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Attorneys · Employment

Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC

Seven decades of standing up for Nashville workers

TN Trusted · Selected by NashvilleTN · checked October 1, 2026

Google 4.6 111 reviews

About

Stranch, Jennings & Garvey traces its roots to 1952, when Cecil Branstetter opened a Nashville firm later known as Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings. For more than seven decades its attorneys have represented consumers, labor unions and victims of discrimination. Its employment practice represents individuals facing workplace discrimination based on age, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion or sexual orientation, along with retaliation, wage-and-hour disputes, harassment and wrongful termination. The firm also handles class actions and complex litigation from its Rosa L. Parks Avenue headquarters and offices in other states. Best Law Firms 2026 ranks it Tier 1 in Nashville for Employment Law – Individuals, and partners Jim Stranch and Jan Jennings are listed by Best Lawyers in that category.

Good to know

  • Tier 1 Nashville: Employment Law – Individuals (Best Law Firms 2026)
  • Represents employees and labor unions
  • Discrimination, retaliation, wage and harassment claims
  • Nashville roots to 1952

Services

  • Workplace discrimination (age, disability, gender, race, religion and more)
  • Retaliation and wrongful termination
  • Wage-and-hour disputes
  • Workplace harassment
  • Labor-union representation
  • Class actions and complex litigation

Photos

Headshot of founding member Jim Stranch
Headshot of founding member Jan Jennings

Photos: Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC.

Questions people ask

Do they represent individual employees or only unions and class actions?

Individuals too. Their employment and discrimination page describes personalized representation of people who have faced discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage problems or wrongful termination.

Where is the Nashville office?

223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37203; (615) 254-8801 (per their website).

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