(Main Office)

Barrett, Johnston & Parsley represents individuals and unions in a wide variety of matters including employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, consumer fraud, professional malpractice including medical malpractice, divorce and family law. The firm also has an extensive practice in class action litigation on behalf of injured consumers of goods, services and securities.

Statement of Practice

Job discrimination, employment discrimination, sexual discrimination, age discrimination, race discrimination, sexual harassment, union-side labor law, labor arbitration and mediation, collective bargaining, civil rights, civil liberties, Constitutional law, municipal law, professional malpractice, medical malpractice, accounting malpractice, personal injury, automobile accidents, toxic torts, consumer fraud, consumer protection, antitrust, divorce, family law, alimony, child support, class actions, securities class actions, consumer class actions.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available

Address

Two Hundred Seventeen Second Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37201, (Davidson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 615-244-2202
Fax: 615-252-3798

Website

http://www.barrettjohnston.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

George E. Barrett (Senior Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, October 19, 1927; admitted to bar, 1957, Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S.S., 1952); Oxford University, England (Diploma in Economics and Politics, 1953); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1957). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Delta Phi. President, Tennessee Council on Human Relations, 1960-1961. Secretary, Tennessee Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1960-1966. Deputy Public Defender, 1964-1965. Member: Governor's Commission on Human Relations, 1964-1966; Tax-Study Commission, State of Tennessee, 1966-1967; Governor's Task Force on Workmen's Compensation, State of Tennessee, 1973-1974; Advisory Commission to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, 1975-1978; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member); U.S. Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee; Tennessee Supreme Court Commission to Study Appellate Courts, 1990-1992. Chairperson, Selection Committee for U.S. Magistrate, Middle District of Tennessee, 1985. Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Chairperson, Labor Law Section, 1966) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Government Law; Labor Arbitration; Labor Mediation; Collective Bargaining; Civil Rights; Civil Liberties; Constitutional Law; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation.Email: George E. Barrett

Douglas S. Johnston, Jr. (Member) born Hanover, New Hampshire, October 5, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee; 1978, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kenyon College (A.B., 1969); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 1977). Assistant District Attorney General, Nashville, 1977-1981. Administrative Assistant/Legal Counsel, U.S. Rep. Bill Boner, 1982-1987. Associate Staff, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, 1985-1987. Member, Legislative Counsel, Metropolitan Government Nashville/Davidson Co., TN, 1988. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyer's Association. [E-4, U.S. Army, 1970-1971]. (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization; Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Age Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Professional Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Accounting Malpractice; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Toxic Torts; Consumer Fraud; Consumer Protection; Antitrust; Class Actions; Securities Class Actions; Consumer Class Actions.Email: Douglas S. Johnston, Jr.

D. Scott Parsley (Managing Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, January 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1981); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 1988). Law Clerk, Judge Muriel Robinson, 4th Circuit Court, Davidson County Tennessee, 1988-1989. Member: Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Divorce; Family Law; Alimony; Child Support.Email: D. Scott Parsley

Timothy Miles (Member) born Pulaski, Tennessee, August 19, 1967; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Belmont University (B.S., 1993); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member, Honorable Society of Cooper's Inn, Nashville School of Law, 2001. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and Tennessee Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Harry Phillips American Inns of Court (Student Member, 2000). Practice Areas: Class Action Litigation; Federal Securities Law; Federal Antitrust Law; State Antitrust; State Consumer Protection; Employment Discrimination; Products Liability.Email: Timothy Miles

Gerald E. Martin (Member) born Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 10, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Stanford University (J.D., 1999). Associate Editor, The Stanford Law Review. Recipient, Andrew Gher Truxall Prize. Board Member, Autism Society of Middle Tennessee. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Securities Litigation; Civil Rights; Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Gerald E. Martin

OF COUNSEL

Edmund L. Carey, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Boston, Massachusetts, March 1, 1944; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Holy Cross College (A.B., 1965); Harvard University (M.D., 1970); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Order of the Coif. Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1984-1986. Author: Note, "Quick Termination of Insubstantial Civil Rights Claims: Qualified Immunity and Procedural Fairness," 38 Vanderbilt Law Review 1543, 1985. Lecturer in Law, Vanderbilt University, 1989-1992. Law Clerk: U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1986-1987; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1987-1988; Chair, Federal Courts Committee, Nashville Bar Association, 1991; Deputy Co-Chair, Federal Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, Middle District of Tennessee, 1991-1995; Associate Member, Harry Phillips Inn of Court, 1990-1992. Member: Nashville Bar Association; Nashville Bar Foundation. [With U.S. Public Health Service, 1971-1973]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Criminal Law; Appellate Practice; Professional Malpractice; Antitrust; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Constitutional Law; Labor Law; Civil Rights; Class Actions; Complex Litigation.Email: Edmund L. Carey, Jr.

ASSOCIATES

David W. Garrison (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 2001); Valparaiso University (J.D., 2005). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (Member, Lawyers Coordinating Committee). Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Government; Securities; Class Actions.

Michael K. Parsley (Associate) born Murfreesboro, Tennessee, January 18, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., 2001); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Domestic Relations; Appellate Practice; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation.Email: Michael K. Parsley