(Main Office)

The firm practices primarily in the areas of railroad law, probate, admiralty, insurance litigation, tort litigation, divorce, criminal defense, and business matters.

Statement of Practice

Litigation. Trials in all Courts. Transportation Law (Railroad and Admiralty), Probate, Tort Litigation, Insurance Litigation, Criminal Defense, Family Law.

Clients

MEMPHIS TRIAL COUNSEL FOR: BNSF Railway Company
Mapco Petroleum, Inc.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
TECO
Canal Barge Company
The Williams Companies
Zurich Insurance Company.

Address

Cotton Exchange Building
65 Union Avenue, 10th Floor
Memphis, TN 38103, (Shelby Co.)

Phone

Phone: 901-526-0412
Telecopier: 901-525-8466

Website

http://www.batemangibson.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Everett B. Gibson (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Georgia; 1963, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (A.B., 1960); Emory University (LL.B., 1962). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: State Tax Refund Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation.Email: Everett B. Gibson

Ralph T. Gibson (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). Assistant Editor, Tennessee Law Review. Member: Memphis, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Personal Injury; DUI/DWI; Labor and Employment; Family Law; Railroad Law; Divorce; Insurance Defense.Email: Ralph T. Gibson

ASSOCIATES

Joni K. Roberts (Associate) born Lexington, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1989); Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (J.D., 2003).Email: Joni K. Roberts

Marianne R. Clendenen (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., Business Administration, 2004); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2007). Dean's List. Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Marianne R. Clendenen

SENIOR COUNSEL

William C. Bateman, Jr. (Senior Counsel) born Memphis, Tennessee, May 6, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, Tennessee. Education: Memphis State University (J.D., 1965). Associate Editor, Memphis State Law Review, 1964-1965. Assistant City Attorney, Memphis, 1972-1991. Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Naval Reserve]. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Insurance Defense Law; Domestic Relations Law; Corporate Law.Email: William C. Bateman, Jr.

OF COUNSEL

Andrew R. Carr, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Providence, Rhode Island, July 16, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1973); Georgetown University (J.D., 1977). Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Occupational Disease; Toxic Torts; Corporate Law; Construction Litigation.Email: Andrew R. Carr, Jr.

W. Clary Lunsford (Of Counsel) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1944; admitted to bar, 1967, Arkansas and Tennessee. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., Mathematics, 1964) Vanderbilt University (LL.B., 1967). Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Financial Planning; Estate Planning; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Probate Litigation; Probate; Estate Administration; Trust Administration.Email: W. Clary Lunsford