Stewart, Estes & Donnell, PLC

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Law Firm in Nashville, Tennessee
 
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Fifth Third Center, 424 Church Street
Suite 1401
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
(Davidson Co.)
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Phone: 615-244-6538  
Telecopier: 615-256-8386
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Stewart, Estes & Donnell, PLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Civil and Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Products Liability, Entertainment Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Employment and Labor Law, Civil Rights and Governmental Entity, Class Actions.
Year Established: 1971
Firm Profile:
Stewart, Estes & Donnell, PLC is a civil litigation firm which handles complex commercial, products liability, intellectual property, employment and labor, insurance, and accident litigation in all State and Federal courts throughout Tennessee, and to some extent on a regional and national basis.
Firm Size: 13
Representative Clients:
Allied Systems, Inc.; Alternative Service Concepts; American Household, Inc.; Amerisure Co.; Black & Decker (U.S.), Inc.; BOC Group; Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.; CKE Restaurants; Commercial Painting, Inc.; Costco Wholesale; Crawford & Co.; Dana Corp.; Estes Express Lines; Federal Express Corp.; Federated Rural Electric Insurance Co.; FirstComp; Great West Casualty; Hamilton Beach Proctor Silex, Inc.; Hanover Insurance Co.; Hendrix Manufacturing Co.; Holiday Inns, Inc.; Indiana Lumbermens Mutual; Johnson & Johnson; Liberty Bell Agency, Inc.; Mars, Inc.; Professional Adjustment Services; Protective Insurance Co.; Providence Publishing Corporation; Rose Smith Tucker, LLC; Servicemaster; Six Continents Hotels; Southern Guaranty Insurance Company; State Auto Insurance Companies; Suburban Propane, L.P.; Sunbeam Products, Inc.; Synergy Associates, Inc.; Tennessee School Board Association; The American National Red Cross; The Country Music Association, Inc.; The Kruger Organisation, Inc.; The New Company Song Group; The St. Paul Companies; Trident Insurance Services; Universal Music Group - UMG Recordings, Inc. including MCA Records and Mercury and Universal Music Publishing Group; Universal Studios, Inc.; Universal Underwriters Insurance Co.; USF Dugan; USF Glen Moore; USF Holland, Inc.; USF Logistics; Wallboard & Supply, Inc.; Williamson County, Tennessee; Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.; National American Insurance Company.
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
MEMBERS OF FIRM
H. Francis Stewart (1915-1991).
Thomas M. Donnell, Jr. (Member) born New Philadelphia, Ohio, August 31, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1969); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1972). Listed in International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers. Faculty Member, Defense Lawyers Trial Academy. Listed in 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Mass Tort Litigation. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member: Board of Directors, 1993-1996; Member, Committees on: Products Liability: Business Litigation; Governmental, Civil Rights and Administrative Law; Chairman, Business Litigation Committee, 1986-1988; Chairman, Municipal Liability and Civil Rights Committee, 1990-1991); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Governmental Entity; Civil Litigation; Electricity related Litigation. Email: Thomas M. Donnell, Jr.
Philip M. Kirkpatrick (Member) born Asheville, North Carolina, September 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1975; J.D., 1978). Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Member, Entertainment and Sports Law and Intellectual Property Law Committees) and American Bar Associations; Federal Communications Bar Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Intellectual Property, Advocacy, Practice and Procedure, Business Litigation and Products Liability Committees); Country Music Association; Propane Gas Defense Association. Reported Cases: Mike Curb d/b/a Curb Music Company v MCA Records, Inc. 898 F. Supp. 586 (M.D. Tenn. 1995); Brown v. Tabb, 714 F. 2d 1088 (11th Cir. 1983); United Brake Systems, Inc. v. American Environmental Protection, Inc., 963 S.W. 2d 749 (Tenn. App. 1997). Practice Areas: Entertainment Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Fire Loss Litigation. Email: Philip M. Kirkpatrick
Stephen K. Heard (Member) born Durham, North Carolina, October 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia and Tennessee. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1976); Emory University (J.D., 1980). Mediator, Certified Rule 31. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Committees of Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Employment Law Committee; Chairman, 1993-1995); The Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Lawyers Trial Academy (Faculty Member, 1991). Practice Areas: Contract Disputes; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Workers' Compensation; Employment Law; Premises Liability; Fire Loss Litigation; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Fair Credit Reporting Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; Civil Rights; Business and Corporate Litigation; Equestrian Law. Email: Stephen K. Heard
M. Reid Estes, Jr. (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, September 21, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee. Education: Belmont College (B.S., cum laude, 1977); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1979-1980. Certified Rule 31 Mediator. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Member: Class Action and Multi-District Litigation section and Alternative Dispute Resolution section). Reported Cases: Belcher v. Shoney's Inc., 127 F. Supp. 249 (M.D. Tenn. 1996) and 30 F. Supp. 2d 1010 (M.D. Tenn 1998) (M.D. Tenn 1998); Hoffman v. Sbarro, 982 F.Supp 249 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); Workman v. Frito-Lay Inc., 165 F3d 460 (6th Cir. 1999); Walker v. Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Inc., 400 F.3d 370 (6th Cir. 2005). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Wage and Hour Law; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; General Civil Litigation. Email: M. Reid Estes, Jr.
Martin Douglas Holmes (Member) born Madison, Tennessee, April 4, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1985-1986. Member, Jessup International Moot Court Team, 1984-1985. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Class Actions; Personal Injury; Worker's Compensation; Employment Law. Email: Martin Douglas Holmes
Peter F. Klett (Member) born New York, N.Y., October 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1991, U.S. Claims Court. Education: New York University; Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (Graduate). Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Product Liability; Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation; Employment Law; Wage and Hour Law; Personal Injury; Class Actions; Litigation. Email: Peter F. Klett
W. Stuart Scott (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, September 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1984); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1988). Member: Moot Court Board; Dean's Advisory Council; Student Tribunal, Exchequer Society. Forum Staff Columnist, 1987-1988. Law Clerk of the Honorable Samuel L. Lewis, Middle Section Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1988-1989. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Harry Phillips American Inns of Court. Fellow, Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Workers' Compensation; Transportation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Employment. Email: W. Stuart Scott
John Edward Anderson (Member) born Oak Ridge, Tennessee, January 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee; 1990, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 2001 U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with honors, 1984); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1989). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Nashville (Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee), Tennessee and American (Member, Litigation Section and Pretrial Practice and Discovery Section) Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (Graduate); Defense Research Institute; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: United Brake Systems, Inc. v. American Environmental Protection, Inc., 963 S.W. 2d 749 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997); Christ Lutheran Church v. Equitable Church Builders, Inc., 909 S.W. 2d 451 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995); Wausau Ins. Co. v. Dorsett, 172 S.W.3d 538 (Tenn. 2005). Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Transportation; Employment; Commercial Litigation. Email: John Edward Anderson
R. Horton Frank, III (Member) born Orange, New Jersey, February 5, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee; 1982, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1980). Local Winner, 1980 Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Competition. Certified, Rule 31 Civil Mediator, Tennessee Supreme Court. Formerly with: Frank & Frank; Jack, Lyon & Jones; Dearborn & Ewing; Gilber, Frank & Milom. Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Member, Sections on: Alternate Dispute Resolution; Entertainment and Sports Law; Litigation) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Entertainment and Sports Industry; Intellectual Property Law) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Counsel for Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. et al. in Pendleton v. Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. et al., 605 F. Supp. 477 (M. D. Tenn. 1984); Counsel for Martha Simpson in Simpson v. Simpson, 716 S. W. 2d 27 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1986) reh. denied, 67 ALR 4th 261; Counsel for Copyright Mangement, Inc. in International Talent Group, Inc. v. Copyright Management, Inc., 769 S. W. 2d 217 (Tenn. App. 1988) perm. app. denied; Counsel for Affiliated Healthcare, Inc. in Dan L. McLaren v. Robert I. Falk and Affiliated Healthcare, Inc. 1988 Tenn.App. Lexis 293 (Ct. App. 1988); Counsel for Dean Dillon, Kim Espy, Larry Butler Music Co. and Duck Soup Music Group in Black v. Gosdin, 740 F. Supp. 1288 (M. D. Tenn. 1990); Counsel for CPB Management, Inc., in CPB Management, Inc., et al v. Everly 939 S. W. 2d 78 (Tn. App., 1997) perm. app. denied. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Entertainment Law; Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property; Civil Practice; Mediation. Email: R. Horton Frank, III
Jeffrey M. Beemer (Member) born Evanston, Illinois, October 4, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee;1996, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1991); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1995). Managing Editor, Tennessee Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Hewitt P. Tomlin, Jr. Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western Section, 1995-1996. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Governmental Tort Liability; Employment Law; Premises Liability; Transportation Litigation; Products Liability; General Civil Litigation. Email: Jeffrey M. Beemer
ASSOCIATES
Patrick J. McHale (Associate) born St. Paul, Minnesota, April 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; General Civil Litigation.
Darrell L. West (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, June 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with high honors, 1975; J.D., 1977). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Torts-Vicarious Liability-Covenant Not To Sue Servant or Agent as Affecting Liability of Master or Principal," 48 Tenn. L. Rev. (1) 188. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Closely Held Business Law; Real Property; Class Actions; Complex Litigation.
John Paul Nefflen (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, September 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Kentucky; 1999, Tennessee. Education: Belmont University (B.A., 1994); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: John Paul Nefflen
Adam O. Knight (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, August 26, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1991); University of Memphis (J.D., 1996). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, International Law. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Adam O. Knight
Julie Hamner Johnston (Associate) born Houma, Louisiana, November 9, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana; 2003, Tennessee. Education: Nicholls State University (B.A., 1994); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 1997). Recipient, CALI Award, Copyright and Intellectual Property. Email: Julie Hamner Johnston
Autumn L. Gentry (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, December 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1995); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Certificate of Academic Excellence in Trial Practice. Member, ATLA Trial Team, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Hamilton Burnett American Inns of Court. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Reported Cases: Stempa v. Walgreen Co., 70 S.W. 3d 39 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001) Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation. Email: Autumn L. Gentry
Robert C. Bigelow (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, Philosophy, Vocal Performance, 1999; J.D., 2002). President, Vanderbilt Bar Association. Law Clerk to the Honorable Juliet E. Griffin, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2002-2005. Member: Nashville Bar Association (Co-Chair, Social Committee, Young Lawyer's Division). Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Governmental Tort Liability; Employment Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Law. Email: Robert C. Bigelow
Colleen M. Sweeney (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee. Education: University of Georgia (B.S., 1999); University of Texas (M. Ed., 2002); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2005). Regional Competitor, Jessup Moot Court Team. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Oil and Gas Law. Member: Tennessee (Board Member, Young Lawyers Division), Nashville and American Bar Associations; Marion Griffin Chapter, Lawyers' Association for Women. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Colleen M. Sweeney
Kerry Masters Ewald (Associate) born Kingsport, Tennessee, November 23, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee. Education: Samford University (B.S., 2002); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2006; M.B.A., 2006). Member: Nashville (Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2008), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Defense of Governmental Entities in Tort and Civil Rights Litigation; Defense of Electrical Cooperatives; General Civil Litigation. Email: Kerry Masters Ewald

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