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Mid South Trial Lawyer is a blog and information source authored by Tennessee trial attorneys Tim Edwards and Ed Wallis. This blog explains current developments in the law, newsworthy information, and areas of practice for both Tim and Ed. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, we are committed to reviewing legal issues affecting injured persons in Memphis, the State of Tennessee, the Mid South, and beyond. For more information, please send us an e-mail.
Tim Edwards
Tim Edwards was born in Memphis, Tennessee and is admitted to practice in multiple courts, including Tennessee and Montana state courts, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and several United States District Courts, including the Western and Middle Districts of Tennesse and the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas. While not licensed, Tim has practiced before other courts, including U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Mississippi, Northern District of Georgia, Eastern District of Tennessee, Northern District of Alabama and the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Tim graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee in 1970, and he earned his law degree from Memphis State University in 1976. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Tennessee Bar Association, State Bar of Montana, Board of Governors of Tennessee Association for Justice, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and the Litigation Section of American Bar Association.
Tim is a Certified Civil Trial Specialist-National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and also certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Memphis Oral School for the Deaf. Former Member of Board of Directors of Youth Villages, Inc., Hearing officer 1991-1996 Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, and Panel member January, 1995, Rhodes College The Institute on the Profession of Law (Ethics).
His practice areas include medical, legal and accounting malpractice; LASIK eye surgery malpractice; cochlear implant litigation; products liability and contract litigation.
Tim represented the plaintiff in the case which established the Tennessee standard for an award of punitive damages as well as the plaintiff wherein the Tennessee Court of Appeals held for the first time that a parent was entitled to consortium damages for loss of a child.
Cases of note: Hodges vs. S.C. Toof and Company, 833 S.W.2d 896 (Tenn. 1992); Batchelor, et al vs. Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams and Kirsch, P.C., 828 S.W.2d 388 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992), application for permission to appeal denied; Teamsters Local 515, et al vs. Roadbuilders, Inc. of Tennessee, 291 S.E.2d 698 (Ga. 1982) and Rogers vs. B.F. Shaw, 813 S.W.2d 397(Tenn. 1991). Thurmon v. Sellers, 2001 WL 256124 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001).
Ed Wallis
Ed Wallis was born in Jackson, Tennessee and is licensed to practice before all courts in Tennessee, as well as the United States District Court for the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee and the Eastern District of Arkansas. He attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where he graduated magna cum laude in 2001 with a B.S. in Business Administration, with a focus on Finance. While at the University of Tennessee, Ed also received a minor in Spanish and spent time studying at the Universidad de Granada in Granada, Spain.
Ed earned his law degree from the University of Richmond, cum laude, in May 2004. While at law school, Ed was a member of the Moot Court Board, earning a spot on the school’s National Moot Court Team. As a team member, Ed helped his school earn the first-ever trip to the National Finals, winning the New York City Regional in 2004. Ed was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, leading a staff of 42 second and third year law students to publish five scholarly issues.
Ed has been published in several law reviews and publications, including the Cleveland State Law Review, the North Dakota Law Review, the UCLA Journal of Law & Technology and the American Association for Justice Convention Materials. He focuses his practice on all areas of protecting injured persons, including class action, LASIK litigation, medical malpractice, civil rights, products liability, auto accidents, and employment discrimination.
Ed is a member of the American Association for Justice, where he is a member of the Board of Governors in the New Lawyers Division. He also is the co-chairperson of the New Lawyer Division’s committee on Website, Document Library and AAJ Exchange. In 2007-2008, he received an American Association for Justice New Lawyer’s Division Award of Excellence. Ed spends his time volunteering on behalf of AAJ to raise money for the AAJ Political Action Committee. Ed is also a member of the Tennessee Association for Justice, and the Memphis-Shelby County Bar Association.
Contact Us
Tim Edwards, Esq.
Ed Wallis, Esq.
Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt, P.C.
26 N. Second Street
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 527-4673
