Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021 
Tyler Smith, a shareholder and a lifelong Tennessean, is in the firm’s Knoxville office. Mr. Smith has extensive experience representing employers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims through trial and administrative hearings with the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. He has obtained numerous positive results for employers on issues of medical causation, last injurious exposure, notice, statute of limitations, independent contractor, drug free workplace, and termination for cause.
Mr. Smith also devotes a significant portion of his practice to insurance and casualty defense, primarily representing professionals in response to negligence claims, defending business and property owners in response to premises liability complaints, defense of personal injury claims, and other complex civil litigation. Mr. Smith has obtained successful results through defense verdicts, summary judgment and mediation in jury and non-jury matters throughout Tennessee.
Mr. Smith is an avid sports fan and played baseball collegiately at Tennessee Tech University. He now lives in the Farragut area with his wife and their three children and is actively involved with community service and mission programs through their church, Concord United Methodist.
Tyler D. Smith is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law.
Tyler who practices law in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tyler is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
