Practice Areas

• Accidents – Automobile, Bicycle, Boating, Bus, Motorcycle, Plane, Tractor Trailer, Train
• Adverse Possession
• Animal Attacks (Dog Bites)
• Assaults
• Boundary Disputes
• Business Disputes
• Condemnation
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Conservatorships/Guardianships – Contested
• Consumer Protection
• Contract Disputes
• Conversion (Theft)
• Construction – Contracts, Defects, Commercial, Residential
• Contaminated Foods
• Contracts
• Copyright Infringement Defense
• Creditor Collections
• Debtor Defense
• Disability Insurance – Long-Term and Short-Term
• Dram Shop Liability
• E-Coli Contamination
• Easements
• Eminent Domain
• Employment Agreements
• Encroachments
• Estates – Contested
• Evictions
• Fiduciary Liability
• Fire Insurance and Loss
• Fraud (Deceit, Misrepresentation)
• Garnishments
• Highway and Road Design Liability
• Home Sales
• Homeowners Association Issues
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (Outrageous Conduct)
• Land Sales
• Landlord/Tenant Disputes
• Leases – Commercial and Residential
• Levies
• Libel
• Materialmens and Mechanics Liens
• Negligence
• Non-compete Agreements (Covenants Not to Compete)
• Partition Actions
• Personal Injury
• Premises Liability (Slip and Fall)
• Property Rights
• Quiet Title
• Real Estate Broker and Agent Liability
• Restrictive Covenants
• Severance Packages
• Sinkholes
• Slander
• Trusts – Contested
• Unlawful Detainer
• Warranties
• Will Contests
• Workers’ Compensation
• Wrongful Death

Admission Details

• Admitted in 1996, Tennessee
• 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
• 2010, U.S. District Court, Middle District and Western Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• 2011, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School Attended

• University of Tennessee, Class of 1995, J.D.

University Attended

• University of Virginia, Class of 1992, B.A., with Distinction, Echols Scholar

Associations & Memberships

• Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel
• Anderson County Bar Association
• Blount County Bar Association
• Knoxville Bar Association
• Loudon County Bar Association
• Sevier County Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association