Previous Law Firm Name

• Cornelius,Collins,Higgins & White, January 1, 1985

Law Firm Overview

The firm of Cornelius & Collins was established in 1942 by founders Charles L. Cornelius, Charles L. Cornelius, Jr. and W. Ovid Collins, Jr. The firm consists of 9 partners, 4 associates and one Of Counsel attorney, as well as 4 paralegals and 12 support personnel. Our goals are to provide legal services of unparalleled quality in service to our clients, while maintaining the highest ethical standards in all aspects of our practice.

The firm specializes in all areas of civil litigation, including trials and appeals in all local, state and federal courts, as well as state and federal administrative forums. In addition to its traditional representation of numerous major insurers and their policyholders, the firm offers a wide range of legal services in the areas of general business, corporate, real estate, labor and employment, product liability, medical/professional malpractice, governmental liability and civil rights, estate and probate, bankruptcy, copyright and entertainment law.

Representative Clients

• Admiral Insurance Company
• American International Group, Inc.
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• American Title Insurance Co.
• AAA Auto Club South, Inc.
• Ayers & Associates
• Avnet, Inc
• Ben Lomand Nursery
• BIC Corporation
• Burroughs-Ross-Colville Co.
• Canal Insurance Company
• Central Reserve Life Insurance Co.
• Cheetah Boat Co.
• Cherokee Equity Corp.
• Chicago Title Insurance Co.
• Cincinnati Insurance Co.
• Correctional Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
• Crane Co.
• Direct Marine, Inc.
• Domino's Pizza, Inc.
• Emerson Electric Co.
• Explosive Engineering Services, Inc.
• Forum Insurance Co.
• Freuhauf Corp.
• General Motors Corporation
• Gulf American SBL, Inc.
• Hartford Insurance Group
• Jaguar Cars, Inc.
• JLG Industries, Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
• Kemper Group
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Mack Trucks, Inc.
• Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.
• Metal Products Co.
• Middle Tennessee Escrow
• Morrisons, Inc.
• Mutual Service Insurance Companies (MSI)
• Nashville Wire Products Co.
• Nashville Academy of Medicine & Davidson County Medical Society
• Nashville Sporting Goods
• National Health Laboratories, Inc.
• National Union Fire Ins. Co.
• Nayistar International Transportation Corp.
• Northland Insurance Companies
• Onini Insurance Group
• Overton Produce Co., Inc.
• Page Powerboats, Inc.
• Pirelli-Armstrong Tire Corp.
• Purity Dairies, Inc.
• Soundshop Productions, Inc.
• St. Thomas Health Services, Inc.
• St. Thomas Hospital
• State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co.
• SunTrust Bank
• Technical Industries, Inc.
• Terntex Products, Inc.
• Tenneco, Inc.
• Tennessee Association of Business
• Tennessee Dressed Beef Co.
• Tennessee Farmers Cooperative
• Tennessee League of Savings Institutions, Inc.
• Tennessee Medical Association
• Tennessee Medical Foundation
• Tennessee Pharmacists Association
• Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
• The Atlanta Casualty Companies
• TRW Inc.
• United Power Services, Inc.
• United States Tobacco Company
• UpRight, Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• White Consolidated Industries
• Willis Corroon, Inc.
• Old Republic Title Insurance Company
• Stewart Title and Guaranty

Representative Cases

• Carr v. United Parcel Service, 955 S.W.2d 832, 72 Empl. Prac. Dec. p. 45, 053 (Tenn. 1997)
• Campbell v. Florida Steel Corp., 919 S.W.2d 26, 64 USLW 2660 (Tenn. 1996)
• Pride v. BIC Corporation, 2000 Fed. App. 0222P, 218 F.3d 566 (6th Cir. 2000)
• Suggs v. Servicemaster Educ. Food Management, 72 F.3d 1228 (6th Cir. 1996)
• MacDonald v. General Motors Corp., 784 F. Supp 486 (M.D. Tenn. 1992)
• Tennessee Medical Association v. Board of Registration in Podiatry, 907 S.W.2d 820 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995)
• Middle Tennessee Associates v. Leeville Motors, 803 S.W.2d 206 (Tenn. 1991)
• Bundren v. Peters, 732 F. Supp. 1486, 59 Educ. Law Rep. 733 (E.D. Tenn. 1989)
• Justice and Harmon v. Angus R. Jessup Associates, 619 S.W.2d 522 (Tenn. 1981)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Health & Health Care Law, Elder Law, Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Toxic Torts