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Christopher Gilreath
Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC
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Education
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
- J.D.
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- Honors: Am Jur Award - Complex Litigation
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- Rhodes College
- B.A. | Political Science
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- Honors: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
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Professional Experience
- Attorney
- Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC
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- Chris handles serious injury cases across Tennessee, and manages the firm's personal injury litigation team. He specializes in serious motor vehicle and trucking cases, medical device failures, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.
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- Gilreath & Associates
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- Chris handles serious personal injury cases across the country, and often enters into co-counsel arrangements with referring attorneys. He admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Tennessee, as well as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Chris has also appeared before various other state and federal trial courts. Chris is dedicated to pursuing justice for his clients. His first trial involved representation of a family whose father was killed on a dangerous highway where State workers used woefully inadequate safety procedures when maintaining medians. He has tried cases for wrongful death and serious injury resulting from defective products. He has represented numerous families in trucking and motor vehicle cases, as well wrongful death, products liability, negligence, and contract cases.
Professional Associations
- Louisiana Association for Justice
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- Tennessee Association for Justice
- Board Member
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- District of Columbia Bar
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- American Association for Justice
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- American Association for Justice
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- Activities: Active membber of association. Past Chair, New Lawyers' Division; Executive Committee; Elections Committee; Justice List; Chair, Key Person Committee; Vice Chair, Public Education Committee; Past Member - Board of Governors; Leaders Forum
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- Tennessee Association for Justice
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- Activities: Active member of association; Board of Governors, 2000-Present; Past Chair, Young Lawyers Committee; Legislative Committee.
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Arkansas
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Tennessee
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- 6th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Fees
- Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
1/3 for most individual personal injury matters; 20% for workers' compensation cases
Practice Areas
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Antitrust Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Additional Practice Area
- Car Accidents
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Legal Answers
- Q. Can i go to jail for a civil warrant?
- A: No. A civil warrant is a court document issued by General Sessions Court in Tennessee. it is the court designated for handling claims up to $25,000 without a jury. The use of the term "warrant" is similar to the term warrant used in criminal cases. However, the effect is very different. In essence, a civil warrant is a complaint, the document that begins a lawsuit. If you do not respond to a civil warrant, the person who issued it can get a court order granting the relief they ask for, so it is important that you not ignore the warrant. However, under no circumstance does a civil warrant give anyone the right or ability to arrest you and send you to jail.
- Q. My oven's 5 yrs old; Whirlpool says they can't provide replacemnt pt. Doesn't the law require availability for 7 yrs?
- A: In Tennessee, there is no law that requires a manufacturer to provide replacement parts for a product for any length of time. That is considered a matter for the marketplace - meaning if a manufactuer sells a product and then cannot provide parts for it, the market will likely determine that the manufacturer will lose business because fewer people will buy the product. Tennessee does not have much law in the area of consumer protection. What they do have is one comprehensive consumer protection act, which is designed to protect people from deceitful practices. It is not designed to insulate consumers from making bad product choices. It may be possible you can find a part made by another ... Read More
- Q. Does the Claims Commissioner of the State of Tennessee have the right to ask a claimant "Who is preparing legal document
- A: The first thing to keep in mind is that the attorney general does not represent you, and are not in a position to give you legal advice. If your mother requests your help, you are certainly within your rights to assist her with understanding and completing legal documents. In Tennessee, a person can serve as a power of attorney, also sometimes called "attorney in fact". The person giving you power of attorney must be considered competent to make their own decisions, for the appointment to be valid. If it is a matter of assisting with signatures alone, then there is a lot of history in the law of people having assistance signing documents. It often happens that family members assist ... Read More
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