Whitney Henry Kimerling is a shareholder in the Nashville office of Lewis Thomason.  Ms. Kimerling’s civil litigation practice focuses on the defense of manufacturers in product liability claims pending in Tennessee and throughout the United States.  Her practice areas also include medical malpractice, premises liability, and transportation litigation.  She regularly represents clients in complex, high-exposure federal and state court matters.

Ms. Kimerling graduated from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, where she was a Caruthers Fellow.  She was awarded the Rodney M. Max Mediation Fellowship and various Scholar of Merit distinctions for academic excellence.

A native of Pulaski, Tennessee, Ms. Kimerling received her Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development, magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 2006.  She and her husband reside in Nashville with their two sons.

 AFFILIATIONS

• Tennessee Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association
• Alabama Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute

 PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• Included in the inaugural edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in Insurance and Transportation Law, Medical Malpractice Law/Defendants and Product Liability Law/Defendants
• Graduate, 2019 Class Nashville Emerging Leaders
• Mid-South Super Lawyers® Rising Star, 2018
• “40 Under 40”, Nashville Business Journal, 2018
• American Inn of Court, Belmont University College of Law, 2017 – present
• Young Professional Leadership Council, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Tennessee, 2017 – present
• Nashville Young Leaders Council – 2016
• Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum – 2015
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s Young Professional of the Year – 2015
• Nashville’s “Top 30 Under 30” Honoree – 2014
• Lawyer’s Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter, 2015 – present
• Junior League of Nashville, 2013 – present
• The Horizons School Junior Board Member – 2013 – 2015
• Vanderbilt Young Alumni Class Agent – 2013 – 2014
• Vanderbilt Commodore Recruitment Program – 2013 – 2014
• Tennessee Student Bar Association, President – 2009 – 2010
• Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, Member
• Former Intern, Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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