JAMES H. HARRIS III
HARRIS MARTIN JONES, P. A.
49 Music Square West
Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37203
Tel: 615-321-5400
Fax: 615-321-5469
j3@lawyer.com
www.harrismartinjones.com
Mr. Harris opened his law firm on Music Row in Nashville in
1975 specifically to concentrate his practice on music, copyright, and
entertainment law. An active civil litigator in these fields, he tries
contract and copyright infringement cases for both plaintiffs and
defendants. In the course of his career, he has represented artists,
managers, writers, producers, publishers, and the various business
entities through which these music industry personnel pursue their
careers. He was certified in February 2009 as a Civil Trial Specialist
by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and
Specialization and by ABOTA. He has received an AV rating with
Martindale-Hubbell, which identifies lawyers with a very high to
preeminent legal ability, indicating that they practice in accordance
with the highest professional and ethical standards.
CIVIL LI TIGATION: DEFENSE
CIVIL LI TIGATION: PLAIN TIFF
EN TERTAINMEN T & SPORTS
OLEN M. “MAC” BAILEY, JR.
THE BAILE Y LAW FIRM, A PC
5100 Wheelis Drive
Suite 215
Memphis, TN 38117
Tel: 901-843-2760
Fax: 901-843-2761
ombailey@thebaileylawfirm.com
www.thebaileylawfirm.com
Olen M. “Mac” Bailey, Jr., is an elder law, probate, and estate planning
attorney licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee. Bailey graduated from
Millsaps College and Vanderbilt University School of Law. Bailey is an
Accredited Estate Planner and member of the National Academy of
Elder Law Attorneys. The Memphis Business Journal selected him as one
of the Mid-South’s Top 40 Under 40. Bailey has been named as a Five
Star Professional Wealth Manager in Memphis magazine. His writings
have been published in numerous journals including the Tennessee Bar
Journal and the American Bar Association’s Probate & Property. Bailey
serves or has served on the boards of Theatre Memphis, Professional
Network on Aging, and Arthritis Foundation, and is a Fellow of the
Memphis Bar Association.
ELDER LAW
ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
ROBERT E. PITTS
PITTS & LAKE, P.C.
1319 Old Weisgarber Road
PO Box 51295
Knoxville, TN 37950
Tel: 865-584-0105
Fax: 865-584-0104
rpitts@pl-iplaw.com
www.pl-iplaw.com
Bob Pitts counsels companies and individuals regarding patent
procurement and patent prosecution. He has served, along with
partners, as outside patent counsel for high-tech startups that have
sold for more than $1 billion. Mr. Pitts represents clients in federal court
in patent and trademark disputes, and he has been patent infringement
trial counsel in two eight-figure and several seven-figure recoveries.
He also defends clients accused of infringement. Mr. Pitts earned an
electrical engineering Master of Science degree from the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville before attending law school. He has been a
licensed patent attorney and engaged in the private practice of patent
and trademark law for over 30 years.
IN TELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y
J. MARK BENFIELD
APPERSON CRUMP PLC
6070 Poplar Avenue
Suite 600
Memphis, TN 38119
Tel: 901-756-6300
Fax: 901-757-1296
mbenfield@appersoncrump.com
www.appersoncrump.com
J. Mark Benfield focuses his practice on the fields of medical malpractice,
nursing home negligence and abuse, catastrophic injury, and wrongful
death. Mr. Benfield received his B.A. from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994. In 1997, Mr. Benfield received his Juris
Doctorate from the University of Memphis graduating with honors.
After law school, Mr. Benfield was accepted to the United States Judge
Advocate General’s Corps where he prosecuted high-profile criminal
court martials and served as in-house counsel for Naval Medical
Center Portsmouth, one of the largest military hospitals in the world.
Since his departure from the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in
2001, Mr. Benfield has consistently been called upon to aggressively
and successfully represent Tennesseans who are victims of medical
malpractice, nursing home negligence, and wrongful death.
PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE: PLAINTIFF
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
BRYCE BREWER
BRYCE BREWER LAW FIRM, LLC
800 West 4th Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Tel: 501-978-3030
Fax: 501-978-3050
bryce@brycebrewerlaw.com
www.brycebrewerlaw.com
Originally from Jonesboro, Arkansas, Bryce Brewer is a 1996 graduate
of Arkansas State University. He graduated from the UALR William H.
Bowen School of Law in 2000 and began his practice with the Law
Offices of Gary Green, P. A. in Little Rock, Arkansas, primarily in personal
injury and nursing home negligence. In October 2012, Bryce started
Bryce Bre wer Law Firm in do wntown North Little Rock, Arkansas. Bryce’s
focus is on personal injury, wrongful deaths, auto accidents, 18-wheeler
crashes, medical malpractice, employment discrimination, criminal
law, and family law. Bryce is a member of the Board of Governors of
the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the
Arkansas Bar Association, the Pulaski County Bar Association, and the
American Association for Justice. Bryce is licensed to practice in all state
and federal courts in Arkansas and Tennessee.
FAMILY LAW
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
YANCY B. BURNS
BURNS & ASSOCIATES
629 North Jefferson Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Tel: 601-487-6997
Fax: 601-487-6958
yburns@burnsandassociateslaw.com
www.burnsandassociateslaw.com
Yancy has served as lead counsel in over 40 state court jury trials,
15 bench trials, and more than 200 Mississippi workers’ compensation
hearings. He received an AV preeminent peer-review rating from
Martindale-Hubbell and an AV preeminent client-review rating from
Martindale-Hubbell. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, certified
member of NBOTA, and Board Certified member of the Civil Pretrial
Practice Advocacy Section of the NBOTA. Yancy is a former U.S. Army
Armor officer and combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he
served as a Battalion staff officer assigned to 1-198th Armor Battalion,
155th Brigade Combat Team, An Najaf, Iraq. During his tour in Iraq,
he also served as the Judicial and Security Liaison officer to Najaf
and Karbala provincial judicial system (U.S. Army; Operation Iraqi
Freedom III, 2005-2006).
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
HUBERT E. HAMILTON
THE HAMILTON FIRM LLC
2401 Broad Street
Suite 102
Chattanooga, TN 37408
Tel: 423-634-0871
Fax: 423-634-0874
info@thehamiltonfirm.com
www.thehamiltonfirm.com
Recognized in Georgia Super Lawyers and Mid-South Super Lawyers,
Hubert Hamilton has obtained multimillions in actual settlements
and judgments for clients and their families during his 38 years as a
trial lawyer. The Hamilton Firm LLC represents clients from all over the
country in cases involving catastrophic and serious injury or death, with
lawyers licensed in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Mr. Hamilton
focuses on trucking cases and wrecks involving other commercial
vehicles, products liability, and serious industrial, construction, and
other workplace accidents, and has extensive experience with brain
injury cases. The Hamilton Firm welcomes referrals from other lawyers.
Generous co-counsel arrangements are available.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
JASON M. HATFIELD
LAW OFFICE OF
JASON M. HATFIELD, P. A.
300 North College Avenue
Suite 309
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Tel: 479-527-3921
Fax: 479-587-9196
jason@jhatfieldlaw.com
www.jhatfieldlaw.com
Jason M. Hatfield has tried numerous cases to jury in Arkansas circuit
courts and federal courts and argued his jury verdict in Boudreau v.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals,
249 F.3d 715 (2001). He has successfully reversed trial court rulings
in three separate reported cases at the Arkansas Supreme Court and
the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Those cases are reported as Green v.
Alpharma, Inc., 373 Ark. 378 (2008); Bohannon v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
102 Ark. App. 37 (2008); Barrett v. C.L. Swanson Corp., 2010 Ark. App.
91 (2010). Jason prevailed at the Arkansas Court of Appeals, winning
permanent total disability benefits for his client in American Eagle Airlines
and Specialty Risk Services v. Don Berndt, CA12-1024 (opinion delivered
April 10, 2013). One of his opening statements was quoted by The New
York Times’ bestselling author David Kirby in his book Animal Factory.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
SOCIAL SECURIT Y DISABILIT Y
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
FARRELL A. LEVY
MCDONALD, LEV Y & TAYLOR
10805 Kingston Pike
Suite 200
Knoxville, TN 37934
Tel: 865-966-4343
Fax: 865-777-5249
farrell@mltlaw.com
www.mltlaw.com
Farrell A. Levy was one of the first attorneys to be certified as a Civil
Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal
Education and Specialization. Mr. Levy has been also been certified
as Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a
Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate by the National Board of Civil Pretrial
Practice Advocacy. He has been named in Mid-South Super Lawyers in
plaintiffs’ personal injury every year since 2006; is a Top 100 Trial Lawyer
in Tennessee by the NTLA; and is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel
of America, a highly selective honorary society. He has been selected
as a Best Lawyer in America in Products Liability Litigation – Plaintiff.
Mr. Levy’s primarily plaintiff-focused practice includes personal injury,
products liability, Social Security, aviation litigation, wills, probate and
elder law, and medical and nursing home malpractice.
PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: PLAIN TIFF
ESTATE & TRUST LI TIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
