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Experience

• Represents products manufacturers and major retailers in personal injury actions
• Successfully defended major NASCAR venue in contract action involving ownership of vital infrastructure
• Represents both estates and heirs in will contests and actions claiming breach of fiduciary duty in administration of large estates
• Represented community development organization in toxic tort action claiming contamination of drinking water affecting hundreds of homes
• Successfully defended medical center in class action involving claims of discrimination against uninsured patients
• Successfully defended pharmacy chain in class actions involving alleged prescription drug fraud and alleged unsafe drugs, and in individual personal injury actions
• Successfully defended large east Tennessee advertising firm in claim involving alleged violation of non-competition agreements
• Represents coal and gas owners and producers in contract and land use disputes
• Represents both physicians and patients in medical malpractice actions

Education

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