Academy Member Inducted 2010
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- Practice Commenced: 1999
- Total Mediations (as of Feb 2023): 3300
- Total Arbitrations (as of Feb 2023): 290
Biographical
Jim Kay is a Nashville native and trial lawyer who mediates or arbitrates the most difficult cases. A veteran of over 75 jury trials to verdict, 3000 mediations and 275 cases as arbitrator, Mr. Kay is consistently chosen by counsel to assist in complex buisness, construction, real estate and personal injury cases. Mr. Kay began mediating cases in 1998 as one of the first attorneys in Nashville to do so. He provides reliable assistance to counsel through his personal expertise in construction and business including internal business operations. He is generally booked 100 days in advance due to demand.
Case Experience
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Shareholder Disputes
- Title Disputes
- Trusts / Estates
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Washington & Lee University J. D. 1985
- Auburn University B. A. 1982
Memberships & Affiliations
- Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations
- Ducks Unlimited
- Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel
- Richland Country Club - Three term President 2015 - 2018
- Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Inc. Director - 2005 to present; President 2007 to 2009; 2018-2021
- Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association, Inc.
- United States Golf Association
- Best Lawyers in America 2018-2021
Rates Information
Standard hourly rate is $700.00 including preparation and travel time. No mininum, no cancellation fee. If you have questions please call Eleanor Williams at 615-742-4800.