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Thirty-seven years of successful legal practice in personal injury, trucking, banking, business, collection, commercial, construction, contract, employment, insurance, landlord/tenant, lender liability, products liability, real estate, and workers compensation law using my direct, action-oriented approach in identifying and solving problems.

Pete joined Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele in 2016 as an associate attorney in the Brentwood office. His current areas of practice include Insurance Defense, Workers’ Compensation, Family Law, and Probate & Estates. Pete is a Middle Tennessee native and graduated from White House High School. After high school, Pete served in the United States Marine Corps working in Military Police as a Corrections Specialist. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Middle Tennessee State University in 2008, graduating cum laude. Pete attended law school at the University of Tennessee College of Law where he earned his J.D. with a Concentration in Advocacy and Dispute Resolution in 2012. While in law school, Pete participated on the AAJ Mock Trial Team, was the Articles Editor for The Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy, and interned at the United States Department of the Interior, and both the Davidson County and Knox County District Attorney's Offices. Prior to joining Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, Pete worked in a high volume family law and criminal law firm, earning a reputation as an effective negotiator and trial advocate for his clients. Pete lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and daughter in the Inglewood/East Nashville area. When he is not devoting his time to law, Pete enjoys spending his time outdoors camping and hiking. He is also a fan of the Tennessee Titans.

Paul is a Nashville-based attorney with over a decade of experience serving Nashville and the surrounding areas. Always calling Nashville home, Paul received his Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis in 2002, and completed his undergrad at Tennessee Technological University in 1996. Excelling at a wide variety of practices including nashville-bankruptcy-attorneys, employment law, small business litigation, representing employers and employees in civil rights cases, collection prosecution, defense and more. Paul has proven results and is passionate about all things Nashville, including our beloved Nashville Predators. He’s excited about how fast the city is growing. Paul lives in Music City with his wife, two boys, and dog.

Our firm provides elite representation with a focus on federal constitutional rights litigation, state criminal defense, and federal criminal defense.  We also have a general civil practice with experience in personal injury, family, and civil litigation.  Many attorneys consider our team the best in middle Tennessee for litigating constitutional rights lawsuits related to police misconduct and the justice system.

I am an “AV” rated attorney, admitted in both Tennessee and Alabama. As of February 2024, I have chosen to continue my 31+ year career with Meridian Law in Brentwood, providing legal services to Tennessee companies and individuals. Over the years, my practice areas have included insurance defense, personal injury, products-liability, labor and employment (L & E) litigation and training (including ERISA disability and other fringe benefits), and complex commercial, business and other general civil litigation (contract and tort).

I am a sixty year old board-certified civil trial lawyer who is fascinated by the law of personal injury and wrongful death, also called the law of torts. I have studied the field for over thirty years. I represent people who have been injured and the families of those who have died as a result of the negligence of others.. I grew up in Spencer, Wisconsin, a village about 140 miles due north of Madison. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville in 1978 with a B.S. degree in Comprehensive Business and Economics.. I then moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I attended the University of North Carolina. I received my J.D. degree in May 1981, graduating with honors. I was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the staff of the North Carolina Law Review.. I moved to Nashville in May 1981. I was an associate and later a partner in a Nashville firm from 1981 - 1992, and had the privilege to learn how to be a trial lawyer from the late John T. Conners, Jr. On January 1, 1993, I left a partnership in that firm and started a firm that is now known as the Law Offices of John Day, P.C.  The practice of our four-lawyer firm is limited to complex civil litigation on behalf of plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, automobile and trucking liability and other tort cases that arise from burns and sexual abuse.. I enjoy bar association activities. I have served as President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Chair of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Council of State Presidents, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Bar Association. I am also a past President of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a non-profit group that certifies trial lawyers across the Nation.  I was board-certified by that organization as a civil trial lawyer over 20 years ago and have been re-certified every five years.  In 2006 I was elected to the American Law Institute.. I also enjoy working on committees designed to improve the quality of the legal system. The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed me to the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization; I served two terms on that Commission and served as its Chair. I currently serve as a consultant to the Tennessee Judicial Conference's Committee on Pattern Jury (Civil) Instructions; I am one of two non-judges on that Committee. Lt. Governor John Wilder appointed me to the Tennessee Judicial Evaluation Commission, the group that evaluates Tennessee's appellate judges. My service on that Commission ended in June, 2009. I was then appointed to the successor group, the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission by Rep. Williams, the Speaker of Tennessee House of Representatives. On September 15, 2009 I was selected as the Chair of that Commission and was re-elected as Chair for another one-year term in August, 2010.  I finished my service on the Commission in the Fall of 2011.  I have also served on the Tennessee Supreme Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission. On January 1, 2008, the Tennessee Supreme Court  appointed me to its Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure and I was re-appointed effective January 1, 2014.  My service ended on December 31, 2016.. I have been an active legal writer and speaker.  In 1997 Donald Capparella and I combined forces to write Tennessee Law of Comparative Fault, the only book in Tennessee in the field. John Wood joined us for the Second Edition; the book is published (and updated annually) by Thomson West Publishing Company. The third edition of the book was published in the Fall of 2008.. I have also authored "Day on Torts: A Handbook for Tennessee Tort Lawyers."   The most recent edition of the book, now called "Day on Torts:  Leading Cases for Tennessee Tort Lawyers," was released in 2016.. My most recent book is "Tennessee Law of Civil Trial," which was published in the Summer of 2013.. My book "Compendium of Tort Reform Statues and Related Cases, 2008-2014" is now in its fifth edition.  The book is a collection of  tort reform statues and the cases that interpret those statutes.  A new edition, covering changes in the law through July 1, 2016, was released in November of 2065.. I have also written over fifty articles on personal injury and wrongful death law.  Several of those articles have been cited by the Tennessee Supreme Court in court opinions.. I have been honored to speak at legal seminars across the country. I have given over 250 speeches to lawyers in 19 different states. In 2004 former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Penny White and former Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joe Riley and I started "Justice Programs" to offer seminars to Tennessee lawyers.. I was honored to be named in the 1993-94 edition of Best Lawyers in America at the age of 36, and have been included in every edition thereafter. In 2009 I was named the Best Personal Injury Lawyer in Nashville by Best Lawyers in America.  That publication honored me with the "Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer in Nashville" award in 2010 and 2014,  and in  2012 with the award for the "Best Bet-the-Company Lawyer" award .  Other than the opportunity to represent my wonderful clients, my biggest professional honor was election to the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2002 at the age of 45. Less than 140 Tennessee lawyers are Fellows in this organization and less than 20 of those have a substantial practice on behalf of plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases.  I am currently serving as Chair of the Tennessee Chapter.. On the personal side, my wife Joy (also a lawyer) and I would rather be at our cabin on Tims Ford Lake outside of Lynchburg, Tennessee than any other place in the world. Joined by Sarah (age 25) and Michael (21), my children from a previous marriage, and our 9-year old daughter Kate we enjoy boating and other water sports. We also love to hike.  Joy and I are Tennessee Titans fans, and Joy is an avid University of Tennessee Vols football fan.

Former Military Police Army officer before completing law school. Brentwood native and experienced in the law. Disciplined and thorough on every case. I focus primarily on Williamson County cases and have a private office in Cool Springs to offer free consultations.