Background
Brock, F. Laurens was born on July 2, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Brock, F. Laurens was born on July 2, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Worked at Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, Professional Corporation (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts and before the United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Corporation, Taxation, Pension Plans and Employee Benefits, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Banking, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Securities, Real Estate, Environmental, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Administrative and Municipal, Hospital and Health, Food and Drug, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Insurance and Labor, Patent, Trademark, Copyright Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1980, Florida and United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
1985, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida. 1995, Tennessee; 1997, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Delta Theta Phi. Selected to White House Intern Program, assigned to Press Secretary to the President, 1975.
Member: Dade County (Member, Legislative Government Relations Committee, 1985-1986), Tennessee, Federal and American (Member, Litigation Section.
Vice Chair and Contributing Editor, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, 1996-1997) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member: Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, 1983-1984). Defense Research Institute (Member, Children"s Products Specialized Litigation Group).
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, Professional Corporation has an extensive business, litigation, tax, health care and trust and estates practice.
Our firm was created from the combination in 1997 of the law firms of Chambliss & Bahner and Stophel & Stophel which had more than 185 years of combined legal experience. The firm serves as general and regional counsel for a number of major businesses, financial institutions, local governments and nonprofit organizations.
We also have substantial experience representing public entities and boards in both Tennessee and Georgia. The firm provides litigation and transaction services to a variety of businesses and financial institutions--large and small--in the tri-state region.
Member: Dade County (Member, Legislative Government Relations Committee, 1985-1986), Tennessee, Federal and American (Member, Litigation Section. Vice Chair and Contributing Editor, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, 1996-1997) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member: Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, 1983-1984).
Defense Research Institute (Member, Children"s Products Specialized Litigation Group).