Thank you for visiting my website.  I am a commercial litigator in Nashville, Tennessee, where I primarily represent national health care providers in complex payment disputes.  Previously, I worked for a commercial litigation boutique, where most of my practice was made up of conflict referrals from larger firms, and for a regional general practice firm, defending consumer product manufacturers and designers in product liability actions.  Before entering private practice, I began my legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Sheryl H. Lipman in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee at Memphis.

A second-career lawyer, I previously worked as a political and industry communications strategist and research analyst in Washington, D.C.  While living in the nation’s capital, I worked as a policy analyst for a trade association of more than 1,200 IT companies, a new media strategist for a think tank, and a channel lead for a political- and industry-communications-consulting agency before founding my own practice, serving industry clients in national brand-positioning and issue-advocacy campaigns.  I thus come to the practice of law with a deep appreciation for companies’ myriad short, medium, and long-term challenges and opportunities, including navigating and managing the complex and sometimes competing dynamics of internal and external stakeholder goals.

As a litigator, I work vigorously to protect and advance my clients’ business interests and goals.  Due to my deep commitment to serving others, I have also been recognized by the Tennessee Access to Justice Commission as an Attorney for Justice in every year that I have been practicing law for my pro bono work on behalf of individuals and organizations in need, and I was selected for the Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum’s Class of 2023.

In addition to my law practice, I am a pro bono adjunct fellow at the Institute for Free Speech in Washington, D.C., and I teach American government and constitutional law as an adjunct professor at Belmont University in Nashville.  In my spare time, I serve on the board of directors of Retrieving Independence, Inc., and the Advisory Board of the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences at Belmont University.

I earned my law degree and business law certificate cum laude from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where I served as the Editor-in-Chief of The University of Memphis Law Review and a Judicial Intern to Senior U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla, among other accolades.  I also hold a Master of Public Policy from the American University School of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Arts in political science and philosophy (double-major) from Belmont University.

My wife and I are five-time dog rescuers, international travelers, amateur chefs and gardeners, and Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Nashville Predators season-ticket holders.