Background
Byrne, Arthur Dillard was born on August 27, 1918 in Gainesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Arthur D. and Esther (Neeley) Byrne.
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Arthur D. Byrne
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Bachelor, Maryville College, 1939. Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1942. Certified in meteorology, United States Air Force Meteorological School, Chanute Field, Illinois, 1943.
Graduate as intelligence officer, Air Combat Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1944.
Career
Worked at Baker, McReynolds, Byrne, O"Kane, Shea & Townsend (Knoxville, Tennessee) specializing in Individual and Corporate Defendants in Civil Litigation. Civil Trial Practice and Litigation, Products Liability, Toxic Torts, Insurance, Casualty, Automotive, Motor Carrier, Asbestos, Professional Liability, Workers" Compensation and Employee Retirement Income Security Act Claims. Admitted to the bar, 1942, Tennessee.
Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1942. Member: Knoxville (President, 1963), Tennessee (Vice-President, 1964-1965) and American Bar Associations.
Federation of Corporate and Insurance Counsel.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers. American Inns of Court (Hamilton Burnett Chapter).
American College of Trial Lawyers. American College of Legal Medicine.
Since 1922, the firm, formerly known as Poore, Cox, Baker, Ray & Byrne, has maintained a general and trial practice in state and federal courts.
Its members have served on the trial bench and the highest appellate court in Tennessee, as well as holding offices in state and local bar associations. Currently, its personnel hold memberships in the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Inn of Court, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Federation of Corporate & Insurance Counsel, Defense Research Institute, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, International Association of Defense Counsel and Trucking Industry Defense Association.
Achievements
Membership
Active Tennessee History Society. Board directors Knoxville Symphony Society, 1963-1980, president, 1965-1966. Captain United States Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American College Legal Medicine, International Academy Trial Lawyers (administration justice committee).
Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (vice president 1964-1965), Knoxville Bar Association (president 1962-1963), Federation Insurance Counsel (chair publicity committee), Inns of Court (master of bench since 1989), Order of Coif, Masons, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi.
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Connections
Married Jean Currier White, September 26, 1942. Children: Jean Laurie, Ann Terrell.
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American
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