Alan Easterly is an Equity Member of Leitner, Williams, Dooley and Napolitan, PLLC. He practices out of the firm's Chattanooga, Tennessee office. His practice concentrates on transportation, product liability (including food liability), complex/ mass torts, insurance, premises liability, auto liability, construction, and general negligence matters. He has managed, tried, or otherwise successfully defended numerous significant product liability, transportation, toxic tort, and complex tort cases, among others.
Mr. Easterly is a Martindale Hubbell AV-rated attorney and is listed in "Best Lawyers in America" in insurance law, personal injury litigation-defendants, product liability litigation - defendants and transportation law. He is a Rule 31 Listed Mediator in the State of Tennessee. He is active in ALFA International and the organization's practice groups including transportation, hospitality and retail, product liability, and complex torts. He received his BA from the University of Tennessee in 1985, and his JD from the University of Memphis in 1988.
Honors and Awards
• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Best Lawyers in America, Listed in Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Insurance Law; Transportation Law (2015-2022)
• Best Lawyers, "Lawyer of the Year" - Transportation Law, Chattanooga (2020 & 2022); Insurance Law (2021)
• Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Hearing Committee Member (Two Terms)
• IOLTA, Grant Review Committee (Two Terms)
• Tennessee Bar Foundation, Tennessee Legal Initiatives Fund ("TLIF"), Grant Review Committee
• Judge John D. Martin Scholar (University of Memphis)
• Chief Justice of Moot Court Board (1987-88)
• National Mock Trial Team (1986-87)
• Vice-Justice and Justice of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity
Publications & Lectures
• "International Hospitality and Retail Compendium" for ALFAI (2019, Editor)
• "Continuing Trend of Plaintiffs to Expand Broker Liability" presented by ALFAI, Transportation Section Atlanta Regional Seminar (2019, speaker)
• "Recent Trend by Plaintiffs to Expand Broker Liability" presented by ALFAI, Transportation Section Nashville Regional Seminar (2019, speaker)
• "Broker Liability" presented by ALFAI, Transportation Section Atlanta Regional Seminar (2019, speaker)
• "How to Ensure You are Not the Big Fish in Upstream Liability Cases" presented by Arkansas Trucking Seminar (2018, speaker)
• "Regulatory and Case Law Update on Beverage Alcohol Law" presented by ALFAI, Hospitality & Retail Law Section (2018, speaker)
• "Intelligent eDiscovery: Best Practices for Managing Discovery Obligations" presented by ALFAI, Product Liability & Complex Torts Section (2017, speaker)
• "Politics of Mediation" presented by ALFAI, Product Liability & Complex Torts Section (2016, speaker)
• "The EOBR Embrace: Knowledge is Power as EOBR's Revolutionize the Industry" presented by American Law Firm Association International ("ALFAI"), Transportation Section (2013, speaker)
• "Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems in Tennessee" presented by Lorman Education Services (2003, speaker)
Professional Affiliations
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel ("FDCC")
• Trucking Industry Defense Association ("TIDA")
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• Transportation Loss Prevention and Security Association
• American Law Firm Association International ("ALFAI") (Product Liability, Mold, Transportation, Retail, & Employment sections)
• ALFAI Transportation Law Section (Vice Chair, 2022)
• Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator
• Member of Federal Mediation Program for the United States District Court, Eastern District
• Defense Research Institute ("DRI")
• Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Federal Bar Associations
• Supreme Court Historical Society
