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Mr. Walton represents commercial business and individual clients in a variety of different matters both at the trial court and appellate level. Mr. Walton has experience with commercial business litigation, commercial insurance coverage disputes, products liability, workers compensation, claims of accounting, medical and legal malpractice, and personal injury/wrongful death. He has also represented parties seeking and opposing injunctive relief and enforcing/opposing covenants not to compete. Practice Groups Health Care Litigation Complex Litigation & Mass Tort Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Product Liability White Collar Crime & Corporate Compliance Insurance Coverage Education J.D., high honors and Phi Kappa Phi, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1984 Casenotes Editor, University of Tennessee Law Review Member, Order of the Coif Member, Moot Court Board B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1981 Distinguished Military Graduate, Sigma Chi (Steward) Representative Cases/Engagements Humphress v. United States, 398 F.3d 855 (6th Cir. 2005) Veach v. State, 1993 WL 75364 (Tenn. Crim App. 1993) (post conviction) Daniels v. State 1992 WL 192751 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1992) (post conviction) U.S. v. Hallums 26 Mil. J. Rep. 838 (A.C.M.R. 1988) (defense counsel-courts martial) Representative civil litigation includes the following: Johnson v. S & S. Screw Company et. al, 2004 WL 239756 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004) (commercial litigation) Sommer v. Davis, 317 F.3d 686 (6th Cir. 2003) (medical malpractice) Davidson Equipment v. Deloitte & Touche 1993 WL 295024 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003) (accounting malpractice) Johnson v. Sumner Regional Health Systems, 2000 WL 1030740 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000) (medical malpractice) Hogan v. Coyne Intern., 996 S.W.2d 195 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998) (commercial litigation) Devore v. Deloitte & Touche 1998 WL 295024 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998) (employment discrimination) Stewart v. H.C.A. Health Care Services of Tennessee, Inc, 1997 WL 803690 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997) (premises liability action) Rose v. H.C.A. Health Services of Tennessee, Inc., 947 S.W.2d 144 (Tenn. Ct. App 1996) (medical malpractice/products liability) Absar v. Jones, 833 S.W.2d 86 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992) (commercial dispute) Coulson v. Schroer, 1994 WL 228790 (contract dispute) Pickard v. Wilgus, 742 F. Supp. 434 (M.D. Tenn. 1990) (securities dispute) Bar Admissions Tennessee Court Admissions U.S. District Courts for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Tennessee U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Tennessee Court of Appeals Tennessee Supreme Court Professional Memberships Nashville Bar Association Tennessee Bar Association American Bar Association International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Other Professional Accomplishments United States Army JAGC, January, 1985 to October, 1988 Mr. Walton periodically lectures at continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics. | 