Josh Powers, shareholder in the Chattanooga office, concentrates his practice in the area of medical malpractice. He routinely defends hospitals, doctors and nursing homes throughout Tennessee and Georgia in malpractice litigation. In February 2009, he secured a defense verdict in a two-week jury trial in McNairy County, Tennessee, where the plaintiffs were alleging the wrongful birth of their child. Mr. Powers also has significant experience in products liability, legal malpractice and insurance coverage disputes.
Prior to law school, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps from 1982 to 1985, then was the Territory Sales Manager for Coca-Cola USA in Atlanta and New York City from 1985 to 1989.
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Medical Malpractice Law (2011 and 2012)
- Named the Best Lawyers' 2012 Chattanooga Medical Malpractice Law Lawyer of the Year
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Member – Tennessee, Georgia and American Bar Associations
- Member – Defense Research Institute
- Clerk – Shelby County Circuit Court Judge, Janice Holder (1991 – 1992)
- Tennessee, 1992
- Georgia, 1993
- Rhodes College, B.A., 1982
- University of Memphis Law School, J.D., 1992