Background
Potts Wellford, Buckner was born on August 6, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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Buckner Potts Wellford
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Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1978). Washington & Lee University (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Worked at Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell (Memphis, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Professional Liability, Products Liability, Health Care, Insurance, Corporations, Banking, Trademark and Patent, Media, Immigration, Domestic and Administrative Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Construction Law, Mortgage Banking, Zoning and Land Use, Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Tennessee.
Outstanding Oralist, Region IV National Moot Court Competition, 1979.
Burks Scholar. Author: "Celotex, Summary Judgment and the Tennessee Supreme Court: Waiting Foreign the Other Shoe to Drop," Tennessee Bar Journal, Volume 28, Number. 4, August 1992. Elected Commissioner, Shelby County Board of Commissioners, 1994.
Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1993), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Founded in 1967 as Thomason, Crawford and Hendrix, the firm changed its name in 1982 upon the elevation of West. Frank Crawford to the Tennessee Appellate Bench.
Of the ten largest law firms in Memphis, Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell is the youngest and one of the fastest growing. Through participation in national and international bar associations and organizations, the firm has established and maintains an active relationship with lawyers and law firms in most large American cities and in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the Czechoslovakian Republic.
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Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1993), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
