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| Practice Areas | Nursing Home Liability; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Defense; Health Care Liability; Automobile Liability; Premises Liability; Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Business Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Professional Liability | | | Education | University of Tennessee, J.D., with honors, 1985, University of Tennessee, B.S., with high honors, 1982 | | | Admitted | 1985, Georgia and Tennessee | |
| Memberships | Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Inns of Court (Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter). | | | Born | Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 5, 1960 | | | Biography | Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation. Named to: Top 50 Attorneys in Memphis, Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2006—; Top 100 Attorneys in Tennessee, 2007—. Former Chair, Baker Donelson Women's Initiative Committee. Lecturer: International Association of Defense Counsel, "Arbitration in Nursing Home Cases" (February 2009). Co-Author: with Betty Campbell, "When Is a Release a Release?" Baker Donelson Hospitalitas Newsletter (April 2008), Lorman Education Services Newsletter/Legal Update (June 2008) and Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry Business Insider Newsletter (September 2008); with Emily Landry, "Diversity's Impact on Product Liability Litigation," Products Liability Newsletter, American Bar Association Products Liability Committee, Section of Litigation (Winter 2007). Lecturer: "Defending Claims for Emotional Distress Damages for Fear of Disease in Toxic Tort Cases," Defense Research Institute Product Liability Seminar; "Defending Physicians in Drug and Medical Device Cases," International Association of Defense Counsel; "Medical Malpractice - Defense Perspective," Tennessee Judicial Conference; "Hospital and Outpatient Clinic Liability" and "Mediation of Personal Injury Disputes - Defense Perspective," Tennessee Bar Association; "Comparative Fault in Tennessee," "Admissibility of Expert Testimony," "Direct Examination of Witnesses," "Discovery," "Pre-Trial Preparation," "How to Find and Prepare Expert Witnesses," "Written Discovery Enforcement and Sanctions" and "The Key to Diversity: Successful Retention Strategies," Memphis Bar Association. Faculty Member: National Business Institute's Seminars on "Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Tennessee," "Medical Malpractice in Tennessee" and "Superior Deposition Strategies in Tennessee Civil Trial Practice". Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation.(Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization) (Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) | | | ISLN | 903445847 | |
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