Background
Day, John A. was born on September 21, 1956 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Day, John A. was born on September 21, 1956 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
University of Wisconsin - Platteville (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 1978). University of North Carolina (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1981).
Worked at Branham & Day, Professional Corporation (Nashville, Tennessee) specializing in Plaintiffs Trial Practice, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death Litigation, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Tennessee. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Coif. Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1979-1980. Member, Faculty, National College of Advocacy, Birmingham, 1986, Miami, 1987, Nashville, 1987, Detroit, 1989, San Antonio, 1991.
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1993.
Author: "Damages for Fear of Future Surgery," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Winter 1985. "The Insurance Crisis: The Myths and the Facts," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Spring 1987, reprinted in The New Jersey Trial Lawyer, Summer 1987.
"Elderly Personal Injury Victims," Trial Magazine, April 1988. "The Role of the Plaintiff"s Lawyer," a chapter in Assessment and Care of the Fetus: Physiological, Clinical, and Medicolegal Principles, Field Artillery Boehm and Rural Delivery Eden, Editors, 1989.
"Requests for Admissions" Chapter revision published in the Federal Litigation Guide, 1989.
"Proof and Argument of Damages for Elderly Personal Injury Victims," published in 5 American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts 3d 323 (1989). "Evaluating Potential Medical Negligence Claims," published in Volume 12, Number. 4, Trial Diplomacy Journal (1989).
"Physical and Mental Examinations of Persons," Chapter Revision published in Federal Litigation Guide, 1990.
"Nursing Home Litigation," Trial, April 1991. Company-Author: "Duty to Warn of Potential Drug Interactions: The Pharmacist"s Role," Trial Diplomacy Journal Volume 14, Number.
2, Summer 1991. Drug Interactions: Preparing the Case Against the Pharmacist," Professional Negligence Laws Reporter, May 1993.
Founder and Editor, Tennessee Tort Law Letter, 1995. Company-Author: book "Tennessee Law of Comparative Fault," 1997.
Member: Tennessee Uninsured Motorist Task Force, 1990-1991. National Center for State Courts" Advisory Committee on Civil Discovery in State Trial Courts, 1990-1993.
Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Group for Middle District of Tennessee.
Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Consultant, Tennessee Judicial Conference, Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Company-Chair, People"s Law School Committee, 1986-1988.
Chairperson, Public Relations Steering Committee, 1988-1989. Company-Chair, Publications Committee, 1992-1993.
Secretary, Council of State Presidents, 1993-1994. Chair, 1994-1995; Executive Committee, 1994-1995).
American Trial Lawyers Association Designate, ALI Restatement of Torts 3rd Committee, 1995.
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1985-1993. President, 1993-1994). Lawyers Involved for Tennessee (Trustee, 1989).
Harry Phillips American Inns of Court (Member, 1990-1992).
(Certified as Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization).
Author: "Damages for Fear of Future Surgery," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Winter 1985. "The Insurance Crisis: The Myths and the Facts," The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Spring 1987, reprinted in The New Jersey Trial Lawyer, Summer 1987. "Elderly Personal Injury Victims," Trial Magazine, April 1988.
"The Role of the Plaintiff's Lawyer," a chapter in Assessment and Care of the Fetus: Physiological, Clinical, and Medicolegal Principles, F.A. Boehm and R.D. Eden, Editors, 1989. "Requests for Admissions" Chapter revision published in the Federal Litigation Guide, 1989. "Proof and Argument of Damages for Elderly Personal Injury Victims," published in 5 American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts 3d 323 (1989).
"Evaluating Potential Medical Negligence Claims," published in Volume 12, No. 4, Trial Diplomacy Journal (1989). "Physical and Mental Examinations of Persons," Chapter Revision published in Federal Litigation Guide, 1990.
"Nursing Home Litigation," Trial, April 1991. Co-Author: "Duty to Warn of Potential Drug Interactions: The Pharmacist's Role," Trial Diplomacy Journal Volume 14, No. 2, Summer 1991
Drug Interactions: Preparing the Case Against the Pharmacist," Professional Negligence Laws Reporter, May 1993.
Founder and Editor, Tennessee Tort Law Letter, 1995.
Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1979-1980. Member, Faculty, National College of Advocacy, Birmingham, 1986, Miami, 1987, Nashville, 1987, Detroit, 1989, San Antonio, 1991. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1993.