Charles W. Cagle

Offers Video Calls | Open for Business
Charles W. Cagle: Attorney with Lewis Thomason, P.C.
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
About Attorney Awards

Biography

Charles W. (Chuck) Cagle is a shareholder member of the Education Law and Government Relations Practice Group and practices statewide from the Nashville office of the firm. The education law group represents over 70 public boards of education, private schools, charter schools, private universities and a private medical school. Mr. Cagle also serves as the general counsel for the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS).

Practice Areas Covered in the Group Include:

•Employment of licensed and classified employees
•Employee and student discipline
•Employee and student rights
•Special education and disability accommodations
•Constitutional issues
•Civil rights issues
•School desegregation
•School system consolidation
•School system business practices
•School funding and taxation
•School construction
•State and Federal Regulation
•Education-Related Litigation

In addition, Mr. Cagle served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development and Tennessee Technological University teaching master’s and doctoral level courses in K-12 education law, public policy, and the law of higher education.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

•AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
•Selected by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell as an Elite Lawyer of the South
•Named to The Best Lawyers in America, Education Law, Tennessee
•fellow of the Nashville Bar Association
•Historical Committee of the Nashville Bar Association
•Government Relations Committee, Nashville Bar Association
•Federal Practice Committee, Nashville Bar Association
•Public member for the State of Tennessee on the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Colleges
•Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award - Vanderbilt Peabody College
•Chair of the External Board of Visitors, Tennessee Technological University College of Interdisciplinary Studies and Regional Development
•Board Member, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Center at Tennessee Technological University
•Recipient of the Kip Reel Award for Educational Leadership given by the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents
•Recipient, Tennessee Technological University Outstanding Service Award
•Recipient, Tennessee Technological University College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award
•Board of Directors, Tennessee Business Roundtable - Chair of the Education Committee
•Board of Directors, Tennessee SCORE (State Collaborative on Reform of Education)
•Board of Directors, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
•Board of Directors, League of American Orchestras
•Board of Directors, Association of Major Symphony Orchestra Volunteers

See more ›

Areas of Practice (2)

  • Education & Government Relations
  • Municipal & Administrative

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Tennessee Technological University, B.S., 1978; Tennessee Technological University, M.A., 1980
Law School Attended:
Nashville School of Law, J.D., 1989
Year of First Admission:
1989
Admission:
1989, Tennessee; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Memberships:

AFFILIATIONS

•Tennessee Council of School Board Attorneys, Past President
•National School Attorneys Association
•National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys
•Education Law Association
•American Bar Association
•Tennessee Bar Association
•Nashville Bar Association

Reported Cases:
Representative Experience: Represented Shelby County Schools, Roane County Schools, Tipton County Schools, and Chattanooga City Schools, in district consolidations of municipal school systems into county school districts.; Represented the Office of the Tennessee Commissioner of Education in the Knox County/Knoxville City school consolidation.; Represented over 25 school districts in employee dismissal actions.; Represented one district during a charter school application process for a proposed regional charter school.; Represented over 20 districts in special education due process hearings.; Argued over 15 appeals before the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the Tennessee Supreme Court on issues including liability for the school board in a student death case, employee rights, rights of boards of education during the employee collective bargaining process, employment contracts, school funding, jurisdiction over school building projects, and teacher and classified employee terminations.; Represented 12 school districts in the United States District Court on appeals of special education due process hearing orders.; Authored and submitted over 10 amicus curiae briefs on behalf of clients having interest in matters pending before the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the Tennessee Supreme Court.; General Counsel for the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
ISLN:
908610561
Hobbies & interests:
Member and President, Volunteer Council, League of American Orchestras; Member of the Board of Directors, League of American Orchestras; Member, Board of Directors, Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Past President, Nashville Symphony Orchestra League; Member and Past President, Nashville City Club

Peer Reviews

5.0/5.0 (2 reviews)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge

  • Legal Knowledge

    5.0/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    5.0/5.0

  • Judgment

    5.0/5.0

  • Communication

    5.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    5.0/5.0
Peer reviews submitted prior to 2008 are not displayed.

Client Reviews Write a Review

Location

Video Call Options

  • Zoom

Contact Charles W. Cagle

Contact Information:

615-259-1389  Fax

www.lewisthomason.com/attorneys/charles-cagle

Required Fields

Required Fields

Clear All Fields

By clicking on the "Submit" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, Supplemental Terms and Privacy Policy. You also consent to be contacted at the phone number you provided, including by autodials, text messages and/or pre-recorded calls, from Martindale and its affiliates and from or on behalf of attorneys you request or contact through this site. Consent is not a condition of purchase.

You should not send any sensitive or confidential information through this site. Emails sent through this site do not create an attorney-client relationship and may not be treated as privileged or confidential. The lawyer or law firm you are contacting is not required to, and may choose not to, accept you as a client. The Internet is not necessarily secure and emails sent though this site could be intercepted or read by third parties.