Ben Rose, a partner with Cornelius & Collins, LLP, coached the Ravenwood High School Mock Trial Team to a 7th place win at the 32nd annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition. The team also received two Best Witness awards. The Mock Trial Compeition, a two-day state-wid competition, placed 13 high school teams against one another over multiple rounds of trial competitions held at the Metro Davidson county Courthouse in downtown Nashville, with Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Gary Wade presiding over the championship match. Ben coached his team to argue a fictious civil case - full of characters, complex facts, and tricky legal issues. The Ravenwood team, having won its respective district competitioner, displayed exceptional skill and... continue reading
Cornelius & Collins, LLP is proud to announce that partners Tom Carlton, Ben Harrison, Blake Matthews, Joe Wheeler, and Dan Berexa have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012. Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting extensive peer review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. It is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession.
Congratulations to Cornelius & Collins, LLP, partner Ben Harrison for his inclusion in the list of top commercial litigation attorneys for 2011, as published in the Annual Guide to Commercial Litigation in Corporate Counsel magazine.
Cornelius & Collins, LLP, is proud to announce that partner Bryan Williams was recently named to Super Lawyers -Rising Stars Edition® 2011, a list of the top up-and-coming attorneys, age 40 or under. Each year no more than 2.5% of all attorneys in Tennessee receive this honor. Congratulations, Bryan!
The Ravenwood High School Mock Trial team recently competed in the High School Mock Trial District Championship. Coached by Cornelius & Collins’ Ben M. Rose, the Ravenwood Mock Trial team defended their title as district champs and went on to defeat their competitors and win the title of district champions for the second consecutive year. This is also the Ravenwood team's third district championship in eight years. Team member, Alex Dileo, was individually recognized as "Best Student Attorney" in the competition. Congratulations to the talented, hard-working students of the Ravenwood High School Mock Trial team and to Ben, their dedicated coach!
J. Cole Dowsley, Jr. was recently named as a partner with Cornelius & Collins, LLP. Cole joined the firm in 2005 as an associate, after obtaining his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. While in law school, Cole served on the Editorial Board of the Tennessee Law Review. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. As a partner, Cole will continue to focus his practice on the representation of businesses and individuals in civil cases in both state and federal court, with an emphasis in tort, commercial, and construction litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. He recently appeared... continue reading
U.S. News & World Report recently recognized Cornelius & Collins, LLP as a 2011-2012 "Best Law Firm." The firm is proud to have received this honor and recognition. "Best Law Firm" rankings are based on a rigourous evaluation process, which includes peer review and examination of client and lawyer evaluations on the firm. Cornelius & Collins was selected as a "Best Law Firm" based on its expertise, responsiveness, integrity, cost-effectiveness, referral value, and competitiveness. Specifically, the firm was recognized for its success as a Tier One firm for personal injury defense litigation, product liability defense litigation, and professional malpractice defense. The firm was also... continue reading
Congratulations to Cornelius & Collins, LLP's Managing Partner, Jay Chamness, on his induction as a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation, Class of 2011!
On November 30, 2011, J.K. Simms, a partner of Cornelius & Collins, LLP, will argue before an en banc panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. J.K. will appear before a full court of seventeen (17) judges on behalf of the Defendant-Appellee, Humboldt Acquisition Corp., in the case of Lewis v. Humboldt Aquisition Corp. J.K., along with associate attorney J. Cole Dowsley, previously argued and secured a defense verdict in this matter before a jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. This defense verdict was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; however, the Court granted Plaintiff-Appellant's subsequent en banc request to consider whether, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a plaintiff in an... continue reading
Dan Berexa has been named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list as one of the top attorneys in Tennessee for 2011. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attanied a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.
