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John R. Branson

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John R. Branson represents clients in the resolution of disputes through litigation and alternative means as appropriate.

Professional Biography


Mr. Branson is a member of the Firm's Litigation and Intellectual Property Groups and is a shareholder based in the Firm's Downtown Memphis office; he also operates from the Firm's East Memphis office as needed.

Mr. Branson enjoys handling disputes in a wide variety of substantive areas, rather than specializing in a narrow area of substantive law. He has extensive experience with litigation, arbitration and mediation in a variety of areas, including:

  • Complex family law matters
  • Class actions
  • Commercial and business litigation
  • Medical and legal malpractice defense
  • Copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret cases
  • Bankruptcy adversary proceedings
  • Corporate governance and stockholder disputes
  • Banking
  • Securities
  • Health care
  • Construction
  • Fraud and RICO matters
  • Personal injury cases for both plaintiffs and defendants
  • Libel/slander
  • Will contests, trust litigation, conservatorships and other probate litigation
  • Investigations of public corruption
  • SEC investigations of public companies

Mr. Branson has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases, including acting as lead counsel in a class-action jury trial that lasted for about a month. He was co-lead counsel for a plaintiff, resulting in a settlement of $5.91 million. He also has participated in many arbitrations before the AAA, NASD and MSRB, and numerous judicial and non-judicial mediations, and has handled over a dozen appeals in the Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Tennessee, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Branson is not certified as a mediator, but he has acted as a mediator in a number of cases, and once even served on a jury himself. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Mississippi.

  • Initiated a will contest and successfully defended an appellate procedural challenge to the contest, obtaining a favorable ruling from the Court of Appeals on every issue raised.

  • Successfully defended a cross-appeal to the Tennessee Court of Appeals of a Suggestion of Remittitur on behalf of the appellee in a case arising from a fatal dog attack.

  • Successfully represented the ex-spouse of a CPA with regard to very complex issues arising from his preparation of their tax returns and conduct of their business matters

  • Obtained a very favorable settlement of a claim that our client, a funeral home, had failed to conduct a proper embalming of deceased human remains, causing emotional distress to the decedent's survivors.

  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Health Care Litigation, 2021 – 2025; Intellectual Property Litigation, 2022 – 2025
  • Selected to Mid-South Super Lawyers in General Litigation, 2020 – 2022; Business/Corporate, 2023
  • Chairman – General, Solo & Small Firm Section of Tennessee Bar Association, 1997 – 1998
  • Chairman – Continuing Legal Education Committee of Memphis Bar Association, 1997
  • Volunteer Litigator – Community Legal Services
  • Memphis Bar Foundation
  • Lawyers' Journal Club
  • Presenter – "Using Financial Experts in Family Law Litigation," Memphis Bar Association (September 2020)
  • Presenter/Moderator – "The Cares Act: Update," client presentation (April 2020)
  • Presenter/Moderator – "Do's and Don'ts of a Successful Mediation," Memphis Bar Association, Family Law Section (July 2018)

Education

  • University of Mississippi Law School, J.D., 1984
    • Research Editor & Managing Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
    • Chairman – Law School Election Commission
    • Student Senator, University Senate
  • University of Mississippi, B.B.A. in Marketing, 1981

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1984
  • Mississippi, 1984

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