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| | Address | | 530 Oak Court Drive, Suite 360 | | Memphis, Tennessee 38117 | | (Shelby Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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(Main Office)
| Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Professional Liability, Products Liability, Insurance, Corporations, Fidelity and Surety Law, Employment, Domestic and Administrative Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Bankruptcy, Construction Law, Environmental Law. | | Firm Size: 9 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | Stevan Lenoir Black (Member) born Kosciusko, Mississippi, January 5, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Claims Court; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., Chemistry, 1970); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1973). Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2001-2008. Selected, "Mid-South Super Lawyer" in Family Law, 2006-2008. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: Note, "Agency — Right of Injured Party to Hold Master Liable Under Doctrine of Respondent Superior," 40 Tennessee Law Review, 1973. Phi Alpha Delta. Lecturer: Law Education Institute: "Hedonic Damages: The Pleasure Principle," 1990, 1992, Vail, Colorado and 1991, Orlando, Florida; "Summary Judgment After Celotex," 1991, Vail, Colorado; Tennessee Bar Association, Family Law Section, "Making Tax Laws Work for Your Client," 1994; "Making the Record on Appeal," Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Destin, Florida, 1999; "Tax Issues in Family Law Cases," Memphis Bar Association, Memphis, Tennessee, 1999; "Divorce-Alimony and Property Issues," Memphis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, Destin, Florida, 2001; "Tax Law for the Rest of Us—Family Law Tax Issues," Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis and Nashville, 2003; "The Significance of Relative Fault in Property Division and Alimony: A Survey," Law Education Institute, Aspen, Colorado, 2003; "Family Law Tax Issues," Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants Federal Tax Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, November 2004. Member: Memphis (Member: Discipline & Ethics Committee, 1978-1983; Judiciary Practice and Procedure Committee, 1983-1985; Fee Dispute Committee, 1985-1988; Family Law Section), Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law and Litigation) Bar Associations; Master, Leo Bearman Chapter, American Inns of Court. Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Honeycutt v Honeycutt, 152 S. W. 3rd 556 (Tenn. App. 2003); Burlew v. Burlew, 40 S.W. 3d 465 (Tenn. 2001); Goodman v. Goodman, 8 S.W. 3d 289 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999); Dellinger v. Dellinger, 958 S.W. 2d 778 (Tenn. App. 1997); Herrera v. Herrera, 944 S.W. 2d 379 (Tenn. App. 1996); Black v. Blount, 938 S.W. 2d 394 (Tenn. 1996); Culp v. Culp, 917 S.W. 2d 233 (Tenn. App. 1995); Malone v. Malone, 842 S.W. 2d 621 (Tenn App. 1992); Halloran v. Kostka, 778 S.W. 2d 454 (Tenn. App. 1988); Seessel v. Seessel, 748 S.W. 2d 422 (Tenn. 1988);. Practice Areas: Federal and State Civil Litigation; Domestic Relations; Personal Injury Litigation. Email: Stevan Lenoir Black | | Michael G. McLaren (Member) born Joliet, Illinois, January 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1972); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1976). Editor, Blackacre, Loyola University of Chicago, 1975-1976. Instructor, Legal Writing, Loyola University, 1975-1976. Former General Counsel, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., 1998. Lecturer: "Ethics for the Judiciary," U.S. Magistrate Judge's meetings, Orlando, Florida and Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005; "How Hollywood Handles Legal Ethics," Memphis Bar Association, Destin, Florida, 2004; "Expert Witnesses," Memphis Bar Association, Destin, Florida and Memphis, Tennessee, 2003; "First Amendment, Defamation and Slander Update," Annual Meeting of Newsweeklies and City Magazines, 1995; "Claims Handling, Lawsuits and Defenses in Arkansas and Mississippi," Republic Claims Service Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 1999; "Avoiding Litigation, Before, During and After Surgery," Advances in Total Joint Arthroplasty Meeting, 1999, Snowmass, Colorado; "Employer/Employee Relations in Today's Workplace," Annual Tyco Employment Law Seminar, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1996; "Demonstrative Evidence and Visual Aids," University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1994; "Initial Evaluation of Claims and Early Litigation Checklist," Republic Claims Service Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1995. In Movie Credits: A Time to Kill; The Firm; The People v. Larry Flynt; Separated by Murder; Her Hidden Truth. Member: National Congressional Advisory Committee on Childhood Vaccines, 1998-2001; Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Faculty Member, Trial Academy, 1997). Reported Cases: So. Sec. Fed. Credit Union, 2006 Jackson, TN Court of Appeal, W2004-02700-COA-R3; Blackard v. Memphis Area Med. Ctr. for Women, 262 Fed. 3d 568 (6th Cir. 2001); Davidson Hotel Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 1936 F. Supp. 2d 901 (W.D. Tenn. 2001); Burnett v. Tyco Corp., 203 F. 3d 980 (6th Cir. 2000); Electric Controls v. Ponderosa Fibres of AM., 19 S.W. 3d 222 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999); Winningham v. Ciba Geigy Corp., 1998 U.S. App. Lexis 16388; Barker Bros. Waste v. Dyer County Legislative Body, 923 F. Supp. 1042 (W.D. Tenn. 1996); Emerson v. Maples (In re Mark Benskin & Co.), 1993 Bankr. Lexis 1805; UMIC Government Secur., Inc. v. Pioneer Mortg. Co., 707 F.2d 251 (6th Cir. 1993); Bruce v. Hamilton, 894 S.W. 2d 274 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993); Rapp Constr. Co. v. Jay Realty Co., 809 S.W. 2d 90 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991); Kirby Farms Homeowners Assoc. v. Citicorp., 773 S.W. 2d 249 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989); Pyle v. Morrison, 716 S.W. 2d 930 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986); Union Planters Bank v. Twin City Insurance Co. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights Law; Environmental Law; Construction Law; Fidelity and Surety Law; Vaccine Litigation; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Michael G. McLaren | | Vickie Hardy Jones (Member) born Petersburg, Virginia, June 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., English Literature, 1993); University of Memphis (J.D., 1996). Associate Justice, Moot Court Board. Recipient: Dean's Award for Academic Excellence in the Study of Trial Advocacy; Joe A. Moore Award for Outstanding Achievement in Oral Advocacy. Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 1997-1999, 2002-2004. Member, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 2000. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Union Planters Bank, N.A. v Cont'l Cas. Co., 478 F. 3rd 759 (6th Cir. 2007); Honeycutt v Honeycutt, 152 S.W. 3d 556 (Tenn Ct. App. 2003); Hyneman v Hyneman, 152 S.W. 3d 549 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003); Burlew v. Burlew, 40 S.W. 3d 465 (Tenn. 2001); Blackard v. Memphis Area Med. Ctr. for Women, Inc., 262 F. 3d. 568 (6th Cir. 2001); Goodman v. Goodman, 8 S.W. 3d 289 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Civil Litigation. Email: Vickie Hardy Jones | | John C. Ryland (Member) born Fort Knox, Kentucky, November 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1990); University of Memphis (J.D., with honors, 1994). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence, Criminal Law, Debtor-Creditor, Business Organizations II; West Award in Secured Transactions, Business Organizations II. Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1992-1994. Author: "Auriemma v. Rice: The Seventh Circuit's Narrow Construction of Sec. 1983 Municipal Liability," 24 Memphis St. L. Rev. (1993); "When Policies Collide: The Conflict Between CERCLA and the Bankruptcy Code." 24 Memphis St. L. Rev. (1994). Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 2001; Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: John C. Ryland | | J. Mark Griffee (Member) born 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., with honors, 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1980). General Civil Mediator, Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31, 1997—. Member: Memphis (Member, Sections on Litigation; ADR), Tennessee (Member, Sections on Litigation; ADR) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial and Civil Litigation including Medical and other Professional Liability Defense; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Insurance and Reinsurance Coverage; Health Care and other Business Transactions. Email: J. Mark Griffee | | —————————— | | Lynda Wray Black (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1996, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986); Yale University (J.D., 1989). Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis. Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Memphis School of Law, 2000-2001 (Courses taught: Business Organizations, Secured Transactions and Estate Planning). Member: Memphis and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Family Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Fidelity and Surety; Domestic Relations. Email: Lynda Wray Black | | William E. Cochran, Jr. (Associate) born Kosciusko, Mississippi, March 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee; 2002, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1996); University of Memphis (J.D., 2001). Member, University of Memphis Law Review. Recipient, Cecil C. Humphreys Law Fellowship/Scholarship. International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 2005. Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum, 2004-2005. Member: Memphis, Tennessee, Mississippi and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety; Vaccine Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Debtor and Creditor Collections. Email: William E. Cochran, Jr. | | Jana L. Davis (Associate) born Sikeston, Missouri, June 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee; 2005, Missouri. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1997); Christian Brothers University (M.B.A., 1999); University of Missouri, Kansas City (Visiting Student, 2003-2004); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2004). Dean's List. Sigma Tau Alpha. Member: Board of Governors, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, 2001-2003; Women's Bar Association, Mississippi College School of Law, 2001-2003; Moot Court Board, Mississippi College School of Law, 2002-2003. Author: "How to Take a Telephonic Deposition," ABA-YLD Litigation 101. Member: Memphis (Young Lawyers Division), Tennessee and American (Young Lawyers Division; Probate and Property Litigation) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Civil Litigation; Probate and Estate Litigation; Fidelity and Surety; Estate Administration. Email: Jana L. Davis | | Shon D. Johnson (Associate) born West Memphis, Arkansas, December 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Arkansas, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin (B.S.B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 1998); University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (J.D., 2004). Recipient: Dean's Distinguished Service Award. Who's Who Among College Students Award. Pupil Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. Associate Justice, Moot Court Board. Semi-Finalist. Member: Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure; Tax Law Society; Criminal Law Society. Member: Tennessee, Arkansas, Memphis (Leadership Forum 2007-2008, House of Delegates, 2008-2009) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Fidelity and Surety; Probate. Email: Shon D. Johnson | | Christopher Webb (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, March 19, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee; 2008, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.B.A., 2004; J.D., 2007). Member: Memphis Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety; Professional Liability Defense; Family Law. Email: Christopher Webb |
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