Sam D. Elliott - Lawyer in Chattanooga, TN

Sam D. Elliott is a member of the firm andpractices primarily in the field of litigation and local governmentrepresentation. He has tried jury casesinvolving commercial disputes, product liability, personal injury, employmentdiscrimination, and eminent domain. Sam also represents the municipalgovernments of Soddy Daisy, Collegedale, Lakesite, Walden, Ridgeside, andMonteagle and is experienced in such diverse matters as government land useregulation and civil rights litigation. He also advises clients on issues ofemployment law, environmental law, commercial disputes, professional liability,has served as an arbitrator, and is a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.Sam is listed in the publication Best Lawyers in America for Bet the CompanyLitigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation? Labor and Employment,Litigation-Land Use and Zoning, Litigation-Municipal and Municipal Law. He hasbeen selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer every year since 2006 and is AV?Preeminent?? rated in Martindale-Hubbell.

Sam is a past president of both the Tennessee Bar Association and the Chattanooga Bar Association. Sam began his career clerking in 1981-82 for then U. S. Magistrate Roger Dickson and has been with the firm ever since. In 1994, in an appointed criminal case where he argued before the Tennessee Supreme Court, he and his co-counsel obtained post-conviction relief for a prisoner on death row. Sam has also appeared as co-counsel for the Chattanooga Bar Association in suits to enjoin the unauthorized practice of law and volunteers in the pro bono program for Legal Aid of East Tennessee.

Sam and his wife, Karen, have two daughters and attend Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church.