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Experience

• Represents both estates and heirs in will contests and actions involving breach of fiduciary duty in administration of large estates
• Writer, speaker and consultant on issues of state and federal civil procedure
• Represents coal and gas owners and producers in contract and land use disputes
• Represents products manufacturers, major retailers and plaintiffs in product liability actions
• Represents both physicians and patients in medical malpractice actions
• Represents plaintiffs and defendants in class action litigation
• Counsel to outdoors groups on environmental and access issues

Education

• The University of Tennessee College of Law: J.D. with highest honors and class valedictorian, 1998
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: B.A. 1991