Current Employment Position(s)

Managing PartnerSole Practitioner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Wrongful Death
• Personal Injury including Automobile, Truck and Motorcycle Collision
• Products Liability including Defective Machinery
• Medical Malpractice

West Practice Categories

Motor Vehicle, Personal Injury -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Transportation Law

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1992

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Trial Specialist, TN Commission on Continuing Education & Specialization, 1995
• Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates, Tennessee Chapter, 2006
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Tennessee Chapter, 2002 - Present (President)
• National Board of Trial Advocacy
• National College of Advocacy (Advocate)
• American Association for Justice, Young Lawyers Division, 1993 - 1998 (Board of Governors)
• Tennessee Association for Justice, 1990 - Present
• Tennessee Association for Justice, 1992 - 1993 (Board of Governors)
• Tennessee Bar Association, 1990 - Present
• Hawkins County Bar Association, 2007 (President)
• Hawkins County Bar Association, 1999 - Present

Honors and Awards

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

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

Past Employment Positions

• Terry, Terry & Stapleton, Momstown, Tennessee, 1992 - 1999
• Herndon, Coleman, Brading & McKee, Johnson City, Tennessee, Associate, 1991
• Brook, Modal, Cassibry, Fraiche & Pizza, New Orleans, Louisiana, Associate, 1990
• American Hospital Association, Office of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Chicago, Illinois, Legal Intern, 1989
• Department of Risk Management and Defense Counsel, The University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, Law Clerk, 1989
• University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Legal Intern, 1988

Education

• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1990
  LL.M.
  Major: Health Law
• Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1989
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: The Journal of Health and Hospital Law, Senior Editor, 1989
• University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 1989
  M.P.H.
  Major: Health Law
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1985
  B.A.
  Major: Psychology

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

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, 1991
• "Nursing Home Act Mandates Pre-Screening of Patients for Mental Deficiencies as a Prerequisite for Medicaid Reimbursement", 23 No. 4 The Journal of Health and Hospital Law 124, 1990
• "Hospital Properly Informed Patient Concerning Administration of Antipsychotic Medication", 23 No. 5 The Journal of Health and Hospital Law 153, 1990
• "Signature on Written Consent Form Not Necessarily Proof of Informed Consent", 23 No. 5, The Journal of Health and Hospital Law 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 of Health and Hospital Law 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

Address

225 South Depot Street
Rogersville, TN 37857-3327

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888-809-6135

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