Michael D. Kaplan

C. Michael Adams, Jr. is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Trusts and Estates. C. Michael practices law in Memphis, Tennessee Best Lawyers has recognized C. Michael Adams, Jr. since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which C. Michael Adams, Jr. is held by other lawyers.

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William J. Wyatt is an attorney with Harris Shelton PLLC in Memphis, Tennessee . His practice includes Insurance Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment, and Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants. Will Wyatt devotes a significant portion of his practice to representing municipalities and public entities. He regularly defends municipalities, their officers, and employees in civil rights litigation, employment disputes, inverse condemnation claims, and matters arising under the Tennessee Governme...

Blake W. Bourland concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate law, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, commercial leasing, and qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs). Mr. Bourland started practicing law with Evans Petree PC upon his graduation from law school and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Arkansas. His broad and diverse practice allows him to represent several types of clients. In his corporate practice, he advises family-owned and other privately-...

Mr. Nicoson’s practice focuses primarily on products liability, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, commercial litigation, personal injury defense (premises/auto/trucking), defense of governmental entities and governmental immunity claims, toxic tort, and medical negligence. He actively practices before state and federal courts and has tried over a dozen matters and arbitration proceedings to verdict, including multiple jury trials. He is also an experienced appellate practitio...

Karen S. Koplon is an attorney with Harris Shelton PLLC in Memphis, Tennessee . Her practice focuses on defending physicians, hospitals, nurses, nursing homes, and other health care providers in professional negligence claims. Karen’s background provides her with a practical understanding of the medical field, as she is the daughter of a physician and married to a physician. These experiences have given her insight into the day‑to‑day realities of medical practice and the complexities i...

As a member and former Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Finance, Real Estate & Restructuring Group, Jeb works with companies and individuals in business reorganizations, litigation, workouts and bankruptcy proceedings.

David L. Bourland is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. David L. practices law in Memphis, Tennessee Best Lawyers has recognized David L. Bourland since 2016. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which David L. Bourland is held by other lawyers.

Jeff Smith is a shareholder in the Memphis office of Lewis Thomason. He focuses his practice on litigation and resolution of construction, contract, business, healthcare, and labor and employment disputes. His litigation practice involves representation of public and private companies in trial and appellate courts, as well as in arbitrations in a wide range of matters, including mass torts, class actions and multi-district litigation, among others. He has represented owners, general contracto...

After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1975, Mr. Cocke moved to Clarksdale, MS to begin practicing in a general litigation firm. In 1982, Mr. Cocke and Mr. Merkel left that firm and established Merkel & Cocke, P.A., and since that time the emphasis of Mr. Cocke's practice has progressed more and more toward medical malpractice. At the present time his practice is exclusively devoted to handling medical negligence cases for the plaintiff, either as a result of direc...