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| | Address | | 1100 First Tennessee Plaza, 800 South Gay Street | | Knoxville, Tennessee 37929 | | (Knox Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Paine, Tarwater, Bickers and Tillman, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Unsafe Products, Commercial, Environmental, Medical Malpractice. | | Year Established: 1987 | Firm Profile:
Paine, Tarwater, Bickers, and Tillman, LLP is a Knoxville law firm which represents a variety of clients in civil litigation matters. The firm was established on April 17, 1987 and is engaged in the representation of clients in products liability, toxic tort, and medical malpractice cases, and is also involved in many kinds of commercial, employment, construction, and estate cases. The firm is often called upon to act as appellate counsel in both state and federal courts. | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
ACS/Guidant Corp.; Alcon Surgical, Inc.; Alpha Industries, Inc.; Amchem Corp.; ATS Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.; Averitt Corp.; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Batson-Cook Co.; J.C. Bradford and Co.; Brinker International, Inc.; Bristol Motor Speedway, Inc.; Centrust Savings of Miami; Certainteed Corp.; Charles Tombras Advertising, Inc.; Chevron Texaco; Choice Hotels International, Inc.; City of Huntsville, Tennessee; Concord Assets Group, Inc.; Conoco Phillips; CVS Corp.; Daimler Chrysler Corp.; Dana Corp.; Dillard Paper Co.; Edward D. Jones & Co.; Ethicon, Inc.; Ethyl Corp.; Fresenius Medical Care; The Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio; First Commercial Corp.; GATX; General Electric Co.; Georgia Pacific; Glazer & Associates; Guidant Corp.; Hanson Natural Resources; Holiday Inns, Inc.; Horne Properties, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Lohmann-Werke Grumby; McNeil Pharmaceutical Corp.; Merck and Co., Inc.; Monsanto Co.; National MediMutual; Owens-Corning; Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.; Pacific Cycle, LLC; Pastamat of Tennessee; Pfizer, Inc.; Remington Arms Co., Inc.; REVCO Discount Drug Center, Inc.; Sara Lee; Sears & Roebuck; Shell Oil Co.; Speedway Motorsports Inc.; State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co.; Tennessee Farmers Cooperative; Transamerica Insurance Finance Corp.; Travelers Insurance Co; Union Carbide; VISX; Zurich - American Insurance Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | Dwight E. Tarwater (Partner) born Knoxville, Tennessee, April 28, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Claims Court; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk, Judge Houston M. Goddard, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1979-1980. Member: Knoxville (Barristers Club, President, 1987; Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1988 and 1995-2001; Secretary, 1998; President-Elect, 1999; President, 2000), Tennessee (East Tennessee Governor, 1991-1992) and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Toxic Torts; Commercial Law. Email: Dwight E. Tarwater | | Thomas Alan Bickers (Partner) born Carrollton, Kentucky, August 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., cum laude, 1984); University of Tennessee (J.D., with high honors, 1987). Member: Order of the Coif; Moot Court Board. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1986-1987. Associate Editor, Tennessee Judicial Newsletter, 1986-1987. National Trial Moot Court Team, 1986-1987. Law Clerk, Honorable H. Ted Milburn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Author: "Psychiatry With a Conscience: A Survey of the Right to Control Psychotropic Medication and the Involuntarily Committed Mental Patient," 54 Tennessee Law Review 85, 1986. Member, Advisory Group of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1993-1994. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1990—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: Thomas Alan Bickers | | Andrew R. Tillman (Partner) born Tahlequah, Oklahoma, November 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Northeastern Oklahoma University (B.S., 1974); University of Tennessee (J.D., with highest honors, 1989). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Tennessee, 1993-1995, 1998-2000. Member, American Inns of Court, 1988; University of Tennessee Law Review; National Trial Team. Order of Coif. Order of Barristers. Outstanding Graduate, Class of 1989. Recipient, Hunton and Williams Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. Author: Comment, "Eyewitness Identification, The Constitution Says Let the Expert Speak," 56 Tennessee Law Review 735, 1989. Law Clerk, Honorable H. Ted Milburn, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1989-1991. Member: Knoxville (Co-Chair, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, 2000-2001) and Tennessee (Executive Council, Litigation Section, 2001-2002) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Appellate Practice. Email: Andrew R. Tillman | | Wynne du Mariau Caffey Hall (Partner) born Frankfurt, Germany, February 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee; 1992, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., summa cum laude, 1986; J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Eta Sigma; Gamma Beta Phi. American Inns of Court. National Order of Barristers. Member, Moot Court Board. Member, 1989-1990 and National Champions, 1990-1991, National Trial Team, University of Tennessee; Student Bar Association. Law Clerk, Honorable David Torbett, U.S. Department of Interior. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Tennessee, 1997—. Vice President, Law Women, 1989-1990. Member: Knoxville (Co-Chair, Interprofessional Relations Committee, 2000; Functions Committee, 2008), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; International Association of Defense Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Employment Law. Email: Wynne du Mariau Caffey Hall | | Matthew J. Evans (Partner) born Brownsville, Tennessee, October 6, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992; J.D., 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Advocacy; Chancellor's Citation Award for Trial Practice. Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1996. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee (Member, Leadership Law Program, 2005) Bar Associations; American Bar Association (Member: Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Leadership Academy, 2007; Inaugural Leadership Academy, 2007). Reported Cases: Chadwell v. Knox County, 980 S.W.2d 378 (Tenn Ct. App. 1998). Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental Law; Personal Injury; Construction Law. Email: Matthew J. Evans | | ASSOCIATES | | John W. Elder (Associate) born Cookeville, Tennessee, April 4, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 2007, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 2000); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Member, Christian Legal Society. Member, American Quarter Horse Association. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: John W. Elder | | Joshua R. Walker (Associate) born Harriman, Tennessee, June 18. 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 2005, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.M., summa cum laude, 1998; J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Named: A Top Graduate of the Class of 2003; John W. Green Scholarship. Member: Knoxville (Member, Judicial Committee) and Tennessee (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Joshua R. Walker | | Daniel Headrick, C (Associate) born Franklin, Tennessee, June 14, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 2000; M.A., highest honors, 2003; J.D., highest honors, 2007). Order of Barristers. Order of the Coif. Member, National Moot Court team. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations. | | OF COUNSEL | | Donald Franklin Paine (Of Counsel) born Knoxville, Tennessee, April 29, 1939; admitted to bar, 1963, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1961; M.A., 1963; LL.B., 1963). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Knoxville (President, 1983) and Tennessee (President, 1986-1987) Bar Associations. [Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1963-1966]. Email: Donald Franklin Paine |
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