
 F. Laurens Brock Shareholder
Contact Direct dial: (423) 757-0248 Direct fax: (423) 508-1248 Email: lbrock@cbslawfirm.com
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- Arbitration
- Class Action Litigation
- Complex Business Litigation
- Elder Care Litigation
- Hospital Liability
- Long Term Care Litigation
- Manufacturer's Risk Prevention
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
Representative Trials
- Defense Verdict - Catastrophic brain injury from alleged defective safety product
- Defense Verdict - Alleged wrongful death of infant
- Defense Verdict - Alleged wrongful death in rehabilitation facility
- Directed Verdict - Alleged medication blindness
- Defense Verdict - Alleged multiple wrongful deaths
- Directed Verdict - Alleged brain damage to child in safety device
- Directed Verdict - Alleged wrongful death in obstetrical case
- Defense Verdict - Alleged total lifetime disability
- Defense Verdict - Alleged medical battery
- Admitted Liability Trucking Case - Verdict Less than Pre-trial offer
- Vacated Verdict - Fraud upon Court, alleged defective product and lifetime total disability
Education
- Emory University, B.A., 1976
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D., 1980
Admissions
- Florida, 1980
- Tennessee, 1995
- Supreme Court of Florida, 1980
- Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2001
- United States Supreme Court, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Florida, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, Florida, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1997
- U.S. District Court (including Trial Bar), Southern District, Florida, 1980
- U.S. District Court, Middle District, Florida, 1985
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Tennessee, 1997
- U.S. District Court, Western District, Tennessee, 2004
- U.S. District Court, Middle District, Tennessee, 2008
Memberships
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- American Bar Association, TIPS, past Vice Chairman; past Vice Chair and Contributing Editor
- American Health Care Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute's Products Specialized Litigation Group and Medical Profession Liability Committees
- Federal Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Class Action, Drug, Device and Biotech, Medical Defense and Product Liability Committees
- Product Liability Advisory Council, Designated Corporate Representative
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
- Tennessee Health Care Association
Honors
- Leadership Miami, past Chairman
- Selected to White House Intern Program, assigned to Press Secretary to the President, 1975
Presentations
- Street Law course presenter, 2008
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