Jay R. McLemore
Practice Areas:
Nashville Office
5200 Maryland Way
Suite 301
Brentwood, TN 37027-5072
Phone: 615-661-7820
Fax: 615-661-7236
Jay R. McLemore
JAY R. McLEMORE (Jay) was born in 1970 and is originally from Macon, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University in 1993, and his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law Samford University in 1996. He is admitted to practice law in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia and federal courts in each of those respective states. Mr. McLemore is a registered attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and provides counseling on patent-related issues. Mr. McLemore's practice consists primarily of products' liability defense, automobile liability defense, premises liability defense, and workers' compensation defense and contractual analysis for issues surrounding risk management.
Current Employment Position(s):
- Shareholder
Litigation Percentage:
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- Mississippi, 1997
- Tennessee, 2008
- Alabama, 1996
- Georgia, 1996
- U.S. District Court Eastern Distirct of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education:
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1996
- Juris Doctorate
- Vanderbilt University, 1993
- Bachelor of Engineering
Professional Memberships:
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Nashville Bar Association
- Williamson County Bar Association
- Tennessee Defense Lawyers Assocation
Recent Trial Decisions:
Nashville and Davidson County Metropolitan Government v. Leonard and Belinda Gildersleeve, Davidson County, Tennessee, General Sessions Court (May, 2010)
Jay McLemore obtained a directed verdict for his clients recently in a case involving a runaway wheel that suddenly broke off the defendant’s vehicle while traveling in Nashville. Nashville Metro sought to recover damages that resulted from a multiple car accident allegedly caused by the runaway wheel. Judge Aaron Holt found that proof of negligence was insufficient and granted a direct verdict in Mr. Gildersleeve.
Mayfield & Jackson v. City of Richland & King, Rankin County, Mississippi, Circuit Court (June, 2008)
Jay McLemore and Diane Pradat obtained a directed verdict in a lawsuit brought in Rankin County Circuit Court. The lawsuit included claims under section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act and also alleged causes of action for false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act. The court found for the defendant on all counts.
Appellate Court Decisions:
Hospital Housekeeping v. Mary Woods Townsend, No. 2007-WC-00500-COA (Miss., 2008)
Jay McLemore represented the Appellant/Defendant, Hospital Housekeeping Systems, Inc and Clarendon National Insurance Company, when the Mississippi Court of Appeals, en banc, reversed and rendered the judgment of the Lauderdale County Circuit Court. The Circuit Court had affirmed the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission and the Administrative Judge's order finding the claimant permanently, totally disabled. The Commission upheld the Administrative Judge's order finding permanent, total disability for a mental injury arising out of an allergic reaction (inhalation). The Court of Appeals reversed, finding insufficient evidence to support causation for the claimant's mental illness from an allergic reaction, especially as the claimant had a pre-existing brain tumor and other factors which were overlooked by the Administrative Judge and the Commission. Rehearing was denied.