Previous Law Firm Name

• Stapleton Law Office
• Mark S. Stapleton

Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Wrongful Death
• Personal Injury including Automobile, Truck and Motorcycle Collision
• Products Liability including Defective Machinery
• Medical Malpractice
• Legal Malpractice
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Social Security -- Disability
• Workers' Compensation Law

Honors and Awards

• Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2006
• Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2007
• Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2008

Published Works

• "To Assign or Not to Assign, That is the Question", Tennessee Bar Journal, Health Law Section Newsletter, Vol. II, No. I., March, 1992
• "The Sixth Amendment: Protection For The Prosecuted", Town & City Magazine, August, 1994
• "Nursing Home Act Mandates Pre-Screening of Patients for Mental Deficiencies as a Prerequisite for Medieaid Reimbursement", 23 No. 4 The Journal Health and Hospital Law 124, 1990
• "Hospital Properly Informed Patient Concerning Administration of Antipsychotic Medication", 23 No. 5 The Journal Health and Hospital Law 153, 1990
• "Signature on Written Consent Form Not Necessarily Proof of Informed Consent", 23 No. 5 The Journal Health and Hospital 149, 1990
• "Lousiana Court Holds that Payment, By Settlement, of the Statutory Maximum Damage Amount by a Qualified Health Care Provider Precludes Fund Appeal on the Issue of Liability", 3 No. 4 Risky Business, Professional Risk Management Services, Inc., 1990
• "Hospitals Serving Out of State Medicaid Recipients Can Challenge That State's Medicaid Plan for Improper Reimbursement", Louisiana Hospital Association, September Impact Monthly, 1990
• "Double Recovery of Medical Expenses Barred By Coordination of Benefits Clause", 22 No. 10, The Journal of Health and Hospital Law 328, 1989
• "No Hospital Liability for Anesthesia Group Absent Allegation of Detrimental Reliance", 22 No. 10 The Journal Health and Hospital 326, 1989
• "Private Hospital's Decision to Limit Doctor's Surgical Privileges Not Subject to Judicial Review", 22 No. 11 The Journal of Health and Hospital Law 363, 1989
• "Discovery Function Immunity Precludes Liability for Patients Suicide", 22 No. 12 The Journal of Health and Hospital Law 386, 1989

Classes and Seminars

• Program Moderator, Ethical Considerations in Practice of Law, Hawkins County Bar Association, 2008
• Program Moderator, Ethical Considerations in Practice of Law, Hawkins County Bar Association, 2007
• Moderator, American Board of Trial Advocates, Masters of Trial Seminar, 2006
• Panel Speaker, American Board of Trial Advocates, Masters of Trial Seminar, 2005
• Panel Speaker, American Board of Trial Advocates, Masters of Trial Seminar, 2003
• Panel Speaker, American Board of Trial Advocates, Masters of Trial Seminar, 2002
• Panel Speaker, Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers' Division, Ethics Program, 2001
• Panel Speaker, American Board of Trial Advocates, Masters of Trial Seminar, 2001
• Panel Speaker, Tennessee Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1997
• The Hard Knocks of Soft Tissue Cases, Annual Convention for Tennessee Trial Lawyers, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Management Retreat, Employee Selection - A Legal Perspective; OBRA '87 OBRA '90 Reforms; Termination of Employees - A Legal Perspective
• Summer Seminar For Long Term Care Providers, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1991
• Employee Selection - A Legal Perspective, OBRA, 1987
• OBRA '90 Reforms; Termination of Employees - A Legal Perspective, Summer Seminar For Long Term Care Providers, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1991
• Nursing Home Law for Nursing Home Directors and Administrators, including Employment and Liability Issues, Bahama Cruise, for the Rural Research and Training Institute
• Peer Review, Physician Reporting, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, Executive Master of Hospital Administration Program, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990
• Antitrust in the Health Care Field, Master of Publish Health Program, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990
• Legal/Medical Ethics Roundtable, Ouillen Colleee of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1991
• Informed Consent, Ouillen Colleee of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1991
• Medical Malpractice; Medical Malpractice Insurance, Ouillen Colleee of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1991
• Anti-Trust in the Health Care Setting, Ouillen Colleee of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1991
• A Breath of Fresh Air; Pulmonary Care Challenges of the 90's, Summer Seminar for Cardiopulmonary Specialty Care Providers, Johnson City, Tennessee, June 5, 1992
• Legal Aspects of Medicine, First Annual Mountain Air Symposium - Potpourri in Cardiopulmonary Care, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1991
• Health Care Third Party Reimbursement Insurance and Related Claims Matters, Northeast Tennessee Chapter for the Medical Office Managers Association, Monthly Meeting and Dinner, 1991
• Guest Lecturer - Paralegal Program, Torts and Personal Injury Law, Walters State Community College Morristown, Tennessee, 1997

West Practice Categories

Social Security -- Disability, Motor Vehicle, Personal Injury -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Transportation Law, Workers' Compensation Law