Heidi Barcus, a shareholder in the firm’s Knoxville office, and John Tarpley, a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office, have been elected to the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors.
The ABA Board of Governors has the authority to act and speak for the ABA, consistent with previous action of the House of Delegates, when the House is not in session. It oversees the general operation of the Association and develops specific plans of action.
Heidi Barcus has dedicated her legal career to advocating for healthcare professionals and institutions in the complex arena of healthcare liability. She has established herself as a preeminent figure in the field, offering unparalleled expertise and unwavering commitment to her clients. Licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Kentucky, Barcus has consistently demonstrated her legal ability by successfully defending a wide array of healthcare entities in state and federal courts.
Among her many professional achievements, she has been recognized as a specialist in Medical Professional Liability, a distinction awarded by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, named to Mid-South Super Lawyers in their Top 100 Tennessee Attorneys list, named in The Best Lawyers®, a Fellow of the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association and the Knoxville Bar Association. Barcus is also the past president of the Tennessee Bar Association and the Knoxville Bar Association.
John Tarpley has established himself as one of the pre-eminent lawyers who represent commercial transportation companies and their employees in Tennessee and nationwide. As the chair of the firm’s transportation practice group, he established an aggressive rapid response protocol that results in the quick gathering of all relevant information related to an accident to enable his clients to make critical and prompt decisions about each accident. Tarpley is sought after on a national level as a speaker on transportation topics and has devoted a significant portion of his practice to the mediation and arbitration of civil matters.
Among his many professional achievements Tarpley has been selected by his peers as a member of the distinguished Tennessee Academy of Mediators, is the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, a Fellow, Trustee and President of the Nashville Bar Foundation, member of the Nashville Bar Association’s Board of Directors, ALFA International’s Board of Directors, Chair, ALFA International’s Diversity Committee, named to The Best Lawyers® and Mid-South Super Lawyers.