Representative Matters

• Alston, et al. v. Regions Bank, et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (class action against bank)
• Gurley v. Memphis Light Gas & Water Division (Shelby Co. Tenn. Circuit Court) (class action against utility)
• International Paper Co. v. Gainey Trans. Serv., Inc. (USDC W.D. Tenn. & 6^th Circuit) (breach of contract)
• Union Planters Bank, N.A. v. Continental Casualty Co. (USDC W.D. Tenn. & 6^th Circuit) (fidelity insurance)
• Memphis Light Gas & Water v. Greenwich Ins. Co. (Shelby Co. Chancery Court) (surety bond litigation)
• Bank of Bartlett v. Memphis Light Gas & Water Div. (Shelby Co. Chancery Court) (commercial litigation)
• State of West Virginia v. Morgan Stanley, et al. (W. Va.) (securities fraud)
• Parkway Properties v. Supportive Oncology Services, et al. (tortious injury to property)
• Baptist Mem. Hosp.-Tipton v. Union Planters Bank, et al. (Tipton Co. Tenn. Circuit Court) (bank litigation)
• McDonnell v. Conseco Life Ins. Co. (Shelby Co. Circuit Court) (insurance coverage dispute)
• FDIC v. Kansas Bankers Surety Co. (USDC N.D. Miss.) (fidelity insurance litigation)
• Owner-Oper. Ind. Driver's Ass'n v. EFS National Bank (Tenn. Ct of App. & S. Ct.) (credit card processing)
• City State Bank v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (Shelby Co. Circuit Court) (securities fraud)
• In re: Silicone Gel Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation (MDL 926) (USDC N. D. Ala.)
• Eco-Shell, Inc. v. Bauermeister, Inc. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (breach of contract)
• EFS Nat'l Bank v. Cygnus Ventures, Inc. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) &
• Cygnus Ventures, Inc. v. EFS Nat'l Bank (USDC E.D. Pa.) (lender liability)
• U.S. Medical Mgmt. v. InteCardia, Inc., et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (joint venture dispute)
• Frazier, et al v. Preferred Credit, et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (predatory lending class action)
• Street v. PSB Lending Corp., et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (predatory lending class action)
• Brooks, et al v. Terra Funding, Inc., et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (predatory lending class action)
• American Heartland v. Marchese (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (defamation)
• Williams, et al v. Zed Corporation, et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (predatory lending class action)
• King v. Frank Gray's Florist, et al. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (American With Disabilities Act Claim)
• Concord EFS v. Indemnity Insurance Co. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (Surety Bond litigation)
• Hill Management Services v. Union Planters Bank (Shelby Co. Circuit Court) (bank litigation)
• Frazier, et al v. IMPAC Funding Corp., et al (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (predatory lending class action)
• Assisi Foundation, et al v. Marsh (Shelby Co. Tenn. Circuit Court) (suit against insurance broker)
• Raleigh Springs, LLC v. Realty Asset Group (Shelby Co. Chancery Court) (property dispute)
• Union Planters Bank, et al v. Southern Atlantic (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (lender's suit against mortgage broker)
• Caboodles Cosmetics, Limited Partnership et al v. Caboodles, LLC et al (intellectual property dispute)
• Coates, et al v. Schering-Plough (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (intellectual property dispute)
• Outdoor Optics, Inc. v. Daisy Mfg Co, Inc (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (intellectual property dispute)
• Howard v. Howmedica, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. (Shelby Co. Tenn. Circuit Court) (product liability)
• Mid-South Coliseum v. Memphis Hockey, Inc. (Tennessee Court of Appeals) (appeal of landlord-tenant)
• First National Bank of Louisville v. Lustig, (USDC E.D. La. & 5^th Circuit) (fidelity insurance claim)
• Borg v. Union Planters Bank, N.A. (USDC W.D. Tenn. & 6^th Circuit) (bank litigation)
• Regions Bank v. Williams, et al. (Shelby Co. Tenn. Chancery Court) (bank litigation)
• Kahn v. Penczner (Tenn. Court of Appeals) (appeal of landlord-tenant dispute)
• Robinson v. Regions Bank (Shelby Co. Tenn. Chancery Court) (bank litigation)
• Galloway v. Regions Bank (Shelby Co. Tenn. Chancery Court) (bank litigation)
• Mitchell v. Regions Bank (Shelby Co. Tenn. Chancery Court) (bank litigation)
• Jackson v. Regions Bank (Shelby Co. Circuit Court) (bank litigation)
• Gruber v. McDonald Invest. Inc. (USDC W.D. Tenn.) (employment law)
• Gray v. Hays (Shelby Co. Chancery Court) (landlord-tenant)
• Apperson v. Tennessee Lithotripters, LP (Shelby Co. Chancery Court) (partnership dispute)
• White v. Alford (Shelby Co. Circuit Court) (personal injury)
• City of Jackson, Tenn. v. Webb Building Corp., et al. (Madison Co. Tenn. Circuit Court) (construction law)
• Flowers v. Doonan ((Shelby Co. Circuit Court) (personal injury)
• Teachout v. Conseco Securities, Inc. (Davidson Co. Tenn. Circuit Court)
• Engenius Entertainment, Inc. v. Herenton (Shelby Co. Chancery Court) (unjust enrichment)
• Alsobrook v. Alsobrook (domestic)
• Bence v. Bence (domestic)
• Crawford v. Crawford (domestic)
• Farmer v. Farmer (domestic)
• Fleming v. Fleming (domestic)
• Frazier v. Frazier (domestic)
• Jackson v. Jackson (domestic)
• Littlejohn v. Littlejohn (domestic)
• Sterbinsky v. Sterbin (domestic)
• Wood v. Wood (domestic)

Representative Clients

Mr. Black's clients span a variety of financial institutions, business entities, governmental entities, and individuals, some of which are listed below:

• Regions Bank (formerly Union Planters Bank, N.A.)
• International Paper Co.
• Memphis Light Gas & Water Division
• Evolve Financial
• TrustOne Bank
• Parkway Properties
• Marsh USA, Inc.
• Conwood Company
• Mueller Industries
• Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.
• Realty Asset Group, Inc.
• Raleigh Springs Mall, LLC
• Caboodles, LLC
• Plano Molding, LLC
• Concord EFS (now known as First Data Corp.)
• Eco-Shell, Inc.
• York International
• Mid-South Coliseum
• First National Bank of Louisville
• State of West Virginia
• State of Georgia
• City State Bank
• Bank of Sharon
• Sharon Bancshares
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Schering Plough Corp.
• APAC-Tennessee, Inc.
• Burling Bank
• Area Bancshares Corp.
• First State Bank of New Bedford Co., Tenn.
• Union Planters Investment Banking Group
• Brenner Steed

Education

1985 - J.D., high honors, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Order of the Coif; Student Materials Editor of the Tennessee Law Review (1984-85); staff member of the Tennessee Law Review (1983-84); American Jurisprudence Awards in Business Associations and Administrative Law

1981 - B.A., magna cum laude, University of Memphis; recipient of the Belle-McWilliams Academic Scholarship; Phi Kappa Phi; President's Freshman Scholar

Seminars

Mr. Black has presented seminar topics on various issues of litigation management, insurance law and appellate practice.  His seminars include:

• Litigation Survival Guide, WTC 12^th Annual Corporate Counsel Seminar, (2008)
• Rules! Rules! Rules! an overview of the state and federal rules of civil procedure, evidence, appellate procedure, supreme court rules, local rules of various courts, and other rules that govern the practice of law, memphis Bar Ass'n (2006)
• Recovery under the Standard Form 24 Financial Institution Bond, Mid-South Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, (2004)
• Tennessee Law of Bad Faith Insurance Practices, National Business Institute (2002)
• Tennessee Appellate Advocacy, Memphis Bar Ass'n (1998)
• Insurance Law: Third-Party Coverage in Tennessee, National Business Institute (1996)

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations
• Co-Chairman, MBA's Bar History Committee
• MBA Bench Bar Committee
• MBA CLE Committee