Attorneys






F. Laurens Brock
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Contact
Direct dial: (423) 757-0248
Direct fax: (423) 508-1248
Email: lbrock@cbslawfirm.com

    Focus

  • 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