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Larry V. Roberts
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Stetson University College of Law
Larry V. Roberts represents the injured and grieving. He is an experienced trial attorney actively and aggressively representing people who have been seriously injured and families who have lost loved ones. If you are seriously injured or lose a loved one, Larry V. Roberts will take the time to talk with you and your family to truly understand how a serious injury or death of a loved is effecting you and your family. Larry V. Roberts is committed to helping his clients obtain the compensation they deserve. The National Association of Distinguished Counsel has named Larry in the Nation’s Top...
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Mark C. Hartsoe
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Tennessee College of Law
Mark Hartsoe is dedicated to providing high-quality legal services to injured persons and their families in the Knoxville, Maryville and East Tennessee area. For over 33 years, Hartsoe has aggressively litigated on behalf of his clients to assist them in getting the justice they deserve. He has decades of experience with car accident, truck wreck, motorcycle wreck and premises liability/slip and fall cases. Mr. Hartsoe regularly works with other firms on a referral fee and co-counsel basis. He has been long recognized by his peers as one of the top injury lawyers in East Tennessee and has...
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Kelly D. Tanner
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Lincoln Memorial University - John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law
Kelly Tanner is a Knoxville DUI attorney and Knoxville Car Wreck attorney. Before attending the Duncan School of Law, Kelly served as a law enforcement officer in Knoxville, TN. In fact, Kelly is highly skilled in the area of FIeld Sobriety Testing, having received countless hours of training in both administration and interpretation of these tests, and has been a part of actually training the police officers who administer them. To say that he has knowledge of how the prosecution makes their cases is an understatement. He knows the system from both sides.
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Gregory F Coleman
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Animal, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Gregory F. Coleman is the founder and Managing Partner of Greg Coleman Law PC. Greg received his B.A. with highest honors and distinction from Jacksonville State University in 1986. He attended the University of Tennessee College of Law, graduating in 1989. In addition to distinguishing himself academically, Greg was a member of the National Trial Moot Court Team and was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for National Trial Team and was listed in Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans. In addition, the College of Law bestowed upon Greg the honor of inclusion into the National Order of...
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Daniel R Pilkington
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Employment and Municipal
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Dan Pilkington is a member at the firm of Watson, Roach, Batson and Lauderback in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Pilkington practices civil litigation in federal and state courts, with an emphasis on public officials and law enforcement. His experience includes defending municipal clients in civil rights actions, including police misconduct ligation.
An East Tennessee native, Dan Pilkington attended East Tennessee State University where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law. Mr. Pilkington was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 2005. In addition, he is also admitted before the United...
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Jonathan Sevier Cave
Greene County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Bankruptcy and Criminal Defense
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Tennessee attorney, Jonathan Sevier Cave, has dedicated his practice to serving clients' needs under both criminal and civil law specialties at both the state and federal level. Jonathan is licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee, the Eastern District Federal Courts of Tennessee, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Before going into private practice, Jonathan worked as a corporate fixed income securities specialist for Wachovia Bank. He later apprenticed for the Knox County District Attorney and the Knox County Office of the Public Defender where he handled DUI's and felony matters such as first degree murder.
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Darrell L. Douglas
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Mississippi College School of Law
Darrell Douglas was born and raised in LaFollette, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2010. His Doctor of Jurisprudence was awarded in 2014 from Mississippi College in Jackson, Mississippi. Darrell was licensed to practice law in Tennessee in 2014.
Having grown up in East Tennessee, Darrell knew he wanted to return home to begin practicing law. Darrell’s upbringing gave him a strong desire to assist those who have been injured through no fault of their own; and to help them recover compensation for those injuries.
During his time in practice, Darrell has experience in...
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Timothy M. McLaughlin
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Asbestos, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Tennessee College of Law
Tim McLaughlin was born in North Dakota and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. Tim moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1989 and graduated from the University of Tennessee Law School in 1992. Tim immediately began working for the Knox County Public Defender's Office where he gained extensive trial experience. Shortly thereafter, Tim chose to work with the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, a nationally recognized plaintiff's law firm at the Knoxville, Tennessee branch office. In 2003, Tim and Mike Nassios established the law firm of Nassios & McLaughlin.
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David Alexander Burkhalter
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 48 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Employment, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of Tennessee College of Law
Civil trial attorney in private practice since 1976. Mr. Burkhalter has extensive trial and appellate experience in both State and Federal courts. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
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Brent Allen Morris
Campbell County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Born and raised in Knoxville, Brent graduated from both the Memphis University School and the University of Memphis. He then went on to attend the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in Memphis, where he excelled as a Herff Scholar and served on law review. In 2005, he graduated with honors and began his legal career in Knoxville, specializing in civil insurance defense.
Brent later gained experience in Connecticut while working in-house for Chubb insurance before returning to Nashville to continue his insurance defense practice. However, in 2020, Brent and his wife decided to return to their hometown, and he made...
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M. Witt McLeod
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Mississippi School of Law
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Adam A Edwards
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Washburn University School of Law
In 2004, Adam decided to return home to Knoxville and joined the firm of Dunn, McDonald, Coleman and Reynolds. While at the firm, the relationship was formed with attorney Greg Coleman that eventually led to his representation of individuals with serious personal injuries at Greg Coleman Law. His trial experience and diverse background of representing clients ranging from fortune 50 companies to the individual car accident victim have served him well in fighting for the rights of injury victims. His primary practice areas include: automobile, trucking and motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice and nursing home neglect claims, products liability/dangerous products...
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David C. Garrett Jr.
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Social Security Disability
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
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Sanjay Raman
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Medical Malpractice, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
Lincoln Memorial University - John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law
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Paul Emmett Kaufman
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Ronald Clair Koksal
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Ron Koksal was born in Russell, Kansas and graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1972. He was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1973, and is admitted to practice before various federal courts and the United States Supreme Court.
Ron and his wife Judi have two children: Zack and Luke. He enjoys spending time with family, playing golf, Tennessee and Kansas basketball, reading, cooking and traveling to destinations of Judi’s choice (!) and with friends to golf destinations such as South Carolina, Ireland and Scotland.
Ron has a son with autism and is involved in related causes such...
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Frederick W. Hoethke
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
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Grant Mitchell
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Medical Malpractice, Construction, Personal Injury and Products Liability
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E. Michael Brezina III
Knox County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney
Medical Malpractice, Business and Personal Injury
University of Tennessee College of Law
E. Michael Brezina, III’s career includes more than fifteen years of litigation experience in the private and public sectors, including extensive and diverse trial experience.
Michael graduated Summa Cum Laude in three years from the University of Tennessee (“UT”) in Knoxville, where he was selected Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 2004, he graduated Cum Laude from UT College of Law. He was a partner for many years at one of the region’s oldest and largest law firms, starting his practice there after graduating from law school in 2004. During his 15-year tenure...
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Jesse James Campbell
Sullivan County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Appalachian School of Law
Jesse Campbell is a seventh generation Northeast Tennessean. After graduating from High School, Jesse attended East Tennessee State University before enlisting in the United States Army shortly after 9/11. After nearly a decade of service that took him around the world, including deployments to Iraq, Bosnia, and the Horn of Africa, Jesse left the Army and took advantage of the G.I. Bill to complete a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Tusculum University, followed by a Juris Doctor degree at Appalachian School of Law where he graduated with honors near the top of his class.
Prior to joining Tahinci Law, Jesse...
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Tony Seaton
Washington County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Tony Seaton is a partner at the Law Offices of Seaton & Bates, PLLC. He has practiced law in Tennessee for almost 4 decades and focuses his personal injury practice on helping those that are seriously injured get fairly compensated from the responsible party.
Tony has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and has been a member of the American Association for Justice since 1988.
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Olen Gale Haynes Jr.
Washington County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Asbestos, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Olen Haynes, Jr. is a compassionate and caring personal injury attorney serving clients in Johnson City and the surrounding areas. Prior to advocating for injury victims, Mr. Haynes practiced law in the United States Navy ‘JAG’ Corps, where he was able to refine his legal skills. This prosecutorial experience has proven invaluable when Mr. Haynes heads into trial on behalf of his injury clients. In addition to his nearly 20 years of experience, he has been recognized in the Mid-South Super Lawyers® Rising Stars? list, as well as nominated for the American Bar Association Outstanding Young Military Lawyer of the...
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Evan (Mac) Meade
Washington County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Tennessee College of Law
Attorney Evan ‘Mac’ Meade was born and raised in Johnson City. He attended The University of Tennessee College of Law, where he graduated Cum Laude in 2005. After gaining experience as a public defender, he went on to join the firm his father built, now called Meade Law Group. Attorney Meade has many awards to his name, including a 10.0 Superb Avvo rating and a Clients’ Choice Award from Avvo in 2016. As a dedicated and highly skilled attorney, Meade is committed to providing his clients with the uncompromising, decisive, and aggressive representation they deserve. To learn more about this...
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James Robert Miller II
Washington County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 35 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Probate
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
We are a full service law firm dedicated to helping people with serious legal matters. Your concerns are very important to us and our goal is to provide you with the highest quality legal representation for whatever situation you may have. Since graduating from the University of Tennessee School of Law, with Honors, in 1989, I have worked as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Tennessee Court of Appeals and practiced law in Nashville and Knoxville before moving to Johnson City in 1993. In 1998, I founded this law firm in downtown historic...
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Evan Meade
Washington County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Russell Kloosterman
Washington County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Business, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
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Timothy Wayne Hudson
Sullivan County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Personal Injury
Experienced trial attorney in east Tennessee and southwest Virginia.
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Barry Andrew Glenn
Sullivan County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Criminal Defense, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
West Virginia University College of Law
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John A. Day
Rutherford County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of North Carolina School of Law
John A. Day is the founding partner of The Law Offices of John Day, P.C., located in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. John graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1981. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist and has more than 30 years’ experience trying cases. John has served as President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and Chair of the Council of State Presidents of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). John has also served on the boards of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Lawyers...
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Matthew Clinton Minner
Davidson County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Vanderbilt University Law School
Matthew C. Minner is a co-founder and current managing partner of Minner Vines Injury Lawyers, PLLC, Kentucky office and a skilled personal injury attorney with more than 20 years of legal experience. Matt has been instrumental in a number of groundbreaking cases, earning record settlements and jury verdicts on behalf of his clients. Matt is committed to giving back to his community and uses this spirit of giving when relating to his clients. He regularly provides sound legal counsel and guidance, coupled with uncompromising legal representation that his clients can rely on. Call the firm for a free case evaluation...
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Michael Keith Pence
Wilson County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Maritime, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Nashville School of Law
Michael K. Pence is a founder of the Law Offices of Thornton & Pence in Nashville, Tennessee. Michael is a devoted personal injury lawyer who provides legal representation to individuals and families that have been harmed by the negligent and careless actions of others. Michael worked as a law clerk for 3 years before becoming an attorney, handling exclusively Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Workers Compensation claims and Criminal Litigation. Michael has recovered millions of dollars for his clients and their families. Michael’s work doesn’t stop there, he has also successfully overturned two decisions at the Tennessee...
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Brandon E. Bass
Rutherford County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Tennessee College of Law
Brandon Bass is a shareholder at The Law Offices of John Day, P.C., located in Nashville, Tennessee, where he’s been practicing law since he graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2002. Brandon is active in several legal organizations, including: the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association Executive Committee, Board of Governors, Amicus Curiae Committee Chair, and Mentor; the American Association for Justice on their New Lawyers Division Board of Governors; the Tennessee Bar Association’s Leadership Law; and the Nashville Bar Foundation as a Fellow and Mentor.
Brandon has received many accolades throughout his career. He has been named in...
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Mitch Grissim
Davidson County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Mitch Grissim’s father, a prominent Nashville lawyer, taught him at an early age that it is the little things that make all the difference in the quality of the legal services offered and the level of client satisfaction. Simple but important actions, such as returning all phone calls before the end of the day and doing exactly what you say you’re going to, is the standard at Mitch Grissim and Associates.
Mitch lives on the lake east of Nashville in Sumner County and attends Bluegrass Baptist Church of Hendersonville. When not in the office, Mitch enjoys working out and training for...
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Thomas R Greer
Davidson County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 19 years of experience
28 White Bridge Road, Suite 400B
Nashville, TN 37205
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
I am a trial lawyer practicing in Memphis, TN and surrounding areas. I focus my practice on serious injury and professional malpractice cases, including auto and truck accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and legal malpractice.
I have obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements throughout my career. I have tried several jury trials in both state and federal court, and I have appeared before the Tennessee Supreme Court, Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
More importantly, I know each of my clients personally,...
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Jim Higgins
Hamilton County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer
651 E 4th St
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Chattanooga, TN 37403
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Memphis
Mr. Higgins is a Nashville native. He attended the University of Tennessee where he graduated with honors and returned to home to work with a large insurance defense law firm. About 17 years ago Mr. Higgins left the defense practice and created a firm that only represents injured victims and their families. To better serve his clients the firm is broken down into specific litigation groups, such as the nursing home neglect division and serious injury division.
Mr. Higgins is a member of the million dollar advocates forum, recognized by Best Lawyers and is a board...
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Paul E. Tennison
Davidson County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Business, Health Care and Insurance Defense
Vanderbilt University Law School
Paul E. Tennison is passionate about helping clients solve complex legal challenges. Paul enjoys helping people understand the law and pick the most effective course of action to achieve their desired results.
Paul was selected as a rising star by Super-Lawyers in 2023 and selected as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Nashville by MyNashville Magazine readers in July, 2020. Paul has a diverse military, leadership, and legal background that affords him unique inside into many issues confronting Hall Booth Smith's clients. Paul has over 18 years of management, human resources, and leadership experience. Paul is a military veteran and...
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Brian Cummings
Davidson County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Vanderbilt University Law School
Winning is what matters! Brian has 20+ years of litigation experience successfully handling and trying medical malpractice and personal injury cases. He has obtained over $26,000,000.00 for his clients in just the past few years, which earned him a lifetime membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Less than 1% of attorneys are lifetime members of the Forum. He only takes on select cases so that he can personally handle every aspect of that client's important case. Other firms pass clients and cases off to junior attorneys who the client never would have selected. Brian never does that. Brian's dedication...
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Lee Lawrence Coleman
Sumner County, TN Medical Malpractice Attorney
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Mr. Coleman is now the Managing Partner and majority owner of Hughes and Coleman Injury Lawyers, a firm he cofounded in 1985 with J. Marshall Hughes. The firm has grown during its 37 years, and currently has 30 attorneys and 10 offices in Kentucky and Tennessee, and an affiliated firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lee is proud that two of his sons, Benjamin and Andrew, are attorneys practicing with H&C. Lee earned his Law Degree from the University of Louisville, graduating in 1981, and earned his undergraduate Business Administration degree from the University of Kentucky, graduating in 1978.
In 1985 Lee...
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Ed Wallis
Shelby County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Richmond School of Law
Over the last ten years, I have been fortunate to practice in a variety of areas of civil litigation, including: - Medical Device Litigation, including class III and 510(k) implantable medical devices for persons located in multiple continents and across the United States - Professional negligence (including medical malpractice, dental malpractice and legal malpractice) - False Claims Act cases - including for Medicare Fraud, Government contractor fraud, and IRS Whistleblower - Construction litigation involving the building of roads, bridges, and parking garages, to name a few - Complex business litigation involving millions of dollars of alleged damages in...
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R. Sadler Bailey
Davidson County, TN Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 40 years of experience
(901) 680-9777
Bailey & Greer, PLLC
28 White Bridge Road, Suite 400B
Nashville, TN 37205
Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
As founder of Bailey & Greer, R. Sadler Bailey has battled his fair share of insurance giants and wrongdoers and has achieved numerous multimillion-dollar results for the victims of catastrophic injuries and their families. What’s more, he has been involved in more than 40 appellate court decisions affecting Tennessee personal injury law, including many landmark appearances before the Tennessee Supreme Court. In addition, he’s one of only a handful of lawyers in Memphis to have earned an advanced law degree in litigation. As a symbol of his respect within the Tennessee legal community, he is consistently called upon to teach...