Appeals & Trial Consulting

We have the experience, capacity, and expertise to handle any appeal.

Best Lawyers® included the firm on their 2024 “Best Law Firms” list for the Metro Nashville area, including a Tier one designation for appellate practice.

 

Cases

  • We accept cases from across the entire state of Tennessee, we serve as consultants and counsel in other states as well as federal court

  • We frequently work with other lawyers to provide insight and strategy on pending or anticipated appeals, or complex summary judgment matters.

  • We have handled hundreds of appeals, and we have the expertise to take on any area of law.

  • Our attorneys have clerked for judges at the state and federal level.

  • They have served as editors of influential texts and have been published in the Tennessee Bar Journal, the Nashville Bar Journal, Belmont Law Review, and more.

  • They are  featured presenters at seminars across the state, including the Tennessee Bar Association’s Supreme Court Bootcamp, the Nashville Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Seminar, the Tort Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners, and the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel.

Accolades

 

Some Matters We’ve Handled:

 

  • Lead Appellate counsel for injured Plaintiff in a slip and fall case.

    TN Supreme Court rejected the adoption of the Preemption Doctrine, which would have completely shielded employers from any liability for their own negligence.

  • United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit ; Lead Appellate Counsel

    Holding for the first time in history that Amazon could be held liable for a product sold on its website, an exploding hoverboard, when it knew of the danger of the product.

  • Tennessee Court of Appeals 2015
    Affirming $2.6 million jury verdict
    (trial and appellate counsel)

  • Tennessee Court of Appeals 2013
    Successful Supreme Court application resulting in remand, preservation of medical malpractice claim

  • Tennessee Supreme Court 2012
    Reversing award of alimony to at-fault spouse

  • United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, July 30, 2003

    Trial Court's multi-million dollar verdict upheld and increased on appeal against Exxon for a Nashville plastic company.

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  • Tennessee Supreme Court 2016
    Successful Supreme Court application
    reinstating claim under tolling agreement

  • Tennessee Court of Appeals 2015
    Affirming $3.3 million jury verdict

  • Tennessee Supreme Court 2013
    New trial for widow regarding husband’s estate

  • Tennessee Supreme Court 2011
    Securing $1.7 million in life insurance proceeds
    (trial and appellate counsel)

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit , 2005
    Affirming $200,000 verdict in discrimination case

  • Tennessee Supreme Court 1992
    Amicus Counsel; Replaced Contributory Negligence with Comparative Fault

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