Sidney W Gilreath

Biographical Information

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Aviation Law; Federal Employers Liability Act

Admitted

1962, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Tennessee at Knoxville, LL.B., 1962

College

Maryville College, B.S., 1958

Membership

Knoxville Junior (President, 1965), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1969-1970; President, 1971-1972; Life Member, 1983); American Association for Justice (State Committeeman, 1969; Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1984, 1992?; Parliamentarian, 1984-1986; Treasurer, 1987-1988; Vice President, 1988-1989); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); New York State Association of Trial Lawyers, Inc. (Associate Member); American Judicature Society; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Tennessee Chapter, 1995-1996); Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Legal Medicine (Associate Member).

Biography

Phi Alpha Delta. Instructor, National College of Advocacy, 1979-1980. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, The University of Tennessee College of Law, 1999. Founding Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization) (Also at Nashville and Sevierville Offices)

Reported Cases

Braden v. Yoder, 592 S.W.2d 897 (Tenn. App., 1979); Smith v. Gore, 728 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn., 1987); Motley v. Fluid Power, 640 S.W.2d 222 (Tenn. App. 1982); Sweeney v. State Dept. of Transp., 744 S.W.2d 905 (Tenn. App., 1987); Murphree v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 696 F.2d 459 (6th Cir., 1982); Sterling v. Velsicol, 855 F.2d 1188 (6th Cir., 1988); Steele v. Ft. Sanders Anesthesia Group, P.C., 897 S.W.2d 270 (Tenn. App., 1994); Cruze v. Ford Motor Co., et al., 1999 WL 1206798 (Tenn.Ct.App.).

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation