(Main Office)

The LeVan, Sprader firm has furnished quality legal services in Nashville (Davidson County) and Middle Tennessee since 1998. The firm currently engages in a general civil practice, including handling of litigation in all State and Federal Courts, primarily under retention by corporations and insurance carriers to defend actions brought against them and/or their insureds. The firm has received the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Trial Practice, Insurance Defense and Coverage, Cargo Claims, Trucking and Transportation, ICC Claims, Products Liability, Personal Injury Defense, Vehicular Accidents, Premises Liability, Civil Rights Litigation, Governmental Tort Liability, Professional Liability, Consumer Protection Act Litigation; Workers' Compensation.

Representative Clients:

Allied Waste Services, Inc.
American Indemnity Company
American International Group and its affiliated companies, including AIG Claims Services, Inc.
American National Property & Casualty Co.
AXA Global Risks
Berkshire Hathaway Companies
Carolina Casualty Company
Clarendon National Ins. Co.
Conway Transportation
Country Insurance & Financial Services
Crum & Forster Insurance
Empire Fire & Marine
Erie Insurance Group
First Mercury Insurance Company
Gallagher Bassett Services
Government Employees Insurance Company
Grange Mutual Casualty Company
Great American Insurance Company
Harleysville Insurance Company
Heartland Express
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Midas International Corporation
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company
MS Carriers, Inc.
National Indemnity Company
North American Risk Services, Inc.
Northland Insurance
Pizza Hut
Progressive Insurance Company
Praetorian Financial Group
Sagamire Insurance Group
Specialty Risk Services
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
St. Paul/Travelers
Talx Corporation
The Wackenhut Corporation
United Fire & Casualty Company
United Services Automobile Association
Union Standard Insurance Co.
United States Liability Insurance Group
Werner Ladder Co
York Insurance Services Group, Inc.

Address

150 Fourth Avenue North
Suite 1020
Nashville, TN 37219, (Davidson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 615-843-0300
Telecopier: 615-843-0310
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/clsp

Website

http://www.lspmpllc.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Mark S. LeVan (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, December 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1983); University of Tennessee (J.D., with honors, 1986). Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: "Constitutional Law - Limitation of Actions - Application of the Products Liability Statute of Repose," 52 Tenn. L. Rev. 97, Fall, 1984. Member: Nashville Bar Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense and Coverage; Products Liability.Email: Mark S. LeVan

Paul L. Sprader (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, November 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee; 1992, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1986); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1990). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Accidents; Premises Liability; Government Tort Liability; Insurance Coverage; Cargo Claims.Email: Paul L. Sprader

C. Benton Patton (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, July 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1987); Memphis State University (J.D., 1992). Member: Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation.Email: C. Benton Patton

William G. McCaskill, Jr. (Member) born Columbus, Mississippi, July 3, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., with high honors, 1984; J.D., 1987). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Casualty Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Personal Liability Defense; Property Insurance Defense; Public Liability Defense; Complex Litigation; Premises Liability Defense; Products Liability; Workers Compensation.Email: William G. McCaskill, Jr.

ASSOCIATES

Christopher M. Jones (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, October 10, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Tennessee; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Austin Peay State University (B.S., 1996); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Construction Litigation.

Joshua G. Offutt (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, August 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Tennessee, 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Western Washington University; University of Georgia (B.A., 1996); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Self Insured Defense; Automobile Liability Defense.Email: Joshua G. Offutt