Muse, Leslie A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel, since July 1, 2009

Year Joined Organization: 2009

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Medical Malpractice 50%
• General Litigation/ Patient Advocacy 10%
• Health Policy and Health Law Consulting 40%

Representative Cases

• Alsip v. Johnson City Medical Center, 197 SW3d 722 (Tenn. 2006)

West Practice Categories

Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1996
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Tennessee Association for Justice, 1996 - Present (Board of Governors (1999-present); Executive Committee(2003-2011))
• Tennessee Bar Foundation, 2009 - Present (Fellow)
• Tennessee Bar Association, 1999 - Present (Member, CLE Committee (July 2011- present); Member, Health Law Section (2009- present))
• Tennessee Bar Association (Leadership Law, Class of 2009)
• East Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, January 1, 2008 - Present (Program Chair (January 2009- present))
• American Health Lawyers' Association, July 1, 2007 - July 1, 2010
• Knoxville Bar Association, 2009 - Present
• American Bar Association, October 1, 2009 - Present
• Tennessee Trial Lawyer Magazine, January 1, 2002 - August 1, 2009 (Editorial Staff)
• American Public Health Association, July 1, 2007 - August 1, 2009
• Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specializtion, June 1, 2011 - Present (Member)
• Together! Healthy Knox, July 1, 2011 - Present (Member, Health Equity Action Team)

Honors and Awards

• Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class, 2009

Classes and Seminars

• The Black Hole of Peer Review, June 26, 2008 - Present
• Law Office Efficiency: Roundtable on Staff Relationships, June 13, 2008 - Present
• Standard of Care: From State Laws to Evidence-Based Medicine, June 11, 2008 - Present
• HIPAA and the Privacy Rule: What They Are and How They Affect Your Practice, June 18, 2004 - Present
• Epidemiology, Ethics and Law, University of Tennessee, MPH program, November 29, 2010 - Present
• Medical Negligence and Liability Avoidance, University of Tennessee, Graduate Nursing program, November 30, 2010 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• TennCare Appeals of service denials, August 1, 2009 - Present
• Moderator, public form on Healthcare Reform at the Baker Center, August 30, 2010 - Present
• Participant, Knox County Health Department sponsored Health System Assessment Retreat, December 6, 2010 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Law Office of Leslie Muse, Attorney, December 1, 2007 - July 1, 2009
• Brewer & Terry, P.C., Attorney, July 1, 1995 - November 30, 2007

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1996
  JD
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May, 2010
  MPH
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, December, 1992
  B.A. - English

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Justice E. Riley Anderson, Tennessee Trial Lawyer Magazine, Fall, 2006
• HIPAA and the Privacy Rule: What they are and how they affect your practice, Tennessee Judicial Conference, 2004

Address

2701 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919-4619

Office Hours

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday

Phones

(865) 244-3921

Faxes

(865) 244-1221

Emails

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Websites

http://www.bvblaw.com