Sid Gilreath
Sid Gilreath was born in Kodak, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 1962, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Maryville College (B.S., 1958); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (LL.B., 1962). Phi Alpha Delta. Instructor, National College of Advocacy, 1979-1980. Member: Knoxville Junior (President, 1965), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1969-1970; President, 1971-1972; Life Member, 1983); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Committeeman, 1969; Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1984, 1992; Parliamentarian, 1984-1986; Treasurer, 1987-1988; Vice President 1988-1989); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); New York State Association of Trial Lawyers, Inc. (Associate Member); American Judicature Society; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Tennessee Chapter, 1995-1996); Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Legal Medicine (Associate Member). Founding Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, The University of Tennessee College of Law, 1999.
Reported Cases: Braden v. Yoder, 592 S.W.2d 897 (Tenn. App., 1979); Smith v. Gore, 728 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn., 1987); Motley v. Fluid Power, 640 S.W.2d 222 (Tenn. App. 1982); Sweeney v. State Dept. of Transp., 744 S.W.2d 905 (Tenn. App., 1987); Murphree v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 696 F.2d 459 (6th Cir., 1982); Sterling v. Velsicol, 855 F.2d 1188 (6th Cir., 1988); Steele v. Ft. Sanders Anesthesia Group, P.C., 897 S.W.2d 270 (Tenn. App., 1994); Cruze v. Ford Motor Co., et al., 1999 WL 1206798 (Tenn.Ct.App.))
Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Aviation Law; Federal Employers Liability Act.
“With the benefit of the Advocacy Center when I was a student at the law school, I would have been better prepared to be a trial advocate upon graduation. Instead I had to develop my skills through the trial-and-error method as a young practicing lawyer and by attending seminars and observing trials for many hours in the courtroom. The Advocacy Center is a great tool to equip the law student for the real world.” – Sid Gilreath