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| | Address | | Suite 600 Riverview Tower, 900 S. Gay Street, P.O. Box 551 | | Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-0551 | | (Knox Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Burroughs Collins & Newcomb, PLC practices in the following areas of law:
Attorneys and counselors at law providing planning, compliance and trial work including business law, business defense, contracts, criminal defense, domestic relations, employment law, estate and trust litigation, insurance defense, labor law, mergers and acquisitions, new technologies, personnel policies and human resource compliance, premises liability, probate, products liability, taxation, trucking and motor vehicle liability, trust and estate planning, wills, workers compensation, wrongful death. | | Year Established: 2003 | | Firm Size: 6 | Representative Clients:
A.R. Tech Company; Adventist Health System; Alternative Service Concepts; AMETEK; American Technologies, Inc.; Anderson News Company; The Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Center; A Plus Office Place, Inc.; A Plus Color Copy Center, Inc.; Atlantic Research Corporation; Brentwood Services; Brooks Furniture Company; Cambridge Integrated Services Group; Cincinnati Insurance Co.; Community Trust & Banking; CNA; CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.; Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Cunningham Lindsey Claims Management, Inc.; DDD Company; Decisions, Inc.; DeRoyal Industries, Inc.; Eagle Distributing Company; East Tennessee Children's Hospital; East Tennessee Electrical Contractors, Inc.; Energy Technologies, Inc.; England, Inc.; First Fleet, Inc.; Frank Gates Service Company; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Grange Insurance Company; Great West Casualty Co.; The H.T. Hackney Company; Headway Corporate Staffing Solutions; Houchen's Industries, Inc.; Ingle's Markets, Inc.; K&K Coal Company, Inc.; Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance; Knoxville Zoological Gardens; Larry Hill Pontiac, GMC, Inc.; La-Z-Boy Logistics, Inc.; Loudon County Trucking; Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance; M.S. Carriers, Inc.; Metron North America; Mowery Insurance, Inc.; Pilgrim's Pride Corporation; Precision Machine & Welding, Inc.; Purdy Brothers Trucking Co.; RHA Health Services, Inc.; R&L Carriers; Rodefer Moss Technologies; Simulation Dynamics, Inc.; StaffingSolutions; Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.; Skyline Transportation; TIG; Taylor Holdings, L.L.C.; Thomas-Hill-Burgin Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Inc.; The Travelers; Zenith Insurance Company; Zurich North American Insurance Company. | | —————————— | | Keith H. Burroughs (Member/Chief Manager) born Knoxville, Tennessee, June 29, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee; 2001, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., cum laude, 1984; M.Acc. Taxation, 1985; J.D., 1990). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Alpha Delta. Tennessee Bar Association President's Award, 2005. Board Member: American Red Cross, Knox Area Chapter, 1996— (Chairman of the Board, 2004-2006; Executive Committee, 1999-2001, 2003—). St. Mary's Foundation, Inc., 1997-2006; Helen Ross McNabb Foundation, Inc. 2002—(Chairman of the Board, 2005-2006). Member: Knoxville Bar Association (Vice Chair, 1994-1995 and Co-Chair, 1995-1997, CLE Committee; Member, Professionalism Committee, 1999-2005); Tennessee Bar Association (Member and Chair, 2004-2005, Fee Dispute Study Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property and Probate Division); Leadership Knoxville, 2008; Knoxville Estate Planning Council. Reported Cases: McRae v. Knox County, 2004 WL 1056669 (Tenn.Ct.App., 2004). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Sales; Business Acquisitions; Successions; Trust Litigation; Estate Litigation. Email: Keith H. Burroughs | | John Steven Collins (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, September 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with honors, 1978; J.D., with highest honors, 1986). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient, Chancellor's Citation, Extraordinary Academic Achievement. Member, Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court. Instructor, American Institute for Charter Property & Casualty Underwriters, 1992. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1994-2003. Co-Chair, 2003 Campaign for Justice, Legal Aid of East Tennessee. Leadership Knoxville 2005. Member: Knoxville Bar Association (Chair CLE Committee, 1994 and 1995; Co-Chair, Membership Services Committee, 1996-1997; Co-Chair, Professionalism Committee, 1999-2003; Board of Governors, 2001-2003; Secretary, 2003; Treasurer, 2004; President-Elect, 2005; President, 2006), Tennessee Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Chair, Litigation Section, 2002; Executive Committee, Litigation Section, 2002-2006; Member, TBA Workers' Compensation Reform Committee, 2004) and American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation). Reported Cases: Hensley v. England/Corsair Upholstery Mfg., Inc., 2003 WL 21466683 (Tenn. Workers Comp. Panel 2003); Johnson v. Transportation Unlimited, Inc., 1999 WL 728395 (Tenn. 1999); Seals v. England/Corsair Upholstery Mfg., Inc., 984 S.W.2d 912 (Tenn. 1999); Smith v. Cooley, 1992 WL 107328 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Estate Litigation; Personnel Policies; Products Liability; Trucking and Motor Vehicle Liability; Technology Law; Workers Compensation. Email: John Steven Collins | | Ronald C. Newcomb (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, February 21, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., cum laude, 1992); University of Virginia (J.D., 1995). Assistant District Attorney General, Tennessee, Fourth Judicial District, June 1999-January 2003. Member: Knoxville Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Criminal Justice; Litigation); American Bar Association. Reported Cases: State v. Way, 2004 WL 234741 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004); State v. Rivera, 2003 WL 22843170 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003); State v. Haney, 2003 WL 22169708 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003); State v. Stone, 2003 WL 21261777 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003); State v. Webb, 2003 WL 21221961 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003); State v. Price, 2002 WL 31863291 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002); State v. Williams, 2002 WL 31640563 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002); State v. Bailey, 2002 2012652 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002); State v. McGaha, 2002 WL 499273 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002); State v. Barnes, 2002 WL 464804 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002); State v. Benton, 2001 WL 818204 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001); Maine v. State, 2001 WL 394851 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001); Gray v. Tennessee Restaurant Assn. Self-Insured Trust, 1999 WL 571001 (Tenn. 1999); Shivers v. Ramsey, 937 S.W.2d 945 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Personal Injury; Domestic Relations; Family Law; Business Litigation; Employment Law; Construction Litigation. Email: Ronald C. Newcomb | | —————————— | | Samantha Parris (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, May 21, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 2004; J.D., 2007). Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Formation; Business Counseling. Email: Samantha Parris | | Judith A. DePrisco (Senior Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1976; M.A., 1978); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1986). Dean's List. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Delta Phi. Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley Human Resource Association. Member: Knoxville Bar Association (Member, Ethics & Professionalism Committee); Tennessee Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women; Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Harness v. Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC, 2007 WL 10447 (Tenn. 2007); Keller v. Monumental Life Ins. Co., 2006 WL 28555095 (Tenn. App. 2005); Bolen v. Signage Solutions, 2005 WL 166956 (Tenn. App. 2005); Hardin v. Royal & SunAlliance, 104 S.W.3d 501 (Tenn. 2003); Gallagher v. Elam, 104 S.W.3rd 455 (Tenn. 2003). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Personnel Policies; Administrative Law; Insurance; Negligence; Products Liability; Contracts; Fidelity and Surety Bonds; Appellate Practice. | | —————————— | | Keith L. Edmiston (Of Counsel) born Roanoke, Virginia, January 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.A., 1994); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Staff Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1995-1996. Assistant Law Examiner, State of Tennessee 2007—. Formerly with Weill & Weill, Knoxville, TN, 1997-1997 and Hodges Doughty & Cursor, PLLC, Chattanooga, TN, 1998-2007. Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Commercial Law; Civil Rights. Email: Keith L. Edmiston | Other Office Addresses:
Sevierville, Tennessee
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