Timothy A. Priest

Mr. Priest was born in Humboldt, Tennessee, on March 10, 1949, and admitted to the Bar in 1976.  He is a Cum Laude graduate of The University of Tennessee (B.S. 1972) and The University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D.,Valedictorian and Order of the Coif, 1975).  He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association Board of Governors (1993-95 and 2005-2007) and American Bar Association.  Mr. Priest is a member of the Tennessee Association for Justice Board of Governors (1979-82), the American Association for Justice, and the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He is a Master of the Bench Emeritus of the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court.

Mr. Priest has served as speaker at seminars of the Tennessee Bar Association, Knoxville Bar Association, University of Tennessee College of Law, and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association on various topics dealing with trial practice issues.  Mr. Priest served as the Municipal Court Judge for the town of Farragut, Tennessee, from 1999-2005.

Mr. Priest is married to the former Betsy Minnis and they have two children Adam, a partner with the firm, and Laura, an acute care nurse practitioner.  Hobbies include golf, Vol Network Color Analyst for broadcast of University of Tennessee football games since 1999, and enjoying his grandchildren.

Mr. Priest has obtained numerous verdicts and settlements in excess of $1,000,000.00 for clients in defective products, trucking and automobile accident cases, and recreational accidents.

• Tennessee, 1976
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1976
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1990

University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1975, J.D.
Valedictorian
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of Coif

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1972, B.S.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  Zoology

Mr. Priest has represented severely injured citizens and the families of persons killed as the result of negligence in automobile accidents, trucking accidents, medical malpractice, and defective products.  He has obtained numerous verdicts and settlements in excess of one million dollars over the past 35+ years.

Voted one of “Knoxville’s Top Attorneys” in a Survey of Lawyers and Judges, City View Magazine, 2006 – 2014

Recognized by his peers as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”, 2008 – 2014

Chosen Mid-South Super Lawyer, 2007 – 2014

Knoxville Bar Foundation

Tennessee Bar Foundation

Knoxville and Tennessee Sports Halls of Fame

Tennessee Association for Justice, 1979 – 1982, Board of Governors

Tennessee Association for Justice, 1979 – PresentMember

Knoxville Bar Association, 1993 – 1995, Board of Governors

Knoxville Bar Foundation

Tennessee Bar Foundation

Member Hamilton Burnett American Inns of Court

Mr. Priest has spoken to numerous seminars sponsored by the Tennessee Association for Justice and Knoxville Bar Association.

Color analyst for University of Tennessee football broadcasts, 1999 – present

• Knoxville Bar Association
• Lawyer Referral Service
• Legal Aid of East Tennessee – Fundraiser
• Concord United Methodist Church
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley
• United Way