J. Ross Pepper is an AV rated trial attorney with over 27 years of experience with litigation, arbitration and mediation. Mr. Pepper's trial, courtroom and deposition experience is extensive and benefits his clients incalculably. Mr. Pepper is the founding member of Pepper Law, PLC, a boutique litigation law firm which handles litigation matters in Nashville and throughout Tennessee.
Mr. Pepper has acted as lead counsel in a wide range of commercial, employment, probate, insurance, and real estate cases. Notably, Mr. Pepper acted as lead counsel in a nationwide class action involving the sale and marketing of universal life insurance policies in which the class members recovered over 20 million dollars.
Mr. Pepper has successfully tried dozens of cases to verdict in federal and state courts and in arbitration proceedings. Mr. Pepper's business litigation blog is relied on extensively by Tennessee lawyers who handle commercial litigation and business cases. As well, because of his extensive experience with commercial litigation, Mr. Pepper has been sought after to speak to lawyers and other business groups on topics related to business litigation.
Mr. Pepper is a native of Nashville, Tennessee who remains active in legal and community organizations both at the state and local level.
- Probate
- Business Law
- Insurance Claims
- Appeals & Appellate
- Personal Injury
- Tennessee
- 6th Circuit
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- English
- Pepper Law, PLC
- Current
- University of Tennessee College of Law
- J.D. (1990)
- Honors: with high honors
- Activities: Member, Tennessee Law Review, Craven Constitutional Law Moot Court Team
- University of Mississippi
- B.B.A.
- Justice Joseph Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing
- Tennessee Bar Association
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Tennessee State Bar
- Member
- Current
- Nashville Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Patterson v. McClean Credit Union, The Exclusion of Post-Formation Conduct from the Protection of the Right to Make and Enforce Contracts Clause
- Tennessee Law Review
- Recovering Lost Profits
- Tennessee Bar Journal
- Recovering Lost Profits
- Tennessee Bar Journal
- Website
- J. Ross Pepper's Website Profile
- Website
- Pepper Law, PLC Website
- Blog
- Tennessee Business Litigation Lawyers Blog
- In Tennessee, Revoked Wills Can Be Revived
18 June 2018 - The Reluctance of Tennessee Courts to Allow Defenses Based on the Non-Occurrence of a Condition Precedent to Succeed
23 April 2018 - When a “Partial” Partition in Kind Might be Ordered by a Tennessee Court
13 April 2018 - What Does It Take to Revoke a Tennessee Will or Part of It?
3 April 2018 - Partition Case Dismissed Because Joint Owners Had Given One Owner a Life Estate
27 March 2018 - Will Contest and Undue Influence Cases in Tennessee: What to Expect
19 March 2018 - When Can a Case Filed in Tennessee Be Dismissed Because the Plaintiff Failed to Register to Do Business in Tennessee?
11 March 2018 - Inconsistency Between Terms of Will and Payable on Death Designations Not Enough to Prove Undue Influence
4 February 2018 - Lien Lis Pendens in Tennesssee
21 January 2018
- Blog
- Tennessee Disability and Life Insurance Blog
- The Admissibility of Evidence of the Amount of Premiums Paid for a Disability Policy
15 June 2018 - If You Leave Your Employer but Maintain Your Disability Policy, You Probably Still Can’t Escape the Tough Rules of ERISA
24 May 2018 - Challenging a Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation Based on Undue Influence
23 April 2018 - Deposition of Unum and Paul Revere Representative Provides Valuable Insight on Unum’s Approach to Determining “Material and Substantial” and “Important” Duties
14 March 2018 - Suicide Exclusions in Life Insurance Policies: What Happens When the Cause of Death is Uncertain
2 February 2018 - When Providing Information to Your Disability Insurer Be Careful: Anything You Say Can And Will be Used Against You
2 January 2018 - The Futility Exception to the ERISA Requirement that Claimants Must Exhaust Their Administrative Remedies in Order to be Able to File a Lawsuit
22 December 2017 - Shaw v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 1; One of the Most Helpful Sixth Circuit Cases for Disability Claimants and their Attorneys
30 November 2017 - Surveillance and Social Media Investigations by Long-Term Disability Insurance Companies
17 October 2017