Recruiting Committee, Member

• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association
• Alabama State Bar

• Alabama, 2001
• Tennessee, 2003
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama
• U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits
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• University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2001, magna cum laude
• • Order of the Coif
  • Editor in Chief, Alabama Law Review, 2000-2001
• United States Naval Academy, B.S., 1991, Political Science

Chip is a member in the firm’s business litigation practice group in the Nashville office.  He represents individual and corporate clients in a variety of industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment, publishing, and financial services.  Chip has jury trial experience in federal and state courts, as well as experience trying cases in bench trials and administrative proceedings.

Chip's recent experience includes:

• Lead counsel for a defendant on class action involving student loans, resulting in early dismissal of case.
• Represents an investor client in a series of complex cases involving fiduciary duty and fraud claims against a co-investor.
• Lead trial counsel in suit filed by minority member of limited liability healthcare company, resulting in a seven figure verdict in client's favor.
• Tried dispute in arbitration for senior living company involving contract disputes, resulting in a favorable resolution for client.

Before beginning his legal career, Chip served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.   During that service, he served in an electronic attack squadron and as a forward air controller with an infantry battalion.

• United States Marine Corps.

• The Blank Personal Guaranty: Just Asking for a Fight
• Location, Location, Location: Understanding How Contract Provisions Can Impact Where Litigation Takes Place and What Law Applies
• I Could Tell You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You: The Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports

• U.S. Naval Academy Blue & Gold Officer
• The Covenant School, Chair of Board of Trustees
• Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA), Member

Co-author: “Alabama Code §25-5-11: A Narrow Cause of Action Against Co-Employees,” The Alabama Lawyer, January 2003