Butler, Vines and Babb, P.L.L.C.

Law Firm Overview

Butler, Vines and Babb is a Knoxville, Tennessee based law firm that was established in 1973 by attorneys who had already been working together for several years. When first organized, the firm focused on trial work, but diversified over the years to serve the many needs of an expanding client list. Although the firm and the areas of practice have grown, its members remain dedicated to the small-firm concept of providing quality legal services on a personal basis. Those same proficiencies remain the cornerstone of a growing and diverse practice, encompassing many areas of personal injury law, insurance defense, corporate and banking, estate planning and alternative dispute resolution (mediation).

The firm routinely works with highly complex, high risk, and high profile litigation, and often serves at the request of other law firms to support and advise key attorneys and, in selected plaintiff personal injury cases, may advance the costs of trial preparation, and share fees, with referring and participating firms. Furthermore, the firm has acted as regional coordinating counsel and as trial counsel throughout the southeastern and midwestern United States, supervising thousands of cases in these jurisdictions. Butler, Vines and Babb is rated an "AV" firm by Martindale Hubbell, representing the "highest level of professional excellence".

Members of the firm actively conduct seminars and present papers on a number of legal issues, and many of our attorneys have been honored by their peers. Select members of the firm are certified as Civil Trial Specialists by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization or are listed as Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediators. In addition, Butler, Vines and Babb employs a Medical Doctor and a Registered Nurse as medical consultants for the purpose of reviewing medical issues in both our plaintiff and defense cases. The firm also has established contacts with physicians at medical institutions who are willing to assist with an objective analysis of potential cases. Above all, our members strongly believe that the diversity of practice areas and people within our firm gives us an advantage in serving your needs, whether working on plaintiff or defense matters.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury 40%
• Product Liability 20%
• Medical Malpractice 30%
• Corporate/Other 10%
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Child Support
• Consumer Protection
• Custody & Visitation
• DUI/DWI
• Divorce
• Eminent Domain
• Environmental Law
• Nursing Home
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Securities Law
• Transportation Law
• Workers' Compensation Law

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Antitrust Law, Deceptive Trade Practices, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, Lending & Secured Transactions, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Uniform Commercial Code, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Civil Rights, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Eminent Domain, DUI/DWI, Education Law, Student Rights, Environmental Law, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Hazardous Waste, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Solid Waste, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Health & Health Care Law, Disability, Nursing Home, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Insurance Malpractice, Insurance Subrogation, Life & Health, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Reinsurance, Title Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury -- Defense, Animal Bites -- Defense, Assault & Battery -- Defense, Aviation Accidents -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Railroad Accidents -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Recreational Products, Tobacco, Professional Malpractice Law, Dental Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, Securities Law, Capital Markets, Commodities, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Regulation, State, Local & Municipal Law, Toxic Torts, Pesticides, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Transportation Law, Aviation, Trucking, Workers' Compensation Law, Federal Employees, State & Municipal Employees, Workers' Compensation Appeals, Workers' Compensation Defense, Workers' Compensation Fraud, Workers' Compensation Subrogation