Real Estate / Property

As a Tennessee licensed real estate broker with decades of experience closing major commercial developments and residential subdivisions, I bring unique insight to real estate disputes. Whether you're dealing with purchase agreement disagreements, boundary conflicts, easement issues, landlord-tenant disputes, or development project challenges, I understand both the legal framework and the practical business realities of real estate transactions. My experience representing developers, property owners, and major builders like D.R. Horton gives me the perspective needed to help parties find workable solutions.

Construction

Construction disputes are often technically complex and financially significant. With extensive experience litigating construction defect claims, contractor disputes, delay claims, payment conflicts, and project failures, I understand the unique challenges of the construction industry. I've worked with developers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and property owners on projects ranging from residential subdivisions to major commercial developments. My background allows me to grasp the technical issues, evaluate the financial stakes, and help parties navigate toward practical resolutions that keep projects moving forward when possible.

Business and Contract Disputes

Over 30 years of negotiating and litigating complex commercial agreements has given me deep insight into business and contract disputes. From partnership disagreements and shareholder conflicts to vendor disputes and breach of contract claims, I've seen how business relationships can fracture—and how they can be repaired. Whether you're dealing with a dispute over contract interpretation, performance obligations, payment terms, or business direction, I can help parties move past positions to identify underlying interests and craft solutions that make business sense. My experience spans small family businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

Insurance

Insurance coverage disputes often involve complex policy language, competing interpretations, and significant financial stakes. My extensive background includes representing insurance carriers, insureds, and third parties in coverage disputes, bad faith claims, subrogation matters, and claims handling conflicts. I've worked with major carriers including The PMA Group, Maryland Casualty, and Zurich Insurance, as well as with policyholders seeking coverage. This dual perspective allows me to understand both sides of insurance disputes and help parties navigate policy language, coverage questions, and claim disagreements toward resolution.

Professional Liability

Professional liability disputes require understanding both the professional standards at issue and the human dynamics involved when trust has been compromised. With experience in matters involving legal malpractice, medical professional liability, real estate professional errors, and construction professional claims, I understand the sensitive nature of these conflicts. These disputes often involve not just financial recovery but also professional reputation and relationships. I work to help parties address both the practical and the personal dimensions of professional liability conflicts in a way that respects everyone's dignity while finding fair solutions.

Personal Injury

Personal injury matters involve real people dealing with real harm, often at vulnerable moments in their lives. My litigation experience includes wrongful death cases, serious injury claims, premises liability, and various tort matters. I understand the medical, financial, and emotional dimensions of injury claims, as well as the insurance and liability issues that complicate resolution. While these cases can be emotionally charged, mediation often provides a faster, more certain path to recovery than litigation. I approach personal injury mediation with both the analytical rigor needed to evaluate damages and the human sensitivity required when people are hurting.

Employment

Employment disputes affect not just livelihoods but also professional identities and workplace cultures. Whether you're dealing with wrongful termination claims, discrimination allegations, wage and hour disputes, non-compete enforcement, or workplace conflicts, these matters require careful attention to both legal standards and human dynamics. My experience counseling businesses on employment issues, combined with my understanding of individual rights and workplace realities, allows me to help employers and employees find resolutions that address legitimate concerns while minimizing damage to careers and reputations. Employment mediation can often preserve working relationships or facilitate dignified exits when relationships have broken down.