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Amanda C. Waddell

 

Member
Licensed in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas

Phone: 901.333.8101
Fax: 901.577.1416
Email: awaddell@raineykizer.com

Morgan Keegan Tower
50 N. Front Street, Suite 610
Memphis, Tennessee 38103



Practice Areas:

  • Medical Malpractice
  • General Insurance Defense
  • Insurance Coverage

Firm Practice Groups:

  • Malpractice Practice Group
  • Tort and Insurance Practice Group

Education:

  • University of Mississippi, B.A., 1995
  • University of Mississippi, J.D., 1999

Member of the Moot Court Board - Competitions Director and Executive Board Member

Previous Affiliations:

  • Practiced in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for eight years in mass tort medical device/pharmaceutical defense, medical malpractice and general insurance defense before moving to Memphis and joining RKRB. 
  • Extensive experience in state, federal and multi-district litigation courts.
  • Extensive appellate experience and multiple published decisions from the Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. 

Bar Admissions:

  • Arkansas, 2011
  • Tennessee, 2007
  • Mississippi, 1999

Court Admissions:

  • All Tennessee State Courts and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • All Mississippi State and Federal Courts
  • 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
  • 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • 6th Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Activities:

  • Member, Tennessee Bar Association
  • Member, Memphis Bar Association
  • Member, Mississippi Bar Association

Community Involvement:

  • Standards and Ethics advisor to the Gamma Eta Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, University of Memphis

Published Decisions:

  • McLeod v. Jackson, 829 So. 2d 722 (Miss.  2002)
  • Perry v. Andy, 858 So. 2d 143 (Miss. 2003)
  • Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Armond, 866 So. 2d 1092 (Miss.  2004)
  • Wyeth v. James, 918 So. 2d 1243 (Miss.  2005)
  • Wyeth v. Caldwell, 905 So. 2d 1205 (Miss.  2005)
  • Blanton v. Prins, 2005 WL 3046501 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005), cert denied
  • McKinley v. Lamar Bank, George Gunter, et al, 919 So. 2d 918 (Miss.  2005)
  • Bullock v. Lott, 964 So. 2d 1119 (Miss.  2007)