David has acted as lead trial counsel for corporate and insurance clients, and as a litigator has participated in over 100 trials in the Federal and State Courts of Tennessee and Georgia. He has also served as a seminar speaker and panelist in areas of workers' compensation, general liability and professional ethics and malpractice prevention, both to the members of the legal profession and to corporate and insurance clients.
In more recent years, David has devoted a high percentage of his time to ADR practice, mediating over 1250 cases with a high settlement rate.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Admiralty
Agricultural
Appellate
Arts (Fine/Performing)
Automotive
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Creditors
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Cross Cultural
Debt Collections
Discrimination
Divorce (High Asset)
Education
EEOC
Elder Abuse
Employment
Family Businesses
Franchise
Health Care
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Libel & Slander
Medical Malpractice
Mining
Mortgage Foreclosure
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Pensions
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Police
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Sexual Harassment
Title Disputes
Torts
Transportation
Trusts / Estates
Utilities
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death
Education
Memphis State University Cecil C. Humphrey School of Law, J. D. - 1979
- Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Fraternity - 1979
- Memphis State University Law Review - Staff Member
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, B.S., 1976
- Blue Key National Honor Society (President 1976)
Memberships & Affiliations
Chattanooga Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Georgia State Bar Association
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
International Association of Defense Counsel
Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators
Brook Cooper Chapter, American Inns of Court
Rates Information
CIVIL: $350 per hour with $1000.00 minimum.
Family: $275.00 per hour with 2 hour minimum with mediations held at home office or by Zoom.
Video Conferencing