Tennessee Lawyers

Real Estate Law

217 E Broadway Ave, Maryville, TN 37804, USA

J. Kevin Renfro was born in 1961 in Blount County, Tennessee. He graduated high school from Heritage High School in Blount County, Tennessee in 1979. Kevin graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with degree in Business Administration in 1983. Kevin the earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1986 where he earned the American Jurisprudence Award and was a member of Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity. Kevin was listed in Who’s Who among practicing attorneys in 1990 and subsequently in 1992 in Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans. He was recently awarded the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award. His practice is exclusively dedicated to real property, land, title, banking, and commercial law. He performs title searches and closing for numerous clients. Kevin is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of the State of Tennessee and is a member of the American, Tennessee, Knox County, and Blount County Bar Associations, as well as the Tennessee Land Title Association and the American Land Title Association. Kevin is an active member at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Maryville, Tennessee where he serves as a Deacon, Trustee, and Sunday school teacher. He is married to his wife, Danna Renfro, and has two children, Douglas Renfro and Karah Renfro. His hobbies include hiking and working out.

Labor Law

6100 Tower Cir suite 200, Franklin, TN 37067, USA

Area of Practice: Employment Law J.K. Simms is a Partner at Thompson Burton and leads the firm’s employment law practice. J.K.’s practice is devoted to serving his clients both from a litigation avoidance and litigation defense standpoint. J.K. has extensive experience representing companies and individuals at the state level throughout Tennessee and in every federal court district in the State of Tennessee.

Civil Litigation

21 Platform Way S suite 3500, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

As a seasoned litigator and crisis management strategist, Jessie Zeigler has represented clients in some of the nation’s most high-profile cases over the last 25+ years. From her defense of precedent-setting opioid cases, high-stakes wildfire litigation and class action defense across numerous industries, Jessie has returned successful results nearly 100% of the time in the cases she has handled. Recognized by Chambers USA (in both the Environment and Litigation: General Commercial categories), Benchmark Litigation, and others as a leader in the field, Jessie is widely regarded as one of the top product liability and environmental lawyers in the country. As chair of the Products Liability & Torts Practice at Bass, Berry & Sims, Jessie leads a cross-office team in representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to privately-owned businesses. Jessie approaches every new case with an attention to detail, diligence and agility that enables her to quickly master the science behind the product as well as the product’s history, attributes and value to formulate effective strategies to meet even the most complex and aggressive legal challenges. Jessie’s counsel has saved clients millions in losses across various industries – including pharmaceutical/life sciences, medical device, automotive, chemical, consumer products, food and beverage, healthcare, manufacturing, and pulp and paper – as they have faced claims related to crisis management, environmental, health and safety, products liability, healthcare liability, or business disputes. Jessie also represents clients in claims related to deceptive business practices under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Jessie recently served as local counsel in a precedent-setting opioid litigation and win at the Tennessee Supreme Court, defending an international pharmaceutical company in court rooms across Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia in litigation that made national headlines. She also argued the first-ever Tennessee Supreme Court Zoom hearing and, along with a joint defense group, won a huge victory for her product manufacturer client, and product manufacturers generally, in a ruling that held that a product manufacturer cannot be held liable in Tennessee for failing to warn about the risks of another product manufacturer’s products. In addition, she successfully obtained summary judgment in nine consolidated cases on behalf of a tree company against allegations of negligence and nuisance in wildfire litigation in which the plaintiffs sought approximately $45 million in claims. She argued the appeal, and the appellate court upheld the summary judgments.

Personal Injury Law

1305 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Griffin worked in the banking industry as a securities analyst, stock and bond trader, and stock and bond portfolio manager. He was involved with managing millions of dollars in assets for hundreds of clients. John Mark Griffin obtained his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of Mississippi in 1988. He obtained his Masters of Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University in 1986 and a bachelor of science in finance in 1982. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Ohio and is admitted to practice in both Federal and State Courts. For more than 33 years, Mr. Griffin has represented individuals hurt by the negligence of others. He has collected millions of dollars for his clients in jury verdicts, judgments, meditations, and settlements against insurance companies and corporations for the injuries and damages incurred by his clients. He focuses his practice on representing individuals injured in automobile accidents, truck accidents, wrongful death claims, nursing home abuse, and dangerous premises cases (slip and falls). Mr. Griffin is a partner in the law firm of Warren & Griffin, P.C., and is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, Chattanooga Bar Association, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and The American Bar Association. He has represented clients at every court level including Trial Courts, Appeals Courts, and Supreme Court. He and his wife Susan live in Chattanooga and have four children.

Civil Litigation

80 Monroe Avenue, Suite 650, Memphis, TN 38103