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Russell E. Reviere

Member

Phone: 731.426.8103
Fax: 731.426.8150
Email: rreviere@raineykizer.com

209 E. Main Street
Jackson, Tennessee 38301

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

Mr. Reviere is a Member of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C., and has been associated with the Firm since receiving his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1980 from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. In law school, Mr. Reviere was the Associate Editor of the law review and received the Phi Delta Phi Scholarship Award. Mr. Reviere is also a Diplomate of the Court Practice Institute.

Mr. Reviere's practice involves handling cases dealing with bad faith and insurance fraud in first party claims, insurance coverage, defense of professional liability claims and complex litigation in both state and federal courts. He frequently speaks/lectures at professional continuing legal education programs in these areas as well as on trial practice tactics and strategies. Mr. Reviere has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Insurance Law.  He has also been selected for inclusion in Mid-South Super Lawyers for Civil Litigation Defense and also Super Lawyers Corporate Edition for Insurance Coverage. 

Mr. Reviere is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. In addition, he is certified as a Mediator by the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Mr. Reviere is the Group Leader of the Firm’s Tort and Insurance Practice Group.

Mr. Reviere is a member of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association, the Memphis Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the International Association of Arson Investigators, and is a member and former member of the board of the Tennessee Advisory Committee on Arson. Mr. Reviere is a Fellow of the Memphis Bar Foundation and has served as president of the University of Memphis Law School Alumni Association and as a board member of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association.  He was recently elected Counselor for the new Howell Edmunds Jackson Inn of Court Chapter.   

Mr. Reviere was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in 1980. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court of Tennessee (Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts) and the Sixth United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The following is a list of representative appellate cases litigated by Mr. Reviere: Talley v. State Farm, 223 F.3d 323, Sixth Circuit Tenn., August 10, 2000; Harriet & Henderson Yarns v. Castle, 75 F. Supp. 2d 818 W.D. Tenn., December 3, 1999; Hampton v. Allstate Ins. Co., 48 F. Supp. 2d 739 M.D. Tenn., May 6, 1999; Barker Bros. v. Dyer County, 923 F. Supp. 1042 W.D. Tenn., January 16, 1996; Blackwell v. Madison County, 2000 W.L. 236419, Tenn. March 1, 2000; Tillman v. Madison County Sheriff’s Department, 1999 W.L.102617, Tenn. March 1, 1999; Cohn v. City of Savannah, Van Cleave v. Markowski, 966 S.W.2d 34, Tenn. March 30, 1998; Freeman v. Madison County Sheriff’s Department, 1998 W.L. 38138, Tenn. February 2, 1998; McCadams v. Henry County Board of Education, 1997 W.L. 50467, Tenn. February 10, 1997; Walk v. Fayette County, Tennessee, 1995 W.L. 319065, Tenn. May 24, 1995; Bobo v. Harris, 1994 W.L. 71531, Tenn. Ct. App., February 28, 1994; Sharp v. Allstate, 1992 W.L. 289660, Tenn. Ct. App., October 16, 1992; Doggett v. Allstate Insurance Company, 1992 W.L. 483286, Tenn. Ct. App., March 10, 1992;Burgess V. CNA Insurance Company, 1991 W.L. 96542, Tenn., June 10, 1991;Florida Steel v. Case Heavy Hauling, 1989 W.L. 138915, Tenn., November 20, 1989; Struther v. CNA Insurance Company, 1988 W.L. 61280, Tenn., June 20, 1988; Langford v. Arnold, 707 S.W.2d 521, Tenn. Ct. App., December 5, 1985.

Read an article by DRI about a defense verdict Mr. Reviere obtained.  DRI - And The Defense Wins

 

 

 

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