Terrence O. Reed is the Managing Director of Employment Litigation for Federal Express Corporation and has been litigating since 2000.  He manages a team of employment litigation attorneys who represent FedEx in state and federal courts and administrative tribunals throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.  Terrence has tried numerous jury trials in various jurisdictions including Memphis, Nashville, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Rafael, Manhattan, Long Island, Newport News, and Norfolk.  He has also litigated appeals in all the Circuit Courts of Appeal.  In addition to employment litigation, Terrence specializes in class action litigation.  Prior to joining FedEx’s legal team, Terrence was in private practice at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis in Nashville, Tennessee where he specialized in complex commercial civil litigation.

Terrence was a faculty member of the 2019 International Association of Defense Counsel’s Trial Academy, conducted on Stanford Law School’s campus, and serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis law school teaching Fair Employment Practices.  Terrence has also served as President for the Memphis chapter of the American Inns of Court, President for the Center for Excellence in Decision-Making, and a Board member of the Memphis Bar Association and Memphis Bar Foundation.  Terrence also serves on the University of Memphis Law Alumni Board and the law school dean’s advisory council.  For four years, Terrence also served as the Chairman of the Nashville Bar Association’s Minority Opportunities Committee.  He is a frequent presenter on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues.  He earned his juris doctorate from the University of Memphis law school, where he served as the Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board and an articles editor on the Law Review Board.  Terrence earned his undergraduate degree from Tennessee State University, graduating summa cum laude.