Chris is a litigation attorney with the exceptional defense firm Trammell, Adkins & Ward, P.C. in Knoxville, Tennessee. With over 25 years of extensive trial work the eastern half of Tennessee, he has extensive litigation experience and has successfully tried many jury and non-jury trials in Tennessee State Courts, Federal Court, and Bankruptcy Court. In addition, he serves as counsel for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Vice Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee, and represents several business and individual clients in litigation and non-litigation matters in State and Federal Courts.In addition to civil jury and non-jury trials, he has represented clients involved in appeals in the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Chris has been a frequent speaker and lecturer on litigation, trying jury trials, effective use of court room technology, insurance coverage issues, and other subjects at multiple Continuing legal education seminars for attorneys.In 2015, Chris was selected by his peers as a top lawyer as published in the July/August 2015 edition of Cityview Magazine, and he was named a Master of the Bar by the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court. He will also soon be inducted into the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates.Chris has also served on the Board of Directors of nonprofit charitable corporations, the Vestry of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Maryville, Tennessee, and is serving his second term on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, the University of the South (Sewanee).
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