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