Nashville, TN Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

406 11th Ave N ste 200, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

Blair was an enlisted infantryman for almost four years in the United States Marine Corps. (For you fellow Marines, Blair was an 03-11 - rifleman). He served at Parris Island, Camp LeJeune, the Naval Sub Base Bangor (outside Seattle), and with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, at Camp Pendleton. He spent six months TDY in Korea and Japan. He completed the Marine cold weather training at Bridgeport, California, and received several Mast Awards. He completed basic, advanced basic, Marine combat training, the school of infantry, and the Marine security school. He left the Marine Corps to finish his undergraduate education at Belmont University in Nashville. His law degree is from Pepperdine School of Law in Malibu, California. He spent a month as a barrister's pupil to Simon Connely at the Middle Temple in London, and assisted his pupil master on trials at the Old Bailey. He also spent a month at a law program in Florence, Italy. The London and Florence programs were part of the University of San Diego law school summer session in 2000. He has completed the Harvard Law School's Basic and Advanced Negotiation Workshops, the University of Virginia Trial Advocacy Institute, and the Trial Skills Workshop of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is licensed to practice in California and Tennessee, and is a member of the Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, California Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Collections Law

818 Woodland St., Nashville, TN 37206

Evalina Cheadle earned her Bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in 1978. She taught special needs children in the Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County school system from 1978 until she received her Juris Doctorate from Nashville School of Law in 1987. She began practicing law in May of 1988 with her father, John Roaten Cheadle, Sr., and her brother, John Roaten Cheadle, Jr. She is Distinguished, high ethical standards, rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been awarded as one of “2016 Top Lawyers in Tennessee” by the Legal Network. She is frequently invited to lecture on creditor rights, the Fair Debts Collection Practices Act, and Compliance issues.

Personal Injury Law

3021 Brookview Forest Dr., Nashville, TN 37211

Gregory Marangos is a lead attorney at the Fort Lauderdale/Miami, Florida office of Steinger, Greene and Feiner. He was raised in New England and graduated from Hellenic College in Brookline, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business and Management. Following graduation, Gregory went on to receive his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University Of New Hampshire School Of Law in Concord, New Hampshire. Gregory is a member of the prestigious Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a distinction awarded to attorneys that have successfully resolved a single claim for over 2 million dollars. Gregory has also been selected as a “Super Lawyer” for 2022. While in law school, Gregory had the opportunity to gain valuable experience in numerous areas of law including civil, corporate, and intellectual property. Gregory interned at the Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General and in the Legal Department at Sony Music Entertainment in New York City. He was the Vice President of the Student Bar Association, a member of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society and the captain of the Law School’s basketball team. Gregory is also the bassist of platinum selling rock band “Boys Like Girls.” Gregory is dedicated to ensuring that his clients are exceptionally represented and advocates enthusiastically on their behalf. He understands that time is of the essence and works diligently on each case to get the best results for his clients. He has experience involving motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, property and casualty, premises liability, products liability, and other negligence claims.

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

631 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN 37206

Phillip Miller is a nationally recognized attorney who specializes in representing people and families who have experienced serious, catastrophic injuries and death. He is certified as both a civil trial specialist and a pre-trial specialist by the the National Board of Trial Advocacy . Mr. Miller has been recognized as one of the “Best of the Bar” by the Nashville Business Journal, as a "Super Lawyer", is "Av" rated and his firm has been designated as one of the pre-eminent law firms in the United States. Mr. Miller is the Past President of the Tennessee Association for Justice. Mr. Miller is a frequently sought lecturer on legal issues and has spoken at the National Judicial College, Harvard Law School, the University of North Carolina, Sanford Law School, The William Mitchell School of Law, the Nashville School of Law, the University of South Texas, and Duke Law School. As part of his practice Mr. Miller is frequently hired by other firms to help them prepare their biggest, most significant cases. Firms in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Oregon, Kansas, California, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Missouri have used Mr. Miller to help them recover tens of millions of dollars for their injured clients.