Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Labor and Employment Litigation
Trademarks, Trade Names, and Copyrights
Workplace Issues
Intellectual Property
Information Security and Privacy
Thomas W. Scroggins
Member
Direct: (205) 633-0227
Fax: (205) 633-0327
tscroggins@tannerguin.com
Practice Emphasis
Mr. Scroggins practices in the areas of labor and employment with a focus on representing employers.  He has represented clients in OSHA citations and proceedings, union avoidance strategies, unfair labor practice charges, and discrimination and harassment litigation.  In the area of labor and employment law, he has represented clients before the National Labor Relations Board and assisted clients with retaliatory discharge claims.  He also assists businesses in establishing and protecting their brand identities by registering and defending trademarks, and has successfully registered dozens of trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Representative Clients
  • AFFLINK Incorporated
  • Black Warrior Corporation d/b/a Henson’s Cypress Inn
  • Indian Rivers Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center
  • Let’s Eat, Inc. d/b/a 15th Street Diner
  • Northport Health Services, Inc.
  • Northport Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Northport Diner
  • Pace Learning Systems, Incorporated
  • Resource and Financial Management Systems, Inc.
  • RaCON, Inc.
  • Sealy Management Company, Inc.
  • Sealy Realty Company, Inc.
  • Southern Pride Catfish LLC
  • Southfresh Catfish, LLC
  • Taylorville Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Taylorville Diner
  • TTL, Inc.
  • Tuscaloosa Toyota
  • Warrior Roofing Manufacturing, Inc.
Memberships

Mr. Scroggins is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management; Tuscaloosa Human Resource Professionals.  He has been chairperson of the Legislative Committee for that organization for seven years.   He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa and a member of the Steering Committe for the Adopt-a-School Foundation.
Professional Involvement 
  • American Bar Association (Member, Sections of Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law [Member, EEOC Committee and State Labor & Employment Law Developments Committee], and Young Lawyers)
  • Alabama State Bar (Member, Sections of Labor and Employment Law and Young Lawyers)
  • Georgia State Bar
  • Tuscaloosa County Bar Association

  • Leadership Tuscaloosa (Class of 2008)
Honors and Awards
Mr. Scroggins served as  Junior Editor, 1997-1998, and Articles Editor, 1998-1999 of The Alabama Law Review.  He was also the winner of the 1998 Environmental Law Essay Contest.
Publications
Author, "CERCLA Liability and Insurance Indemnity", The Enlaw, Fall 1998.
Education and Professional Background

Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Mass Communication, 1996); The University of Alabama (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999) 

Bar Association & Court Admissions: Admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama, 2001 Georgia.  U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District, Middle District, and Southern District of Alabama

 

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