Practice Areas
Law Practice Areas
Personal Injury
I focus my practice on personal injury law for people throughout Tennessee. I handle disputes between injured parties and those who are responsible for their injuries. I use all available resources to represent my clients' best interests in order to get the maximum recovery and resolve matters in a quick and efficient manner. It is unfortunate that some insurance companies will not offer you a fair amount to settle your claim unless a lawyer represents you. Even with an accident attorney representing you, insurance companies will often refuse to make you a reasonable offer, forcing you to bring your case to trial. I can help make sure that you get a fair settlement for your personal injuries, in cases involving:
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle and ATV Accidents
- Truck / Tractor Trailer Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Defective Products
- Aviation Accidents
- Vioxx / Celebrex Reactions
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation
If you have been injured due to the negligence of someone else, you need tough and aggressive representation. After you retain me, I will contact insurance adjusters, witnesses, and the other party’s attorney to assure that your claim is resolved as quickly and as fairly as possible. Contact me today to schedule a FREE consultation and find out how I can help you.
Car Accidents
Nashville Auto Accident Attorneys
After a serious motor vehicle accident injury, the most frequently asked question we are asked is in reference to payment of medical bills, lost wages, future medical treatment, and insurance. I can help answer these questions and others relating to serious or traumatic brain injuries , burns, fractures, breaks, dislocations, neck injuries, whiplash, back injuries, nerve injuries, paralysis, soft tissue injuries, and spinal cord injuries.
Having an experienced car accident lawyer in Nashville handle all types of motor vehicle collisions, car accidents, and crashes involving the negligent and reckless conduct of other drivers in:
- Alcohol and drug-related car accidents, collisions, and crashes
- Drunk driving crashes
- Hit and run accidents involving personal injuries and/or property damage
- Rear end collisions and intersection accidents
- Motorcycle accidents, crashes and collisions
- Rollover accidents involving cars, trucks, SUVs and other motor vehicles
- Semi-truck, eighteen wheeler, and tractor-trailer crashes
- Uninsured and underinsured drivers
- Wrongful death lawsuits
Having an experienced car wreck lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee, can make a big difference between getting what you deserve and getting nothing. I will work hard to help you recover as much money as possible under the law. I will make every effort to settle your claim with the at-fault party’s insurance carrier, but when necessary, I am not afraid to litigate a case to a successful resolution.
If you have been injured in a Tennessee car accident, you can count on tough and aggressive representation. Contact me today to get the legal representation you need to get the best outcome from your motor vehicle accident. The consultation is FREE. Top
Motorcycle and ATV accidents
Nashville Motorcyle Accident Lawyers
If you have been involved in a motorcycle accident in Tennessee, you need to find a Nashville motorcycle accident lawyer who is well versed in handling motorcycle crashes. You want every element possible on your side. I handle motorcycle and ATV accident cases throughout the State of Tennessee.
Motorcyclists and ATV riders are extremely vulnerable to injury during motorcycle accidents, especially when a car or truck is also involved. Due to the size of a motorcycle, other drivers routinely fail to see them, causing accidents. Unlike larger vehicles, motorcycles do not offer the amount of safety features that cars do. Frequently, motorcycle accident victims die as a result of the accident, and the survivors are often left with serious injuries, including traumatic brain injury or a permanent disability.
If you have received an injury while riding a motorcycle, you should be aware that motorcycle accidents are treated differently than car or semi-truck accidents. There is a great deal of prejudice throughout the United States against motorcycle riders. When you have been in a Tennessee motorcycle accident, you need a Nashville motorcycle accident lawyer who knows how to deal with the discrimination against motorcycle riders. You need an attorney who understands the difference between auto insurance laws and motorcycle insurance laws.
We have the expertise to represent you effectively in a motorcycle accident. If you or a loved one has been a victim of a motorcycle or ATV accident, please contact me to schedule a FREE initial consultation and get on your way to resolving your motorcycle accident claim. Top
Truck / Tractor Trailer Accidents
Semi-Truck, Eighteen Wheeler, and Tractor-Trailer Crashes
Truck accidents, semi-truck accidents and collisions involving tractor-trailers or big rigs involve a complicated set of laws and investigation of large amounts of evidence. The trucking industry is heavily regulated, so accidents involving trucks are generally much more complicated than typical car or pick-up truck accidents. Not only are the lawsuits more complex, but injuries are often devastating, including paralysis, brain injuries, severe burns, and death. Tennessee and the federal government have enacted laws designed to keep the public roadways safe, as well as the drivers traveling on the roads. For years, the trucking industry and drivers have violated these laws, resulting in staggering injury, damage and loss.
We are experienced in the investigation, settlement, and trial of tractor-trailer accident cases. We routinely handle claims for accidents that occur on I-65, I-40, I-24, I-440, and elsewhere in middle Tennessee. The many types of Tennessee trucking accidents we handle can be grouped into the following categories:
- Head on collisions involving semi trucks
- Rear end collisions
- Broadside collisions caused by eighteen wheelers
- Right hand squeeze collisions (when a driver attempts to pass truck on the right hand side, not realizing the truck is making a wide right turn)
- Center line crossover or bump collisions
- Lane change collisions
- Stopped or slow-moving trucks
- Jack-knifed tractor trailer trucks
- Vehicles sliding under tractor trailers
- Loss of control of a vehicle
- Loss of control by truck driver
- Hit and run truck accident
If you have been hurt in a truck collision or other motor vehicle accident, you need to focus your energies on recovering and trying to get your life back to normal. I will handle all aspects of your case, saving you the aggravation of dealing with aggressive insurance adjusters whose sole interest is limiting the amount of compensation to which you are entitled under the law. If you have been the victim of a trucking accident, and need experienced representation, I am ready to help you. Contact me today to schedule a FREE consultation. Top
Medical Malpractice / Nursing Home Abuse
Caring, Skilled, and Experienced Medical Malpractice Lawyers
I represent injury victims and families throughout middle Tennessee who have been affected by medical malpractice and medical negligence. I am a medical malpractice attorney who will work hard to get you the best result in your medical malpractice or medical negligence claim.
Medical mistakes kill and injure hundreds of people each year. Medical malpractice or medical negligence occurs when a medical provider, whether an anesthesiologist, doctor, surgeon, nurse, or other health care professional, acts in a manner that deviates from the accepted standard of care in the medical community. I represent injury victims and families whose medical provider has breached the standard of care in diagnosing or treating a medical condition. I handle medical malpractice and medical negligence claims involving:
- Anesthesia errors
- Birth injuries and pregnancy difficulties
- Brain injuries and traumatic brain injuries
- Emergency room errors, delays, and negligent treatment
- Failure to diagnose cancer, heart attack, meningitis, or other illnesses
- Medication errors, prescription errors, and pharmacy errors
- Misdiagnosis or late diagnosis
- Nursing malpractice and nursing negligence
- Obstetrical and gynecological malpractice
- Spinal cord injuries, paraplegia, and quadriplegia
- Back injuries
- Surgical errors
- Hospital malpractice
Contact me for skilled representation when you or a family member has been injured as the result of medical negligence or malpractice. I provide a FREE consultation to all clients and I am ready and willing to discuss and formulate a plan to resolve you medical malpractice claim. Top
Aviation Accidents
Aviation Accident and Plane Crash Injury Attorney
Air travel is one of the safest ways to travel, but like with cars, motorcycles, and trucks, airplane accidents do sometimes happen. I represent people who have been injured in airplane accidents, as well as the families of wrongful death victims killed due to aviation disasters and as a result of plane crash injuries.
Aviation accident law covers both major airline crashes and general aviation accidents. General aviation accidents include accidents incurring on all non-commercial aircraft, such as small private planes, business jets, charter flights, pleasure crafts, helicopters, hot air balloons, and hang gliders. The most common causes of major airline wrecks and general aviation accidents include:
- Pilot error
- Faulty equipment
- Federal Aviation Administration regulations violations
- Structural problems
- Negligence of Flight Service Station employees
- Negligence of federal air traffic controllers
- Dangerous of defective airplane design or manufacture
I am a pilot and engage in all areas of aviation law relative to personal injury and wrongful death, including litigation against the major airlines, military, general aviation, the United States government, and all major aircraft manufacturers.
If you have received a plane crash injury or been injured in some other aviation accident, I welcome the opportunity to put my experience to work for you and your family. If you would like to discuss your potential aviation accident case with me, please contact me for recognized knowledge in matters pertaining to aviation law. I offer all clients a FREE consultation where you can learn more about your case. Top
Defective Products
Nashville Defective Product Attorneys
When you buy a product, you expect that it will be safe for its intended use. Because of manufacturing defects and defective designs, your expectations are not always met. If a dangerous or defective product that you have purchased or borrowed injures you or a family member, you may have a legitimate product liability claim against the manufacturer of that product, as well as the supplier, distributor, and retail store from which the product was purchased. I am actively taking cases to help injured victims pursue their product liability claims.
Many product liability injuries could be avoided if the manufacturers or distributors of these products took additional steps to ensure consumer safety. The main incentive to increase product safety is to avoid potential liability in product liability lawsuits, which provides compensation for the personal injuries sustained from the use of a defective product. As your attorney, I will help you receive the full compensation you are entitled to receive, which may include compensation for:
- Medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Loss of physical capacity
- Pain, suffering, and mental anguish
- Punitive damages
Contact Me For Timely and Beneficial Results
I welcome the opportunity to put my expertise to work for you and your family. I am prepared to handle a variety of defective product trials, including roof crush lawsuits, SUV rollovers, and other motor vehicle defect claims. If you would like to discuss your potential product liability case with me, please contact me for a FREE initial consultation to find out how I can help you. Top
Vioxx / Celebrex Reactions
Nashville Motorcyle Accident Lawyers
Each day thousands of people are injured by dangerous and defective drugs. Some of these drugs are over-the-counter medications, and others are prescription. Pharmacists and doctors can be held liable under a medical malpractice theory if drugs are prescribed without obtaining a sufficient medical history to ensure that contraindications do not occur. In other cases, people are injured every year from drug products that should have never been put on the market. Drug companies that fail to fully test new drugs and then pressure the FDA to approve them should be held accountable for placing their profits before the well being of consumers. I firmly believe that it is not acceptable when these actions lead to someone being injured or killed.
I represent people who have been injured or killed as a result of unsafe pharmaceutical drugs, such as Vioxx and Celebrex. Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra, and other similar drugs have been linked to numerous harmful and potentially lethal side effects, such as heart attack, and stroke. I help consumers who suffer serious injury or death from products that were originally designed to help them.
Liability in these cases does not require the willful misrepresentation of the medication or intentional concealment of harmful side effects and adverse reactions. If a medication is marketed and presented to the public as safe, the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer may be held liable if that product proves over time to be dangerous or harmful.
If you believe you or a loved one has experienced a stroke, pulmonary embolism, arterial thrombosis, retinal artery occlusion or death as a result of taking Vioxx, Celebrex, or other Cox-2 inhibitor drugs, Call me you need a tough and aggressive lawyer to represent you. Top
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Nashville Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers
Unfortunately, thousands of individuals every year are victims of misfortune, resulting in traumatic brain injuries or injuries to the spine. I represent traumatic brain injury victims who have suffered traumatic brain injury and head injuries through a variety of accidents and injuries.
The term brain injury applies to an open or closed head injury resulting in impairment in one or more areas of the brain. This impairment affects brain functions such as cognitive skills, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem-solving, sensory, perceptual, motor abilities, and speech.
Causes
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may result from any sudden impact to the head and can have serious or even fatal consequences. Most brain injuries come about as the result of bruising, bleeding, twisting, or tearing of the brain tissue. Damage can occur immediately at the time of injury, or it may develop later, due to continued swelling or bleeding following an accident. Brain injuries can be the result of a variety of different accidents, including car accidents, motorcycle and ATV accidents, truck / tractor-trailer accidents, medical malpractice, defective products, aviation accidents, or Vioxx / Celebrex reactions.
If not properly diagnosed and treated quickly, traumatic brain injury can lead to permanent damage or sometimes death. Brain tissue does not regenerate, and once brain cells are damaged they are lost forever. This can lead to a number of problems for those that have suffered a traumatic brain injury. With proper care, traumatic brain injury is treatable and many adapt to their injury and live relatively normal lives.
Contact Us
If you or a family member is suffering from an accident related traumatic brain injury, you should contact an experienced personal injury attorney. I do not give up on complicated cases, and I am not afraid to take a case to trial when necessary. Contact me to schedule a FREE consultation and get the personal attention and legal representation you need to resolve your claim. Top
Wrongful Death
Tennessee Wrongful Death Representation
If you or your family has suffered the tragic death of a loved one, no legal action will bring them back. That does not mean that an at-fault party should not have to pay for their negligent actions. I have the knowledge, skill, and experience needed to handle your wrongful death claim successfully.
A wrongful or accidental death is considered to be a death that occurred through the wrongful act or negligence of another person or entity. A wrongful death may arise from any number of personal injury accidents, including:
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle and ATV Accidents
- Truck / Tractor Trailer Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Defective Products
- Aviation Accidents
- Vioxx / Celebrex Reactions
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Workers' Compensation
I strive to meet and exceed your objectives and goals by focusing on the catastrophic loss experienced by you and your family. I present your Tennessee wrongful death lawsuit in such a way that judges, juries, and insurance adjusters understand the need to fully and fairly compensate you for all aspects of your loss.
Damages in a wrongful death action may include loss of companionship, loss of consortium, mental anguish, loss of inheritance, loss of support, and punitive damages. You need a tough and aggressive lawyer to help you obtain the damages you are entitled to receive. Contact me to schedule a FREE consultation. Top