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Overview
Kathryn Barnett is Senior Trial Lawyer for Morgan & Morgan. She has been taking on insurance companies and big business for more than 20 years. In 2018, Ms. Barnett represented a family at trial against a multi-billion-dollar corporation in a wrongful death case, winning a $13.5 million jury verdict. She has obtained many other verdicts and settlements that exceed $1 million for her clients, including a $26 million jury verdict in a wrongful death case, and an $8 million arbitration award for an entrepreneur wronged by their former partner. Ms. Barnett also served as lead trial counsel in two class action trials in the Multidistrict Litigation lawsuit arising from the mishandling of remains at Tri-State Crematory. These cases settled well into both trials, for combined judgments of over $120 million. She also served as lead counsel in a class action against the Georgia Farm Bureau regarding insurance coverage, which resulted in an $18 million settlement.
Ms. Barnett has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, "Nashville's Best Lawyers," and in Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers as a Mid-South Super-Lawyer, as one of the Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyers, as one of the Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyers, and one of the Top 50 Attorneys in Nashville for many years. Most recently, she was included in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of plaintiffs' personal injury litigation and plaintiffs' product liability litigation.
Ms. Barnett has also been included for many years among the Nashville "Lawyers In Charge" published by the Nashville Post, the "Best of the Bar" published by the Nashville Business Journal, and the "150 Best Lawyers in Tennessee" published by Business Tennessee. Because of her experience and accomplishments, she has lectured extensively on trial, complex litigation and related topics to other lawyers and to law students. Ms. Barnett is a member of the Executive Committee of the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court, as well as a former President of the Nashville Lawyers' Association for Women, former First Vice President of the Nashville Bar Association, former Vice President of the Tennessee Association for Justice, and former Chair of the Tennessee Judicial Conference's Bench/Bar Committee. She graduated from Vanderbilt School of Law in 1992, where she achieved the highest grade in the class in Torts I and Jurisprudence. She graduated from Davidson College, with Honors, in 1989.
About Kathryn E. Barnett
Practice Areas
- Class Action
- Consumer Protection
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
Current Employment Position(s)
- Managing Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2003
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 2005
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 1997
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2001
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice
- American Association of Trial Lawyers
- Harry Phillips American Inn of Courts (Executive Committee, 2004 - 2013; Member, 2004 - 2013, 1997 - 1999)
- Nashville Bar Association (First Vice President, 2007; Board Member, 2005 - 2008)
- Nashville Bar Foundation
- Nashville Lawyer's Association for Women (President, 2004 - 2005; President-elect, 2003 - 2004; Director, 2002 - 2003; Treasurer, 2000 - 2002; Nominating Committee, 2007; Board, 1998 - 2005)
- Tennessee Association for Justice (Vice-President for the Middle Section, 2011; Treasurer, 2010; Executive Committee, 2008 - 2009, Secretary, 2007 - 2009, Chair, Continuing Education Committee, 2004 - 2006, Board of Governors, 2002 - 2009)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- Tennessee Justice Center, Inc. (Board of Directors, 2002 - 2005; Secretary-Treasurer, 2003 - 2004)
- Tennessee Judicial Conference, Bench/Bar Committee (Chair, 2009 - 2010)
- Tennessee Metropolitan Board of Equalization (Davidson County, 2000-2004)
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1992
J.D.
Honors: Jurisprudence Awards: Torts I and Jurisprudence - Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1989
B.A.
Honors: With Honors in Philosophy
Honors: Dean Rusk Grant for International Studies
Major: Philosophy
Past Positions
- Judge John T. Nixon, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, Judicial Intern, 1990
- Davidson County, Tennessee, Assistant Public Defender, 1992 - 1995
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Kathryn E. Barnett
Included on the 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America – “Nashville’s Best Lawyers,” 2010-2018
- Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs’
- Best Lawyers in America - Nashville Product Liability Litigation Plaintiffs’ “Lawyer of the Year,” 2015 and 2017
- Super Lawyers – “Top 50 Women Mid-South Super Lawyer,” 2006-2017
- Super Lawyers – “Top 100 Tennessee Super Lawyer,” 2010-2018
- Nashville Post – “Nashville Lawyers in Charge,” 2010-Present
- Nashville Business Journal – “Best of the Bar,” 2003, 2005-2010, 2018
- Business Tennessee – “150 Best Lawyers in Tennessee,” 2006-2009
Office Information
Address
810 BroadwaySuite 105 Nashville, TN 37203
Phone
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- "Introducing Evidence," Tennessee Bar Association, November 2012
- "Legal Writing," Vanderbilt Law School, October 2012
- "Products Liability Cases and the Tenn. Civil Justice Act of 2011," Tennessee Bar Association, June 2011
- "Trial Practice – Experts," Tennessee Bar Association, March 2011
- "The Basics of Class Action and MDL Litigation," Tennessee Bar Association, July 2009
- "Advanced Federal Court Practice," Nashville Bar Association, March 2009
- "The Basics of Class Action and MDL Litigation," Tennessee Bar Association, 2009
- "Annual Review: Medical Malpractice Update," Tennessee Association for Justice, October & December 2008
- “Trial Practice Tips: Powerful Trial Strategies for the Absolute Litigator," Nashville Bar Association, April 2008
- "Pre-Trial Skills: Thinking on Your Feet," National Business Institute, November 2006
- "Civil Procedure and Evidence Update," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, October & November 2006
- "Civil Procedure and Evidence Update," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, 2006
- "Trial Practice Institute," Nashville Bar Association, September 2005
- "State Law Class Actions," American Bar Association, Business Law Section, April 2005
- "Power Windows Can Kill," TRIAL Magazine, April 2005
- “Auto Defect Cases," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, February 2005
- “Knocking Out Opposing Experts," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, October & November 2004; Nashville Bar Association, July 2004
- “Limiting the Harmful Testimony of Experts on the Law," Trial, January 2001
- “Damages," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, October & November 2003
- “Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Tennessee," National Business Institute, August 2003
- “Advanced Personal Injury," National Business Institute, July 2003
- “Mass Torts," Tennessee Bar Association, July 2002
- “Superior Depositions Strategies in Civil Trial Practice," National Business Institute, December 1999 & January 2002
- “Lawsuits Against the Nursing Home Industry," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, February 2000
- “How to Prepare for Mediation and other Practice Tips," Nashville Bar Association, October 2000
- "Tennessee Expert Witness," Lorman Education Services, July 2000
- “Using Focus Groups to Get the Settlement or Verdict Your Client Deserves," Tennessee Trial Lawyers, February 1999
- “Letting Focus Groups Work for You," April 1999
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