Firm Profile

Overview

Paine, Tarwater, and Bickers, LLP, is a law firm which represents a variety of clients in civil litigation matters. The firm's offices are located in Knoxville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas. The firm was established on April 17, 1987 in Knoxville and is engaged in the representation of clients in products liability, toxic tort, pharmaceutical and medical malpractice cases, and is also involved in many kinds of commercial, employment, construction and estate cases. The firm is often called upon to act as appellate counsel in both state and federal courts.

  • Products Liability - appliances, firearms, medical devices, motor vehicles, prescription drugs, railroad cars
  • Toxic Torts - asbestos, beryllium, chemicals, radiation, workplace hazards, mold
  • Pharmaceutical - prescription drugs, contrast agents, medical devices
  • Professional Malpractice - accountants, attorneys, pharmacists, physicians
  • Commercial and other litigation - antitrust, business torts, breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, consumer protection, truth in lending, construction, estate-related matters, insurance coverage, RICO, intellectual property
  • Personal Injury - The area of law dealing with civil claims for compensation for injury to one's person caused by another's negligence.

Mission Statement

The firm's mission is to provide the highest caliber legal services to plaintiffs and defendants in all types of civil litigation matters, including the most complex. The firm is creative and result-oriented in its approach, striving to offer proactive legal services by applying the law and the firm's considerable advocacy skills in a constructive and innovative manner to win cases and achieve client objectives.

Firm Values

The firm understands and is sensitive to certain core values that it believes are basic prerequisites to offering legal services of the highest caliber. Every case is important to us, and every client is entitled to receive the personal attention of the responsible attorney. Our work is to be performed in a timely fashion, and our lawyers shall be accessible to their clients. The firm places great emphasis on professional, community service, and pro bono activities. The firm believes that professionalism and ethics are of the utmost importance, and strives to treat its clients, the courts, and opposing counsel with honesty, courtesy, and respect.

Representative Clients

  • ACS/Guidant Corp.
  • Alcon Surgical Inc.
  • Alpha Industries, Inc.
  • Amchem Corp.
  • ATS Telephone & Date Systems, Inc.
  • Averitt Corp.
  • C. R. Bard, Inc.
  • Batson-Cook Co.
  • J. C. Bradford and Co.
  • Brinker International, Inc.
  • Bristol Motor Speedway, Inc.
  • Centrust Savings of Miami
  • CertainTeed Corp.
  • Charles Tombras Advertising, Inc.
  • Chevron Texaco.
  • Choice Hotels International, Inc.
  • City of Huntsville, Tennessee.
  • Concord Assets Group, Inc.
  • CVS Corp.
  • Daimler Chrysler Corp.
  • Dana Corp.
  • Dillard Paper Co.
  • Edward D. Jones & Co.
  • Ethicon, Inc.
  • Ethyl Corp.
  • FMC Corp.
  • Fremesius Medical Care.
  • The Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • First Commercial Corp.
  • GATX.
  • General Electric Co.
  • Georgia Pacific.
  • Glazer & Associates.
  • Guidant Corp.
  • Hanson Natural Resources.
  • Holiday Inns Inc.
  • Horne Properties Inc.
  • Johnson & Johnson.
  • Kayser-Roth Hosiery, Inc.
  • Lohmann-Werke Grumby.
  • McNeil Pharmaceutical Corp.
  • Merck and Co. Inc.
  • Monsanto Co.
  • National MediMutual.
  • Owens-Corning.
  • Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  • Pacific Cycle, LLC.
  • Pastamat of Tennessee.
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Remington Arms Co. Inc.
  • REVCO Discount Drug Center, Inc.
  • Sara Lee.
  • Sears & Roebuck.
  • Shell Oil Co.
  • Speedway Motorsports Inc.
  • State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co.
  • Tennessee Farmers Cooperative.
  • Transamerica Insurance Finance Corp.
  • Travelers Insurance Co.
  • Union Carbide.
  • VISX.
  • Zurich-American Insurance Co.