Professional Liability
As a professional, your reputation means everything. We are sensitive to the fact that professional liability lawsuits and claims affect reputations, as well as personal finances, and we stand ready to aggressively protect your practice at both the trial and appellate levels.
Representative clients include:
- Accountants
- Attorneys*
- Architects
- Contractors
- Directors of Corporations
- Engineers
- Financial Advisors
- Hospitals and Medical Facilities
- Insurance Professionals
- Physicians, Nurses and other Medical Professionals (including Malpractice and Medical Licensure and Credentialing issues)**
- Real Estate Professionals
- Surveyors
We also regularly provide professionals with legal counsel to help them avoid claims and lawsuits.
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As a professional, your reputation means everything. We are sensitive to the fact that professional liability lawsuits and claims affect reputations, as well as personal finances, and we stand ready to aggressively protect your practice at both the trial and appellate levels.
Representative clients include:
- Accountants
- Attorneys*
- Architects
- Contractors
- Directors of Corporations
- Engineers
- Financial Advisors
- Hospitals and Medical Facilities
- Insurance Professionals
- Physicians, Nurses and other Medical Professionals (including Malpractice and Medical Licensure and Credentialing issues)**
- Real Estate Professionals
- Surveyors
We also regularly provide professionals with legal counsel to help them avoid claims and lawsuits.
* The firm has represented lawyers involved in litigation. Most of the legal malpractice cases are defended in state court; however, several have either originated or been moved to federal courts; others have been before the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility. Defenses involving statutes of limitation, standard of care, specialization and fee disputes are representative of the kinds of cases that have been handled by the firm.
** Our attorneys are dedicated to the defense of medical providers in lawsuits alleging medical negligence. We represent a wide variety of medical care providers, including physicians of all specialties, physicians’ groups, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, hospitals and long-term care facilities. Our aggressive approach to defending our clients keeps the majority of our cases from reaching the trial stage. For cases that must be tried, our attorneys have the experience and expertise to handle them.
Stephen C. Barton
Christen Blackburn
NashvilleCBlackburn@LewisThomason.com
VCARDReba Brown
Nashvillerbrown@lewisthomason.com
VCARDBrad W. Craig
Nashvillebcraig@lewisthomason.com
VCARDDavid A. Draper
Knoxvilleddraper@lewisthomason.com
VCARDCheryl Rumage Estes
Brian S. Faughnan
Rodney A. Fields
Knoxvillerfields@lewisthomason.com
VCARDDavid N. Garst
Nashvilledgarst@lewisthomason.com
VCARDAndrew Grams
Nashvilleagrams@lewisthomason.com
VCARDPreston A. Hawkins
Knoxvillephawkins@lewisthomason.com
VCARDJanet S. Hayes
Knoxvillejhayes@lewisthomason.com
VCARDJoe M. Huffaker
Nashvillejhuffaker@lewisthomason.com
VCARDJ. Wallace Irvin
Nashvillewirvin@lewisthomason.com
VCARDMichael E. Keeney
Whitney Henry Kimerling
Nashvillewkimerling@lewisthomason.com
VCARDChris W. McCarty
Knoxvillecmccarty@lewisthomason.com
VCARDAnn Murphy
Nashvilleamurphy@lewisthomason.com
VCARDDaniel W. Olivas
Nashvilledolivas@lewisthomason.com
VCARDJason M. Pannu
Nashvillejpannu@lewisthomason.com
VCARDKaya Grace Porter
Nashvillekporter@lewisthomason.com
VCARDAdam F. Rust
Knoxvillearust@LewisThomason.com
VCARDLars E. Schuller
Knoxvillelschuller@lewisthomason.com
VCARDGeorge S. Scoville III
Nashvillegscoville@lewisthomason.com
VCARDTyler D. Smith
Knoxvilletsmith@lewisthomason.com
VCARDMarshall Stair
Knoxvillemstair@lewisthomason.com
VCARDJohn R. Tarpley
Nashvillejtarpley@lewisthomason.com
VCARDStephen W. Vescovo
W. Paul Whitt
Knoxvillepwhitt@lewisthomason.com
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