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Jerry D. Kizer, Jr.

Member

Phone:
731.426.8105
Fax: 731.426.8111
Email:
jkizer@raineykizer.com

105 S. Highland Avenue
Jackson, Tennessee 38301

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

 
Mr. Kizer is a Member of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C., and has been associated with the Firm since it was founded. Mr. Kizer received his LLB in 1966 from the University of Tennessee College of Law. In addition to being a member, and past president, of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association, Mr. Kizer is also a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Kizer has served as a Hearing Committee Member for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility. Mr. Kizer is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Mr. Kizer has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Medical Malpractice Law.  Mr. Kizer has also been recognized in Law & Politics magazine's list of "Super Lawyers" in Tennessee and named among the Top 100 lawyers in Tennessee.

Mr. Kizer has extensive trial experience representing physicians, hospitals, nurses, clinics, and other healthcare professionals in medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Kizer also has significant experience in school law, having represented the local Board of Education in a lengthy school desegregation lawsuit. In addition, Mr. Kizer has extensive experience in commercial, products liability, and healthcare law litigation. Mr. Kizer has served as a lecturer and discussion panel member for State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Loss Prevention Seminars and has lectured on various issues relating to healthcare law.  Mr. Kizer is a member of the Firm's Malpractice Practice Group.

The following is a partial list of Mr. Kizer’s reported cases: INA v. Federated, 518 F.2d 101 (6th Cir. 1975); United States v. Ring, 513 F.2d 1001 (6th Cir. 1975); White v. Lawrence, 975 S.W.2d 525 (Tenn. 1998); Duke v. ITT Telecommunications, 655 S.W.2d 950 (Tenn. 1983); MFA Mutual Insurance Co. v. Flint, 574 S.W.2d 718 (Tenn. 1978); Garan v. Surratt, 525 S.W.2d 137 (Tenn. 1975); Jackson Housing Authority v. Auto Owners Insurance Company, 686 S.W.2d 917 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984); Young v. Western World Insurance Co., 545 S.W.2d 946 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1976); Henson v. Woolworth, 537 S.W.2d 923 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1974).

Mr. Kizer was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in 1967. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court of Tennessee and the Sixth United States Court of Appeals.

Certifications of Specialization are available to Tennessee lawyers in all areas of practice relating to or included in the areas of Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor’s Rights, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Family Law. Listing of related or included practice areas herein does not constitute or imply a representation of certification of specialization.