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| | Address | One Commerce Square
Twenty-Ninth Floor, 40 South Main | | Memphis, Tennessee 38103 | | (Shelby Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Professional Liability, Products Liability, Health Care, Insurance, Corporations, Banking, Trademark and Patent, Media, Immigration, Employment, Family Law, Administrative Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Construction Law, Mortgage Banking, Zoning and Land Use, Environmental Law, Sports Law. | | Year Established: 1967 | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1967 as Thomason, Crawford and Hendrix, the firm changed its name in 1982 upon the elevation of W. Frank Crawford to the Tennessee Appellate Bench. Of the ten largest law firms in Memphis, Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell is one of the fastest growing. Through participation in national and international bar associations and organizations, the firm has established and maintains an active relationship with lawyers and law firms in most large American cities and in many foreign countries. In addition to its high proportion of partners, the firm has employed well-educated, highly motivated and competent associates, and has also regularly employed paralegals and law clerks, including five in recent years with European Common Market connections. In spite of its rapid growth, Thomason, Hendrix has demonstrated stability; a majority of the partners having been associated with the firm since law school graduation or judicial clerkship. Members of the firm have attained a high level of prominence in national, state and local bar work, as well as civic, political, charitable and religious activities. | | Firm Size: 30 | Representative Clients:
New York Times Broadcasting Services, Inc.; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co.; Shelter Insurance Co.; St. Paul Insurance Co.; St. Paul Fidelity & Deposit of Maryland; State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.; Federal Express; First Tennessee Bank, N.A.; Memphis Grizzlies; The ServiceMaster Company; First Horizon Mortgage Loan Corp.; Professional Service Industries, Inc.; Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.; ExxonMobil; Tyco International; Wright Medical Technology, Inc.; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.; Charter Medical Corp.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Design Professional Insurance Co.; Terra International; Lauderdale County; Royal Group Technologies, Ltd.; Swiss Re Reinsurance Corp.; City of Memphis. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Albert C. Harvey (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 1967, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1961; J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1966-1967. Author: Comments, 34 Tennessee Law Review 235, 1967 and 35 Tennessee Law Review 74, 1967. Law Clerk for Justice Larry Creson, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1967-1968. Assistant Public Defender, Shelby County, 1969-1971. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Best Lawyers in America. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1972-1973; Member: Board of Directors, 1973-1977; Treasurer, 1987; Secretary, 1988; Vice-President, 1989; President-Elect, 1990; President, 1991), Tennessee (President, 2002-2003; President-Elect, 2001-2002; Vice President, 1999-2000; Board of Governors, 1999—; President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1971-1972) and American (Member: Commission on the Evaluation of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct - Ethics, 2000; Board of Governors, 1991-1994; House of Delegates, 1978-1981, 1991—; Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, 1974-1975; Council, Litigation Section, 1984; Chair, Standing Committee on Law and National Security) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society (National Director, 1982-1987). Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation (President, 1993-1994); American Inns of Court (Master); American Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocacy (Advocate); American College of Trial Lawyers. [Major General, U.S. Marine Corps Res.]. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Professional Liability Law; Products Liability Law; Business Litigation; Health Care Law. Email: Albert C. Harvey | | J. Kimbrough Johnson (Member) born Lexington, Kentucky, June 26, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1964); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America." Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1969-1970. Co-Author: "Public Housing," 22 Vanderbilt Law Review 875, 1969. Author: "An Evaluation of Changes in the Medical Standard of Care," 23 Vanderbilt Law Review 729, 1970. Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1988-1993. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Tennessee Bar Foundation. [Capt., U.S.M.C., 1964-1967]. Practice Areas: Professional Negligence Law; Insurance Defense Law; General Litigation. Email: J. Kimbrough Johnson | | Jerry E. Mitchell (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 30, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.S., 1964; M.B.A., 1981); Vanderbilt University and Georgetown University (J.D., 1967). Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Memphis and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Professional Negligence Law; First Amendment Law; Business Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Products Liability Law. Email: Jerry E. Mitchell | | William H. Haltom, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, June 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, National Moot Court Team. Chair, Board of Editors, American Bar Association Journal, 1998-2003. Editor-in-Chief, Barrister, 1985-1987. Chair, Board of Editors, Tennessee Bar Journal, 1998-2003. Member: Memphis (President, 2000), Tennessee (Vice President, 2003-2004; Chair, Litigation Section, 1989-1990; President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1987-1988; Board of Governors, 2002—) and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Tennessee Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability Law; Health Care Law. Email: William H. Haltom, Jr. | | Kemper B. Durand (Member) born Madison, Wisconsin, June 28, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Tennessee; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1961); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1963). Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to Hon. Marion S. Boyd, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1964-1965. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 1968-1972. Chair, Speedy Trial Planning Committee for U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1975-1984. Member, Local Rules Committee for U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1989-1990. Chair, U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1990. Chair, Federal Defender Evaluation Committee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1993. Member, Federal Defender Evaluation Committee, 2004. Panel Member, Disciplinary Board of Tennessee Supreme Court, 1983-1988. Approved Mediator by Tennessee Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Memphis. Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America," 2000—; 101 Best Lawyers in Tennessee, Tennessee Business Magazine, 2004. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Master). Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense Law; Immigration Law; Patent/Trademark Law. Email: Kemper B. Durand | | Stephen W. Vescovo (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee. Education: Memphis State University (B.B.A., 1977); Memphis State University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1994), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Workers Compensation Law; Lender Liability/Banking Law; Professional Liability Law. Email: Stephen W. Vescovo | | Cheryl Rumage Estes (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Delta Theta Phi. Member and Managing Editor, University of Memphis Law Review, 1980-1982. Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1985-1986), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Environmental Law; Employment Law; Education Law. Email: Cheryl Rumage Estes | | Michael L. Robb (Member) born Corpus Christi, Texas, January 5, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee; 1979, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Missouri; University of Memphis (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). Omicron Delta Kappa. Past Member, Hearing Committee, Tennessee Disciplinary Board. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1985-1986; Section Representative, Board of Directors, 1997; Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2002), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Litigation; Family Law; Professional Liability. Email: Michael L. Robb | | J. Martin Regan, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1976); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1978). Senior Staff Attorney, City of Memphis, Division of Housing and Community Development. Member: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee and American (Member, Affordable Housing Forum Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development Law; Probate and Estate Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Municipal Law. Email: J. Martin Regan, Jr. | | Elizabeth Tansil Collins (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, January 16, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Claims Court; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Memphis (J.D., 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award, 2003. Adjunct Professor, Memphis State University Law School, Legal Writing, 1992-1997. Associate Justice, Moot Court Board, 1987-1988. Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1987-1988. Master, American Inns of Court. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1998; President-Elect, Young Lawyers Division, 1997; Secretary/Treasurer, Young Lawyers Division, 1996; Member, Board of Directors, 2002-2003), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability. Email: Elizabeth Tansil Collins | | Stephen C. Barton (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, December 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia; 1989, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville; University of Mississippi (B.A., 1980); Georgia State University (J.D., 1988). Delta Theta Phi. Member, International and Comparative Law Society. Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Construction Litigation. Email: Stephen C. Barton | | Christopher L. Vescovo (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, December 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1987); Memphis State University (J.D., 1990). Approved Mediator, General Civil Mediation, Supreme Court of Tennessee. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1996), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mediation; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Christopher L. Vescovo | | John H. Dotson (Member) born Fayette, Alabama, February 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1979; J.D., with honors, 1991); University of Illinois at Urbana (M.A., 1978). Law Clerk to the Hon. W. Frank Crawford, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1991-1992. Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: John H. Dotson | | Michael E. Keeney (Member) born Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 21, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: Lambuth College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1992). Student Material Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk to Hon. W. Frank Crawford, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1992-1993. Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1996), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael E. Keeney | | Rehim Babaoglu (Member) born Milan, Italy; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eighth Circuits. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1969); University of Memphis (J.D., 1974). Delta Theta Phi. Listed in "Best Lawyers in America." Instructor, Memphis State University Legal Clinic, 1978-1980. Member: Memphis, Shelby County (Member, Discipline and Ethics Committee, 1977-1980; 1981, Fee Dispute Committee, Chairman), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association. [With USAR, 1967-1974]. Languages: Russian and Italian. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Personal Injury; Bankruptcy. Email: Rehim Babaoglu | | Lara Butler (Member) born Jackson, Tennessee, April 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1990); University of Memphis (J.D., 1993). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts I; Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award. Member, Memphis State Law Review, 1992-1993. Author: "Cowe by Cowe v. Forum Group, Inc.: Wrongful Life and the Dilemma of Comparing Impaired Existence with Nonexistence," 22:4 Memphis State University Law Review. Associate Member, American Inn of Court, 1998-2000. Member: Memphis Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2004; Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1997; President, 2000, Vice-President, 1999 and Secretary/Treasurer, 1998, Young Lawyers Division; President, Family Law Section, 1998). Practice Areas: Family Law; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice. Email: Lara Butler | | Joseph M. Clark (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, June 30, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee; 2000, Kentucky. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1993); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi, Vice-President, Student Bar Association. Member, National Moot Court Team, 1996. Associate Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inns of Court, 1999-2001. Selected for inclusion in the International Association of Defense Council (IADC).I. Member: Memphis (Chair, Litigation Section 2006-2008), Tennessee (Litigation Section Executive Council, 2001-2002), Kentucky and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Joseph M. Clark | | Andrea N. Malkin (Member) born New York City, N.Y., October 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with honors, 1992); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1995). First Place Team National Tax Moot Court Competition, 1993. Second Place Oralist and Brief, 1992 Intramural Moot Court Competition. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award, Federal Courts. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability. Email: Andrea N. Malkin | | Dodds Magee (Member) born Blytheville, Arkansas, May 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Memphis (J.D., 1998). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha; Order of Omega; Rho Lambda. Member, Moot Court/Mock Trial Board. Member, Editorial Board, Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure. Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis School of Law. Graduate: Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Forum; International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy; Memphis Bar Association Leadership Forum. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division; Member, Leadership Law Forum), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Leo Bearman Inns of Court (Barrister). Practice Areas: Professional Negligence Law; Insurance Defense Law; Litigation. Email: Dodds Magee | | ASSOCIATES | | Michael C. Shannon (Associate) | | Edricke Peyton (Associate) | | Elizabeth Simpson Alrutz (Associate) | | Kevin Baskette (Associate) | | Allison Wannamaker (Associate) | | Justin N. Joy (Associate) | | Kyle M. Wiggins (Associate) | | Christopher B. Sullivan (Associate) | | Justin E. Mitchell (Associate) | | Rana Khandekar (Associate) | | Margaret F. Cooper (Associate) | | Ms. Naheed Rana Khandekar (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: Emory University (B.B.A., 2004); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2007). Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations; National Association of Muslim Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice. | | Erika D. Roberts (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: Lipscomb University (B.S., 2003); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2007). Law Clerk for Honorable W. Frank Crawford and Honorable J. Steven Stafford, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 2007-2008. Member: Memphis Bar Association. Email: Erika D. Roberts | | Jonathon Louis May (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 2004); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2008). Member: Knoxville, Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Email: Jonathon Louis May | | Tiffany Taylor Bowders (Associate) born 1983; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 2004); University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (J.D. 2008). Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. | | OF COUNSEL | | Thomas Foster Preston, Sr. (Of Counsel) born Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1983, Tennessee. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1978); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1981). Member: Tennessee Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Nursing Home Defense; Medical Malpractice. Email: Thomas Foster Preston, Sr. | | Claire M. Cissell (Of Counsel) born Warren, Arkansas, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee; 1998, Arkansas. Education: Arkansas State University (B.A., 1987; M.A., 1988); Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis (J.D., 1996). Member: Memphis Bar Association; Association of Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Claire M. Cissell |
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