Concentration
Products Liability Law and Litigation

Extensive Experience
Products Liability law, litigation defense, trial counsel for DaimlerChrysler Corporation. Also involved in representing Chrysler/Renault in various national issues, including vehicle/import recalls, special projects, and product defect matters

Other Experience
Active in communications law as counsel for Highland Telephone Cooperative, Inc., commercial litigation, utility law, and condemnation. Certified as a Rule 31 Mediator, Supreme Court of Tennessee, United States District Court Eastern District of Tennessee

Education
University of Tennessee
(B.S., 1966)
University of Tennessee
(J.D., 1970)

Memberships
American, Tennessee, and Scott County Bar Associations; Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court; Defense Research Institute

Licenses
Tennessee. Admitted to practice in the State of Tennessee, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of the State of Tennessee and U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Publications and Lectureships
University of Tennessee College of Law, complex discovery issues