Position: Solo Practitioner

TEL: (615)783-2874

FAX: (615)783-1606

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Admitted: 1967, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee

Law School: Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1966)

College: Harvard University (B.A.,Government, cum laude, 1963)

Birth Date and Place: July 27, 1941, New York, N.Y

Practice Areas: Plaintiff Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Products Liability; Professional Negligence; Workers Compensation; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Traumatic Brain Injury Cases. STATEMENT OF PRACTICE: Civil Trial Practice. Personal Injury

Additional Information: Phi Alpha Delta. Participant, Harvard Defense Policy Seminar Under Direction of Henry Kissinger, 1962-1963. Nashville Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1974), The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Board of Governors, 1986-1992; Vice-President, 1992-1993). Tennessee Trial Lawyers of America (Treasurer, 1978; President, 1979-1980); Nashville Bar Association Convention (Chairman, 1992); Tennessee Bar Association (Speaker, Young Lawyers Section, 1992); Trustee, Lawyers Involved for Tennessee, 1979-1980; Co-Chair, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Paralegal Advisory Committee; Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation; Co-Founder, Nashville Plaintiff's Table, 1990; Life Member, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Civil Justice Foundation; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Key Person, Advertising, Membership Oversight, State Relations, Public Safety Conference and Executive Committees; Chair, Small Office Practice Section, 1994-1995). Recipient: Wiedemann-Wysocki Citation of Excellence, 1990-1992. Author: "Opening Statement," Criminal Defense Techniques, Matthew Bender, 1977; "Communicating the Message," Court Trials, Cumberland Law School, Birmingham, Alabama; "From Small to Substantial Maximizing The Medical Proof in the So-Called Small Case: - NCA, Boca Raton, Florida, January, 1992; Trial Magazine, April, 1994; "The True Art of Negotiation-Handling the Game." Co-Sponsor "Child Lures," Channel 2 News, Nashville, Tennessee, November, 1992. Lecturer: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Boca Raton, Fl, 1992, Nashville, Tn., 1992; "Weekend With the Stars," New York City, 1992. (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization) (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) MEMBER: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate).