John A. Day is the founding partner of The Law Offices of John Day, P.C., located in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. John graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1981. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist and has more than 30 years’ experience trying cases. John has served as President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and Chair of the Council of State Presidents of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). John has also served on the boards of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Lawyers Involved for Tennessee, the board of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, and the Tennessee Justice Center, a not-for-profit law firm that advocates for Tennessee's poor. John was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers at the age of 45, and in 2007, he was selected to serve on their Board of Regents.
John has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1993. He is routinely included in "best lawyer" lists for Nashville and Tennessee: he was named Nashville Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year in 2009; Nashville Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year in 2010; Nashville Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer in 2012; and has been listed in the Best of the Bar since 2006. John is also the author of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law and is the co-author of Tennessee Law of Comparative Fault. John has published more than 50 articles on tort and trial law, and his writings have been cited in multiple opinions of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Business Law
- Business Litigation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Car Accidents
- Free Consultation
- Tennessee
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- English: Spoken, Written
- University of North Carolina School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: with honors
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- University of Wisconsin - Platteville
- B.S. | Business / Economics
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- Best of the Bar
- Nashville Business Journal
- 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Top 50 Attorneys in Nashville
- Nashville Lifestyles
- One of Nashville's Top 101 Lawyers
- Nashville Post
- Best 150 Lawyers
- Business TN Magazine
- Tennessee State Bar # 009416
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- Tennessee Supreme Court Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice And Procedure
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- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow
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- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- President’s Club, Charter Member
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- Tennessee Bar Association
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- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
- Board of Governors
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- Nashville Bar Association
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- Tennessee Justice Center
- Board of Directors
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- Southern Trial Lawyers Association
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- Tennessee Law of Civil Trial
- Lex Lata Publishing
- Day on Torts: A Handbook for Tennessee Tort Lawyers
- http://www.dayontortsbook.com/
- Compendium of Tennessee Tort Reform Statutes and Related Case Law
- 2009-2012, reviews all of the “tort reform” legislation signed into law since the beginning of the 106th General Assembly through the end of the 107th General Assembly.
- Tennessee Law of Comparative Fault
- Thomason-West
- Preparing to Win at Trial, Nashville, TN
- Tennessee Attorney General’s Office
- Thoughtful Evaluation and Selection of Contingent-Fee Clients, Nashville, TN
- Nashville Bar Association
- Thoughts About Comparative Fault and Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-1-119, Nashville, TN
- Nashville School of Law
- Charting Your Course, Nashville, TN
- Nashville Bar Foundation
- Autonomous Vehicles, Nashville, TN
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
- Board-certified in civil trial practice
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Board-certified in Medical Malpractice
- American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
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