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Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Personal Injury
- Appeals & Appellate
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Tennessee
- 6th Circuit
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Pepper Law, PLC
- Current
Education
- 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.
Awards
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations
- Tennessee State Bar
- Member
- Current
- Nashville Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Tennessee Association for Justice
- Member
- Current
Publications
Articles & Publications
- 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
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- J. Ross Pepper's Website Profile
- Website
- Pepper Law, PLC Website
- Blog
- Tennessee Business Litigation Lawyers Blog
- Figuring Fair Market Value in Tennessee Condemnation Cases: Expert Witnesses Cannot Use Highest and Best Use Approach to Valuation
3 June 2017 - Understanding the Bad Faith Failure to Pay Penalty in Tennessee Insurance Cases
22 May 2017 - When Checks or Payments are Designated “Paid in Full”: Accord and Satisfaction Law in Tennessee
17 April 2017 - Basic Rules in Tennessee Regarding Auction Sales of Real Estate
9 April 2017 - Rights of “Children” Who are Not Formally Adopted to Probate and Non-Probate Assets in Tennessee
30 March 2017 - Sixth Circuit Issues Notably Flawed Opinion in Sales Commission Case
17 March 2017 - Business Divorces Between 50/50 Owners in Tennessee
9 March 2017 - Overcoming Dishonest or Criminal Acts Exclusions in Insurance Policies
25 February 2017 - Court of Appeals of Tennessee Declines to Disregard Delaware Block Method in Valuing Shares of Dissenting Shareholders
30 January 2017
- Blog
- Tennessee Disability and Life Insurance Blog
- The Substantial Compliance Test: What Happens When the Insured Meant to Change His or Her Beneficiary, But Did Not Follow the Life Insurance Policy’s Procedures
11 April 2017 - Even Though Insurers Receive the Benefit of the Doubt in ERISA Litigation, They Don’t Get a Free Pass
26 February 2017 - Can Life Insurance Companies Deny Benefits If the Insured Died of a Drug Overdose?
24 January 2017 - Dealing With a Disability Insurance Denial Based on a Policy Exclusion
9 January 2017 - Qualifying for Long-Term Disability Benefits: The Two Standards Claimants Usually Have to Meet
23 December 2016 - Misrepresentation and Life Insurance: When Can Incorrect Information on an Application Result in a Denied Claim?
12 December 2016 - Examining the Rights You Have Under ERISA When Appealing a Denial of Disability Benefits
30 November 2016 - What Scope of Discovery is Available to ERISA Plaintiffs in the Sixth Circuit?
15 November 2016 - Life Insurance and Divorce, Part 2: Why Ex-Spouses Should Formalize Any Post-Divorce Agreement to Modify Their Rights to the Proceeds of the Other Party’s Life Insurance Policy
3 November 2016
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