Leland McNabb concentrates his practice in litigation. His experience includes trying controversies in many areas of law: personal injury, professional malpractice, governmental tort liability, products liability, transportation/trucking, insurance coverage, insurance fraud, commodities, and state taxation. Early in his legal career Leland was a state prosecutor and tried a number of capital cases. Since 1980, Leland has been engaged exclusively in civil practice. He co-authored "Civil Trial Procedure in Tennessee," 1995, for the National Business Institute.

Areas of Practice:

Insurance Law (Coverage, Fraud, Bad Faith,Property & Casualty)

Business Organizations (Directors & Officers Liability)

Pharmaceutical Defense

Constitutional Law (Civil Rights, Sec. 1983)

Construction Law

Governmental Tort Liability

Litigation and Appeals (Federal and State Trial and Appellate Practice)

Personal Injury Law (Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Motor Vehicles)

Property Damage

Professional Malpractice (Legal, Medical)

Workers Compensation Law

 

Position with the Firm:

Member

Bar Admissions:

Tennessee, 1968

U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1972

U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1987

U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1988

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1989

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1990

U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1990

U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2000

Education:

Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, June, 1968

J.D.

 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1965

B.A.

Representative Cases:

State v. Clayton, 480 S.W.2d 922 (Tenn. 1971)

State v. Murray , 480 S.W. 2d 355 (Tenn. 1972)

State v. Daugherty (Argued), 483 S.W. 2d 90 (Tenn. 1972)

Gwin v. State, 523 S.W. 2d 636 (Tenn. 1975 1975)

State v. Coe, 655 S.W. 2d 903 (capital case) (Tenn. 1983)

Thompson-McKinnon Securities, Inc. v. Moore's Farm Supply, Inc., 557 F. Supp. 1004 (principal and agent) (W.D.Tenn. 1983)

Howard Cotton Co. v. Olsen (Argued), 675 S.W. 2d 154 (state taxation) (Tenn. 1984)

Northern Insurance Company of New York v. Taghavi (Argued), 68 F. 3d 475, 1995 WL 600567 (U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit 1995)

Advo, Inc. v. Philllips (Argued), 989 S.W. 2d 693 (Tenn. 1998)

 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Memphis Bar Association

Member, Director
 

American Bar Association

Member
 

Tennessee Bar Association

Member
 

Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association

Member
 

Defense Research Institute

Member, Subcommittee Chairman
 

Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 2000 - Present

Master of the Bench

 

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Kappa Sigma

Birth Information:

1943, Murray, Kentucky, United States of America

Certifications of Specialization are available to Tennessee lawyers in all areas of practice relating to or included in the areas of Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Family Law. Listing of related or included practice areas herein does not constitute or imply a representation of certification of specialization.