Ms. Pohlid

Kathleen Pohlid

Counsel

DHPM, PC

Kathleen Pohlid is an attorney with the law firm of DHPM, PC in Nashville, Tennessee. She practices in the areas of employment, litigation, governmental compliance, occupational safety and health, Americans with Disabilities Act (accommodation & discrimination) and health law issues including Medicare audits.

Ms. Pohlid has over 20 years of combined federal government and private sector experience in employment law and litigation. She has represented clients in various industries including construction, restaurant and hotel services, entertainment, media and publication, transportation, fuel/energy services, retail, manufacturing, and other sectors of business. As legal counsel, her goal is to enable clients to comply with the myriad of state and federal laws to succeed in their business, mindful of the challenges facing businesses and the importance of cost effectiveness.

Ms. Pohlid received an AV rating from Martindale (highest for professional competency and ethics). She has a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and her J.D. from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. Immediately following law school, she served a federal clerkship to the Honorable T. Michael Putnam, U.S. Magistrate, Northern District of Alabama. She formerly represented the Secretary of Labor as a trial attorney for twelve years with the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor before going into private practice representing business clients in various industries. Prior to joining DHPM, PC, she was a partner at King & Ballow where she practiced for eight years.

Ms. Pohlid is licensed to practice in Alabama and Tennessee and has represented clients in other states across the U.S. She has been admitted to practice before all of the Federal District Courts in Tennessee and Alabama, as well as the Northern District of Texas and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits. She is also a court-approved mediator in both Tennessee and Alabama. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association, Nashville Leadership Health Care Council, the American Society of Safety Engineers, Health Care Compliance Association, Medical Group Management Association, and the Associated General Contractors of America.

Ms. Pohlid both writes and speaks professionally on employment law and regulatory compliance matters. She is a contributing author on ADA and employment issues, currently serves on the Nashville Bar Journal's Editorial Board, and is a contributing editor on ADA and employment law matters to the Hotel Business Review online journal.

In 2010, Ms. Pohlid retired from the U.S. Marine Corps as a Colonel, having served two combat deployments. Her military duty assignments include duty in Japan, Djibouti, Africa and Iraq. Ms. Pohlid also served 12 years as trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor representing the Secretary of Labor in labor and employment matters and is a former columnist for The Birmingham News for which she wrote a weekly column for 15 years profiling volunteers and their contributions to the community. She is an avid traveler and has visited all 50-states and six continents.

Ms. Pohlid can be contacted at 615-425-3702 or kpohlid@dsattorneys.com