The downtown office of national labor and employment law firm Constangy Brooks & Smith has added to its ranks associate Peter Malanchuk.

Malanchuk focuses his practice on defense of labor and employment matters in federal and state courts, as well as before agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Tennessee Human Rights Commission. His practice also includes work in race, sex, age and disability discrimination; wrongful termination claims; and state law claims.

Before joining Constangy, Malanchuk served four years as a law clerk for the Hon. Juliet Griffin, federal magistrate judge in the Middle District of Tennessee. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was managing editor of The Journal of the Legal Professional. He received his undergraduate degree from Kenyon (Ohio) College, where he was captain of the baseball team.

Constangy's Nashville office is now home to nine attorneys and is led by Zan Blue.