What is the name of Tom Robinson's employer?

Tom Robinson’s employer is Link Deas.

Deas owns cotton fields and a store in Maycomb, and Tom has worked for him for eight years. During Tom’s trial, Deas speaks up to say that Tom was a reliable employee, but Judge Taylor orders him out of the courtroom because his outburst is improper.

Deas’s support becomes important after the trial. When Bob Ewell harasses Tom’s widow, Helen Robinson, on her way to work, Deas confronts Ewell and threatens to have him arrested. He later employs Helen, helping her support her children after Tom’s death.

A common mix-up is confusing Deas with Judge Taylor, who presides over the trial, or Bob Ewell, whose accusations help cause Tom’s conviction. Deas is one of the novel’s examples of a white Maycomb resident who treats Tom and Helen with fairness despite the town’s racism.