William Melvin Haas III

Mel Haas is an equity partner of Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP and head of the Macon office. Constangy Brooks & Smith has over 100 labor and employment lawyers nationwide.  Mel has practiced management labor law for over 40 years, including 2 years as a trial attorney with the National Labor Relations Board and 2 years as in-house counsel for a major corporation.  Some of Mel’s noted accomplishments include: Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow of the American Bar Association,  AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated By Martindale-Hubbell,Vice-Chair of the Labor Relations Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Boards of Directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Employers’ Association, and the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce.  He is also Immediate Past President of the Georgia Defense Lawyers’ Association.  He is a Georgia Super Lawyer, has been recognized in the publication Best Lawyers in America, and has been recognized  by Labor Relations Institute and the Human Resources Executive Magazine several times as one of the “Top 10 Most Powerful Labor Attorneys” in the United States.  He is also a former Chapter Editor to the Developing Labor Law, BNA.   

A noted author and speaker, Mel has successfully handled over 150 elections, (five of which involved units of over 1500 employees), hundreds of campaigns, numerous arbitrations, NLRB trials, appeals, and oral arguments before the United States Courts of Appeals.  Mel has also represented employers in hundreds of EEOC charges and other Title VII matters, and litigated employment discrimination, wage and hour, and other related matters.  With Mel’s extensive experience, he provides clients with creative business solutions to workplace legal issues.