Emphasis

Health care liability defense
Professional liability
Products liability
Insurance defense
Civil litigation

Experience

Art Brock is head of the healthcare litigation section at SMRW. He has over 35 years of experience representing hospitals, physicians, major manufacturers, attorneys, accountants, and businesses. He has lectured in the areas of medical malpractice, hospital liability, risk management, legal malpractice, and trial practice.

BAR ADMISSION

• Missouri, 1982; New Mexico, 1983; Tennessee, 1990

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Education/Academic Honors

• St. Louis University, J.D., Cum Laude, 1982

• Western Illinois University, B.A., with honors, 1979

Awards/Honors

• First Annual Brock-Cooper American Inn of Court Civility Award, 2009

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

• Fellow, Chattanooga Bar Foundation

• Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Professional Affiliations

• Tennessee Bar Association

• Missouri Bar Association; New Mexico Bar Association

• Chattanooga Bar Association

• American Health Lawyers Association

• Defense Research Institute

• Justices Brock and Cooper Inn of Court (past President and Executive Committee member)

Community Involvement

• Downtown Sertoma Club of Chattanooga, Board of Directors

• Hospice of Chattanooga, Board of Directors

• Veterans Memorial Park of Collegedale, Board

Practice Areas

• Litigation