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| | Address | | Fifth Third Center, Suite 2200, 424 Church Street | | Nashville, Tennessee 37219 | | (Davidson Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 615-256-6666 | | Telecopier: 615-254-4254 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.hwylaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Hollins, Wagster, Weatherly
& Raybin, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Criminal and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Driving While Intoxicated, Drug Crimes, Juvenile Crimes, Assault, Parole and Probation, Homicide, Felonies and Misdemeanors, Appeals, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Slip and Fall, Dog Bites, Trucking Accidents, Automobile Accidents Wrongful Death, Workers Compensation, Real Estate, Corporate, Insurance, Family, Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Modifications, Visitation Rights, Spousal Support, Alimony, Adoptions, Domestic Violence, Commercial Litigation, Civil Rights Violations, Employment and Labor Law, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination and Negligence Law. | | Year Established: 1976 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1976, our firm of experienced trial lawyers engages in a wide range of legal services on behalf of individuals, businesses and corporations in both criminal and civil litigation throughout Tennessee. All partners and associates continue their legal training and are active in professional and civic affairs. | | Firm Size: 8 | Representative Clients:
Allstate Insurance Co.; The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.; Betty Machine Co., Inc.; Scene Three, Inc.; Integer Insurance Co. Sony Corporation of America; Coldwell-Banker; The Rockefeller Foundation; Fraternal Order of Police. | Reference:
Sun Trust Bank. | | John J. Hollins (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, November 12, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1955; J.D., 1957). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Vanderbilt Law Review. Assistant City Attorney, Nashville, 1961-1963. Assistant District Attorney, 1963-1969 and First Assistant District Attorney, 1966-1969, Davidson County. President, Nashville Barristers Club, 1966. Member: Nashville (President, 1974), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce. Email: John J. Hollins | | David L. Raybin (Member) born Sacramento, California, March 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee; 1975, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (B.S., 1971); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif; Member, Staff, Tennessee Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: "Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure," West Publishing Co., 1984. Assistant State Attorney General, 1974-1977. Assistant District Attorney, Davidson County, 1977-1984. Chairman, Tennessee Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1982-1988. Member, Tennessee Sentencing Commission, 1986-1993. Listed in the "Best Lawyers in America", 2003—; "100 Best Lawyers in Tennessee," 2004—. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1993); Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Homicide; White Collar Crime; Appellate Practice; Domestic Violence; Parole and Probation; Civil Litigation; Civil Rights; Identity Theft; Criminal Appeals; Civil Forfeiture; Expungements; Federal Criminal Law; Felonies; Sex Crimes; Vehicular Homicide; Victims Rights. Email: David L. Raybin | | James L. Weatherly, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 28, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1976, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1972; J.D., 1975). Phi Alpha Delta (Vice Justice, 1975). Instructor of Clinical Education, University of Tennessee, 1975-1977. Senior Assistant Public Defender, Nashville, 1978-1982. Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County, TN, 1982-1986. Member: Tennessee Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission, 1986-1993; Tennessee Continuing Legal Education and Specialization Commission, 1993-1998. Member, Board of Directors, Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C., 1986-1989. Member, Board of Directors, 1991— and President, 1994-1996, Legal Services of Middle Tennessee. Member, 1992— and Chairman, 1992-1994, Metropolitan Beer Permit Board. Member: Nashville (Vice President, Barristers Club, 1981; Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1988, 2008—; President, 1988); Tennessee Bar Associations; Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1985-1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1987); National Legal Aid and Defenders Association (Member, Defenders Board, 1984-1986); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Personal Injury; Domestic Relations Law; Insurance Defense. Email: James L. Weatherly, Jr. | | John J. Hollins, Jr. (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, January 21, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.A., History, with honors, 1984); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1987). Licensed Mediator, Family Law, Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31, 2003—. Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2003—. Board Member, Board of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2003—. Hearing Panel Member, Board of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2000—. Master, John Marshall American Inns of Court, Williamson County, 1998—. Deacon, First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation, 2003—. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations Law; Personal Injury. Email: John J. Hollins, Jr. | | Patrick T. McNally (Member) born Augsburg, Germany, August 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee; 1984, Kentucky; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1977); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1982). Assistant Public Advocate, 1982-1983 and Senior Assistant Public Advocate, 1983-1984, Kentucky. Director, Regional Public Advocate's Office, Hazard, Kentucky, 1984-1986. Senior Assistant Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, 1986-1991. District Investigator for the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, 1991-2001. Recipient, Nashville Bar Association Assistance of Counsel Award, 1994. Member: Nashville (Chairperson - Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Committee, 2001), Tennessee (Chairperson - Criminal Justice Section Executive Committee, 2000-2001) and Kentucky Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1996; President-Elect, 1995; Treasurer, 1993-1994; Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1996, 2003, 2004). Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Personal Injury Law; Driving While Intoxicated; Traffic Violations. Email: Patrick T. McNally | | Jacqueline B. Dixon (Member) born Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, April 7, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Emory & Henry College; Carson-Newman College (B.S., 1981); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Family Mediator, 2003. Member: Nashville ( President, Young Lawyers Division, 1991-1992; Board of Directors, 1996-1998), Tennessee (Member: Young Lawyers Division President, 1997-1998; Board of Governors, 1996-1998 and 2005-2011) and American (House of Delegates, 1994-1995 and 2007-2010) Bar Associations; Lawyer's Association for Women (President, 2003-2004); Tennessee Lawyer's Association for Women (President, 2006-2007); American Inns of Court, Harry Phillips Inn (Barrister, 1997—2009); Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (Board Member, 2001—; Treasurer, 2002; President, 2004; Past President, 2005-2006); Nashville Bar Foundation; Tennessee Bar Foundation; Tennessee Supreme Court Commission to Administer the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (Secretary-Treasurer, 2000-2008); State of Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation (Member, 1996-2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Domestic Relations; Workers' Compensation; Probate; Family Law; Mediation. Email: Jacqueline B. Dixon | | —————————— | | David J. Weissman (Associate) born Norwalk, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2004, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 2006, Tennessee; 2008, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Florida State University College of Law (J.D., 1989). Selected: Best Lawyers in America, 1998-2006; Law and Leading American Attorneys, 1999—. Florida Bar Board Certified, 1995—. Contributing Author: Florida Workers Compensation Manual. Adjunct Professor, Florida State University College of Law. Member: Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Board of Directors; Florida Bar Executive Council. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury(60%); Social Security Disability(10%); Civil Litigation(30%). | | Vincent P. Wyatt (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals; 2006, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1996); The University of Memphis (J.D., 2000). Member, The University of Memphis Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations. [Prosecutor, 2000-2004 and Legal Assistance Attorney, 2004, United States Navy Judge Advocate General Corps]. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation. Email: Vincent P. Wyatt | | Sarah S. Richter (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 2002); University of Memphis (J.D., 2005). Senior Clerk, Judge William B. Cain, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Section. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; American Inns of Court, Harry Phillip Inn (Associate, 2008-2010). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Family Law; Divorce; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Sarah S. Richter | | OF COUNSEL | | John W. Wagster (Of Counsel) born Columbia, Tennessee, November 24, 1935; admitted to bar, 1970, Tennessee. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1957); Yale University (B.D., 1960); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1970). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: "Antitrust—In Pari Delicto Is No Bar to Recovery," 21 Vanderbilt Law Review 1083, 1968. Tennessee Delegate to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1980-1991. Member: Nashville (Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1991; First Vice-President, 1991), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Email: John W. Wagster |
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