Background
Gideon, Junior, C. J. was born on October 27, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
Gideon, Junior, C. J. was born on October 27, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1975). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Worked at Gideon & Wiseman (Nashville, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts, including Insurance, Regulatory, Health Care Administrative Litigation, Products Liability, Medical and Hospital Malpractice Litigation, Personal Injury and General Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Tennessee. 1989, United States. Supreme Court.
1990, United States.
Claims Court. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991. Author: Article, "The Countersuit in Medical Malpractice Litigation," The Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association, Volume 71, December, 1978.
Adjunct Faculty, Vanderbilt University Law School Trial Advocacy. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations.
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.
Tennessee Hospital Attorneys Association. Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Medico-Legal Committee). Harry Phillips American Inn of Court.
GIDEON & WISEMAN was formed in 1992 by Chief Justice Gideon, Junior, Thomas A. Wiseman, III and Gail Vaughn Ashworth.
Partners in the firm have extensive civil litigation experience in State and Federal Courts, Administrative Law tribunals, and before Regulatory agencies. The firm has substantial medical and hospital malpractice defense, product liability, insurance defense, personal injury and health care administrative practices.
Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations. Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Tennessee Hospital Attorneys Association.
Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Medico-Legal Committee).
Harry Phillips American Inn of Court.