Position: Member

TEL: 901-526-2000

FAX: 901-577-2303

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Website: www.bdbc.com

Admitted: Tennessee, 1960

Law School: Harvard University (J.D., 1960)

College: Yale University (A.B., 1957); Phi Beta Kappa

Birth Date and Place: August 20, 1935, Memphis, Tennessee

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; and Professional Negligence Defense.

Additional Information: Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Memphis Law School. Author: "Caveat Emptor in Sales of Realty-Recent Assaults Upon the Rule," 14 Vanderbilt Law Review, March, 1961; "The Competency and Impeachment of Witnesses," 57 Tennessee Law Review 89 (Fall 1989); "Legal Malpractice in the Area of Litigation," 17 Memphis State University Law Review, 541, Summer 1987; "Some Observations on the Art of Advocacy," Vol. II, Memphis Bar Association Magazine, pg. 9, 1992. Winner: Memphis Bar Association's Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award 1968; Memphis Bar Association's "Lawyer's Lawyer Award" 1989. Recipient, 1993 Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Memphis Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. President, Junior Bar Association of Tennessee, 1969-1970. Former Member: Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Amending the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure; Tennessee Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Drafting Rules of Evidence for the State of Tennessee; Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission. Elected to membership of the American Association of Appellate Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, 1967-1969; Secretary, 1977-1978; Vice President, 1978-1979; President Elect, 1979-1980; President, 1980-1981), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; International Association of Insurance Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisements, certification, specialization or self-proclaimed expertise. Certifications of specialization are available to Tennessee lawyers in all areas of practice relating to or included in the areas of Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Elder Law and Estate Planning. Any listing of related or included practice areas herein does not constitute or imply representation of certification or specialization. Potential clients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of any lawyer being considered. These disclosures are required by the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Firm Members: Sam Blair, Jr.

Firm Members: Christopher Boling