Tennessee Civil Litigation Lawyers

Civil Litigation

750 Old Hickory Blvd, Brentwood, TN 37027, USA

Brian T. Boyd is a real estate and tax lawyer, investor, and author in Franklin, Tennessee. His legal work includes real estate, construction, and business matters. He is affiliated with the Law Office of Boyd & Wills, PLLC, which identifies its location as Franklin, just south of Nashville. Boyd earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a law degree from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. He also holds a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Alongside his legal work, he invests in real estate with his wife, Dawn. His writing addresses property investment and taxation. His book Replace Your Income: A lawyer’s guide to finding, funding, and managing real estate investments draws on his own investment experience. Another book, Turn Tax Deductions into Wealth: Legal Tax Strategies for W-2 Earners and Entrepreneurs, discusses deductions involving mortgages, medical expenses, business expenses, and charitable giving. It includes stories, charts, worksheets, and checklists, with discussion of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025. At the firm level, Boyd & Wills represents individuals and businesses in real estate, commercial, and business law, including litigation. The firm describes its work as extending from tax advisement and corporate formation to commercial and real estate disputes, and says it represents clients across the United States.

Civil Litigation

920 Volunteer Landing Ln, Ste 200, Knoxville, TN 37915

First licensed in 1999, Mr. Brown’s background is in ethics and complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate level. He is licensed in nine states (six by exam) and many federal jurisdictions, has represented clients in court in approximately 25 different states, and has extensive experience litigating a broad array of subject matters, including healthcare, construction, environmental, real estate, intellectual property, professional malpractice, and products liability litigation. He began his career in Boston and came to Lowe Yeager & Brown PLLC after practicing for several years in a large Washington, DC, law firm. He is listed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a Rule 31 civil mediator and attorney mentor, and has testified as an expert witness on subjects related to professional ethics, the Rules of Professional Responsibility, and the standard of care applicable to attorneys practicing in litigation. Based on this broad background, Mr. Brown represents clients in select, complex litigation matters; advises and represents professionals, executives, and public officials regarding ethical, licensing, and professional liability issues; and advises corporate clients regarding conflict avoidance and resolution, often in the healthcare, environmental, and real estate development markets. Mr. Brown holds commercial single-engine and multi-engine pilot licenses that he uses to work from both of the firm’s offices in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Washington, DC, and to address client needs throughout the Southeast economically and efficiently.

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.

Civil Litigation

80 Monroe Avenue, Suite 650, Memphis, TN 38103

Bar: Georgia Bar in 1993, Mississippi Bar in 1994, and Tennessee Bar in 1995. Also admitted to U.S. District Court for Western Tennessee, U.S. District Court for Northern District of Mississippi, U.S. District Court for Southern District of Mississippi, Supreme Court of Tennessee; Supreme Court of Mississippi Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1989. Emory University, J.D. 1993 Professional: Member of the Memphis Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Member and Officer, Tennessee Bar Association Litigation Section, Mississippi Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association. Practice: Mr. Koury focuses his practice in Workers' Compensation, Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense, Policy Defense, and Commercial Litigation.

Civil Litigation

81 Monroe Ave, Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38120

Murray defines his practice simply as a trial lawyer of the people. He has dedicated his remarkable career to the representation of individuals and declines representation of corporations and insurance companies. Murray has been a founding partner of Wells & Associates and its predecessor firms since 2002. Murray has become the preferred attorney in the region for representing high profile musicians and professional athletes in all ranges of litigated matters. Murray’s cases, particularly in the area of civil rights (§1983) and wrongful death, are regularly featured in local and national media. He also regularly appears in the media as an “expert,” commenting on current legal issues. Murray is also an established criminal defense attorney, boasting an incredible successful verdict rate in defending clients charged with 1st degree Murder. Murray is further accomplished in Federal Criminal Defense where he has been a member of the CJA panel for well over a decade. Murray has successfully obtained countless millions of dollars in awards or settlements for his clients and has tried cases to juries in numerous states.

Civil Litigation

362 S Charles G. Severs Blvd, P.O. Box 299, Clinton, TN 37717

The best way to judge an attorney is by his trial record. In two decades of practicing law in Tennessee, Dail Cantrell has obtained tens of millions of dollars on behalf of his clients and other notable results in the courtroom and in negotiations, including a not-guilty verdict on attempted murder charges. Mr. Cantrell has taken more than 220 cases to trial, with a success rate of nearly 100 percent. He has been recognized at the national level for excellence in his field, and is a recipient of the McClung Medal and the Ray H. Jenkins Award for Trial Advocacy. He has recently been selected for membership in the exclusive Million Dollar Advocates Forum, limited to attorneys who have obtained multiple trial verdicts or settlements in excess of $1 million, and was even the subject of a documentary on Court TV. Dail practices primarily in personal injury and wrongful death litigation, from auto and truck accidents to medical negligence and work-related injuries. He also handles lawsuits for child sexual abuse, insurance bad faith and other civil litigation. Dail has advocated for the injured since entering practice in 1991, and established his own law firm in 1994. Mr. Cantrell has authored a textbook on trial strategy and formerly taught trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the University of Tennessee College of Law. He has also served as an administrative law judge for the state of Tennessee. He is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts of Tennessee, as well as federal appellate courts all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dail is an active member of the Second Baptist Church in Clinton, Tennessee. His most recent book, Equal to the Task, is dedicated to his son, Benjamin, and the struggles he faced in the neonatal intensive care unit.