Practice Areas - Civil Trial Practice
- Personal Injury Law
- Medical Negligence Law
| - Commercial and Lender Liability Law
- Products Liability Law
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| University | University of Tennessee, B.S., 1968 |
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| Law School | University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 1970; George Washington University, LL.M., in Taxation, 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1970, Tennessee; 1974, District of Columbia |
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| Memberships | Tipton County, Memphis and Shelby County (Member: Syllabus Committee, 1978; Committee on Judicial Practice and Procedure, 1979), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1987; President, 1987-1990); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. |
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| Military | Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1970-1974 |
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| Born | Camden, Tennessee, September 16, 1946 |
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| Biography | Phi Delta Phi. Listed as one of Best Lawyers in America, Civil Practice, Naifeh & Smith, 1984-2009. Contributing Author: "Justice and the Military," Edited by Homer E. Mayer, Jr., Public Law Education Institute, 1970; "Congressional Reapportionment: The Pandora's Box of Judicial Intervention In Politics and How to Put The Lid Back On," Memphis State Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 3. Author: "The Admissibility of Law and Expert Opinions," Tennessee Law Review, Fall 1989, Vol. 57, No. 1; "Privileged and Confidential Information," Memphis State Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, p. 565 (1993); "Opening Statement," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 4 (Winter, 1989); "There Should Be a Better Way," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 4 (Spring, 1990). Co-Author: "Time and Motion Studies Used to Prove Damages in Personal Injury Cases," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 17-20 (December, 1994); "The Indictment: A Trial of Jesus," received copyright, May 1, 1995 (unpublished); The Plains of Abraham, novel, (2006). Assistant District Attorney General, 16th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, 1974-1975. County Attorney, Tipton County, Tennessee, 1981-1983. Member: Tennessee Commission to Study Appellate Courts 1991—; Advisory Commission to The Supreme Court on Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure 1985-1992; Appellate Court Nominating Commission; Board of Trustees, University of Tennessee, 1990-1996, Vice-Chair, 1994-1995; 1996 Democratic Nominee for the U.S. Senate for Tennessee; Chairman, Tennessee Democratic Party, 1997-1999. Director, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, 2005-2006. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation (Fellow); American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation (Lifetime Fellow); American College of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); American Board of Trial Advocacy (Advocate). |
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| Reported Cases | Millar vs Thomas, 657 S.W.2d 750 (Tenn. 1983); Burlison v. Rose, 701 S.W.2d 609 Tenn. 1985); Starnes vs First American National Bank, 723 S.W.2d 113 (Tenn. App. 1986); State vs Bobby Butler, 626 S.W.2d 6 (Tenn. 1981); Tipton County Board of Education vs Dennis, 561 S.W.2d 148 (Tenn. 1978); Uhlhorn vs Keltner I, 637 S.W.2d 844 (Tenn. 1982); Uhlhorn vs Keltner II, 723 S.W.2d 131 (Tenn. App. 1986); Alsbrook v. Miller Transporters, Inc., 598 S.W.2d 771 (Tenn. 1980); Anthony v. Construction Products, Inc., 677 S.@.2d 4 (Tenn. App. 1984); Barfield v. Wilson, 669 S.W.2d 91 (Tenn. App. 1984); Bond v. American Air Filter, 692 S.W.2d 638 (Tenn. 1985); Cook v. Smith, 721 S.W.2d 251 (Tenn. App. 1986); Delashmit v. City of Covington, 889 S.W.2d 206 (Tenn. 1994); Dingman v. Harvell, 814 S.W.2d 362 (Tenn. App. 1991); Dixon v. Hassler, 412 F.Supp. 1036 (D.C. Tenn. 1976); Hawley v. Lavelle, 602 S.W.2d 499 (Tenn. App. 1980); Mays v. Brighton Bank, 832 S.W.2d 347 (Tenn. App. 1992); McElya V. Sterling Medical, Inc., 129 F.R.D. 510 (W.D. Tenn. 1990); Owen v. Employer's Ins. of Wausau, 1996 Westlaw 11979; Rose v. City of Covington, 634 S.W.2d 268 (Tenn. 1982); Smith v. City of Covington, 734 S.W.2d 327 (Tenn. App. 1985); Craine v. Alexander, 756 F.2d 1070, C.A.5 (Miss.), March 25, 1985 (NO. 84-4320), United States v. Winston, 687 F.2d 832 (6th Cir. 1982); Walker v. First State Bank, 849 S.W.2d 337 (Tenn. App. 1992); United States vs Burton, 21 USCMA 112, 44 CMR 166 (1971); United States vs Calley, 46 CMR 1131 (ACMR 1973); 22 USCMA 534, 48 CMR 19 (USCMA 1974); Calley vs Callaway, on habeas corpus, 519 F2d 184, en banc, (5th Cir. 1975); 382 F. Supp. 650, M.D. Ga. 1974; Wright vs State of Tennessee, en banc, 628 F2d 949 (6th Cir. 1980), vacated earlier panel opinion 613 F2d 647 (6th Cir. 1980); Wachtel v. Office of Thrift Supervision, 982 F.2nd 581 (D.C. Cir. 1993); Roy v. Diamond, 16 S.W.3d 783 (Tenn. App.1999); Warmath v. Payne, 3 S.W.3d 487 (Tenn. App. 1999); In Re: Barnhill, 62 S.W. 3d 139 (Tenn. 2001); Owen v. Summers, 97 S.W. 3d 114 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2001); Winkler v. Tipton County Board of Education, 63 S.W.3d 376 (Tenn.Ct. App. 2001); Admiralty Suites and Inns, LLC v. Shelby County, 138 S.W.3d 233 (Tenn.Ct. App. 2003); Burroughs v. Magee, 118 S.W. 3d 323 (Tenn. 2003); Leatherwood v. Wadley, 121 S.W. 3d 682 (Tenn.Ct. App. 2003); Helderman v. Smolin, 179 S.W.3d 493 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005); Moorer v. Baptist Memorial Health Care System, 398 F.3d 469, (C.A.6 2005); Meals v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 493 F.3d 720, 2007 Fed.App. 0258P, C.A.6 (Tenn. 2007); Naifeh v. Valley Forge Life Insurance Co., 204 S.W.3d 758 (Tenn. 2006); Burlison v. USA, 533 F.3d 419, C.A.6 (Tenn. 2008); Meals v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 493 F.3d 720, 2007 Fed.App. 0258P, C.A.6 (Tenn. 2007); United States v. Riddick, 134 Fed.Appx. 813, 2005 Fed.App. 0390N, C.A.6 (Tenn. 2005). |
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