Jerry O. Potter is a certified civil trial specialist who has practiced in Memphis and West Tennessee since 1976. He has extensive experience in medical and other types of professional malpractice claims, construction disputes, nursing home litigation, product liabillity cases, premises liability cases, worker's compensation claims, automobile and trucking accident cases, libel and slander suits, and insurance coverage disputes.
Mr. Potter has been a Rule 31 Listed mediator since 1997. He has mediated over 2,500 matters involving a board range of civil cases.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Automotive
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Debt Collections
Discrimination
EEOC
Eminent Domain
Engineering
Environmental
Health Care
Insurance
Land Use/Planning
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Lemon Law
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Homes
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Police
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Sexual Harassment
Torts
Transportation
Trusts / Estates
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death
Education
B.S. (With High Honors) University of Tennessee at Martin, 1973
J.D., University of Memphis, 1975
Memberships & Affiliations
Memphis Bar Association (1981 - Director of Young Lawyers, 1981 - Director of Senior Bar, 1982 - Secretary of Young Lawyers);
Tennessee Bar Association;
American Bar Association;
Defense Research Institute;
Tennessee Historical Commission Award, 1973
Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization and National Board of Trial Advocacy
Tennessee Supreme Court Approved Mediator
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Court-Appointed Mediation Panel
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