John Timothy Edwards

John Timothy Edwards
Partner

 

Born September 24, 1948

Married to Mary Souder Edwards, 2 children, 5 grandchildren

Charitable Activities

  • Board member of Memphis Oral School for the Deaf (2004-July 2016.)
  • Former member of Board of Directors of the Youth Villages, Inc.

Professional Associations

  • American Association for Justice
  • American Bar Association
  • Arkansas Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Montana Bar Association
  • Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
  • Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
  • Kentucky Justice association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Foundation
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Honors/Awards

  • Martindale Hubbell A.V. Preeminent
  • Mid South Super Lawyers, 2009 – 2017
  • Top 100 Attorneys in Tennessee as published in Memphis Magazine

Classes & Seminars

  • Cochlear Implant, AAJ, 2013 – Present

Past Employment Positions

  • Glassman, Edwards, Wyatt, Tuttle & Cox, P. C. – Partner, 1990 – 2014.

Education

  • Memphis State University School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee
    • J.D. – 1976
  • Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
    • B.A. – 1970

Areas of Practice

  • Professional negligence including medical, legal and accounting
  • Implantable medical devices
  • Products liability
  • Serious personal injury
  • Business/Commercial litigation
  • Class actions

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1977
  • Montana, 1994
  • Arkansas, 2010
  • Kentucky, 2013
  • United States Tax Court, 2013
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1995
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 2010
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky,
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky,
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1977
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 1998
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 2012
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982
  • U.S. District Court for Montana

Pro Hac Vice Admissions

  • Northern District of Alabama
  • California Superior Court
  • Southern District of Florida
  • Middle District of Florida
  • Northern District of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Western District of Iowa
  • District of Maryland
  • Northern District of Mississippi
  • Southern District of New York
  • Northern District of New York
  • Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Northern District of Texas

Representative Clients

  • Armstrong Relo.
  • James Johnson M.D.
  • Katherine Flanagan M.D.
  • Brian Sadler