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David Draper is a Knoxville native and the senior shareholder in the firm’s Knoxville construction law practice group with over 30 years of experience in construction claims. He is an AV-rated trial lawyer with broad experience in civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation. His law practice is concentrated in construction claims involving such issues as defective workmanship, delay claims, bid disputes, design error, and payment claims. His clients include both residential and commercial owners and developers, designers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers and lenders and insurers. He has also handled complex insurance coverage disputes involving construction.

Dustin started law school at the College of William and Mary in 2011. He excelled in law school and finished his first year in the top 10% of his class. Thanks to his superior performance, Dustin was able to transfer to the University of Texas Law School in 2012 and graduated from UT with his Juris Doctorate degree in 2014. During his time in law school Dustin gained a sound understanding of the law and how it can be used to help individuals without a voice achieve justice.

During law school, Dustin worked at the Packard Law Firm in the Social...

I have practiced law for more than 30 years and focus on real estate and business litigation, including disputes between buyers and sellers, broker / agent responsibility and fiduciary duty issues, boundary disputes, leasing disputes and disputes between co-owners. I also have extensive experience with retail leases. For more than 15 years I have enjoyed Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory's highest peer review rating of "AV". My clients include real estate investors, brokers, developers and landlords, as well as small and medium size businesses.