L. Webb Campbell II

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Webb Campbell chairs the Firm’s litigation group. His business litigation practice involves complex business disputes, insurance coverage issues, securities, shareholder and other corporate governance litigation, business torts, trust and estate litigation and employment cases. In addition to his state and federal trial and appellate work, Mr. Campbell is experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including mediations, arbitrations (including NASD arbitrations) and judicial settlement conferences.

Mr. Campbell regularly represents financial firms, health care companies and other businesses, as well as individuals, in commercial disputes. He also represents the largest medical professional liability insurer in Tennessee on coverage issues.

Mr. Campbell is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Mississippi Law Journal. Mr. Campbell served as law clerk to the Honorable John T. Nixon of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Selected Experience

• Betty Smith v. Green Bankshares, Inc., et al.; No. 11-625-III (Davidson Co. Chanc. Ct. 2011) (class action alleging breach of fiduciary duties)
• Frances B. Brilliard v. Morgan Asset Management, Inc., et al.; No. CT-005618-09 (Shelby Co. Cir. Ct. 2011) (defense of state and federal Securities Act claims)
• Suntrust Bank v. James L. Shaub, II and Rebecca Sullivan; No. 3:09-CV-0532 (M.D. Tenn. 2010) (defense of former CEO alleging business torts)
• Norma Pickering Marbut v. Richard W. Pickering and Caroline W. Pickering, Cliffe W. Pickering, Peter N. Pickering, and N.R. Pick Properties, L.P.; No. 36024 (Williamson Co. Chanc. Ct. 2010) (prosecution of claims alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and partnership agreement)
• The Upper Room v. Upper Room Multimedia, Inc., John D. Ward, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC; No. 3:10-cv-00938 (M.D. Tenn. 2010) (trademark infringement and unfair competition)
• Wright Industries, Inc. v. Fabricom Systemes D’Assemblage, S.A., No. 3:09-0097 (M.D. Tenn. 2009) (enforcement of arbitration provision)
• Hermosa Holdings, Inc. f/k/a The Monroe Page Group v. Mid-Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic, P.C., et al., No. 07-1476-III (Davidson Co. Chanc. Ct.); M2008-00597-COA-R3- CV (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009) (contract and business torts dispute)
• In the Matter of Fisk University: The Georgia O’Keefe Museum v. Fisk University, No. 05-2994-III (Davidson Co. Chanc. Ct.); M2008-00723-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009) (enforcement proceedings regarding gift to educational institution)
• In Re: Estate of Vern C. Thomsen: Anita Thomsen v. Rodney M. Thomsen, et al., No. 07- 13966 (Madison Co. Probate Ct. 2008) (will contest)
• The City of Chattanooga, d/b/a the General Pension Plan v.UBS Financial Services, Inc.,et al., No. 04-07163 (NASD 2006) (defense of financial firm against claims of city pension fund)
• Matthews v. Storgion, 174 Fed. App. 980 (6 Cir. 2006) (defense of insurer for alleged torts of defense counsel)
• McRedmond v. Estate of Marianelli, et al., 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006) (attorneys fees award in shareholder derivative case)
• United States ex rel Tomlin v. Royco, et al., No. 3:02-1179 (M.D. Tenn. 2004), aff’d No. 05-5270 (6th Cir. 2006), perm. for cert. denied (U.S. Sup. Ct. 2006) (dismissal of qui tam action)
• Allen v. Day, et al., 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 542 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006) (applicability of Public Records Act to private entity)
• Brandon v. J.C. Bradford & Co., L.L.C., et al., No. 01-C-1720 (Davidson Co. Cir. Ct. 2005) (class action alleging breach of fiduciary duty and fraud)
• State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company v. Clark, No. 3:03-0145 (M.D. Tenn. 2003) (dismissal of bad faith counterclaim)
• UBS PaineWebber Inc. v. Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., et al., No. 3:01-1516 (M.D. Tenn. 2002) (successful petition for injunctive relief pending NASD arbitration)
• Gaylord Entertainment Co. v. Gilmore Entertainment Group, 187 F.Supp 2d 926 (M.D. Tenn. 2001) (trademark infringement and unfair competition)
• WHS Entertainment Ventures v. United Paperworkers Int’l Union, 997 F.Supp. 946 (M.D. Tenn. 1998) (trademark infringement)
• Williamson v. Hartmann Luggage Co., 34 F.Supp. 2d 1056 (M.D. Tenn. 1998) (summary judgment in employment discrimination case)
• Bivins v. Hospital Corp. of America, 910 S.W.2d 441 (Tenn. App. 1995) (summary judgment in employment discrimination case)
• Perry v. United Food & Commer. Workers Dist. Unions 405 & 442 & Retail Food Employers’ Health and Welfare Trust Fund, 64 F.3d 238 (6th Cir. 1995) (summary judgment in contract case arising under ERISA)
• Brown-Forman Corp. v. Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 883 F.2d 504 (6 Cir. 1989) (successful challenge to constitutionality of Tennessee’s affirmation statute)
• Lonning v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 725 S.W.2d 682 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986) (summary judgment in business fraud case)

Professional Activities

• Past member of the Nashville Bar Association Board of Directors
• Past chair of the Nashville Bar Association Federal Court Committee
• Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel
• Nashville Bar Foundation Fellow
• Tennessee Bar Foundation Fellow
• Member of the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court

Civic Activities

• Past president of the Exchange Club of Nashville
• Tennessee coordinator for Alumni-in-Admissions at Wake Forest University