Background
Milburn Rogers, John T. was born on May 31, 1949 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Milburn Rogers, John T. was born on May 31, 1949 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, 1971. Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Rogers, Laughlin, Nunnally, Hood & Crum (Greeneville, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Trial Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Criminal, Workers Compensation, Commercial, Real Property, Corporate, Tax, Banking, Labor, Arbitration, Products Liability, Estate Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Tennessee.
1975, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Phi Alpha Delta. Discovery and Deposition Course and Miami, Florida, Basic Trial Advocacy Course.
Speaker, State and National Seminars, Trial Tactics in Civil and Criminal Trial Practice.
City Attorney, Town of Greeneville, 1980. National College of Advocacy"s Faculty (Seattle, Washington, 1990).
Civil Justice Advisory Group, Eastern District of Tennessee, (1991, Chairman, Criminal Law Committee). Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Tennessee, Incorporated.
(Founding Member, Board of Directors, 1991).
Member: Greene County (President, 1978), Tennessee (Member, House of Delegates, 1979) and American Bar Associations. Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981-1982. Chairman of Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1986-1987).
Upper East Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981).
New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Incorporated. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1982.
Chairman, Continuing legal education Committee, 1987.
Treasurer, 1988). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. American Trial Lawyer"s Association"s National College of Advocacy (Graduate, 1977).
Professional Trial Lawyers Institute (Graduate, 1978).
American Society of Law and Medicine. American Board of Trial Advocacy (1994). Tennessee Bar Foundation (I.O.L.T.A. Grant Review Committee, 1987-1991).
(Board Certified Civil Trial and Criminal Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.
Certified as Civil and Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Our firm was founded in 1974 by C. Berkeley Bell and John T. Milburn Rogers, former classmates and graduates of University of Tennessee Law School.
The firm then and now continues to engage in criminal and civil law and has grown to consist of seven attorneys. Mr. Thomas West. Overall was formerly Of Counsel to our firm.
The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers under General Practice, Civil Trial Practice and Criminal Law.
Member: Greene County (President, 1978), Tennessee (Member, House of Delegates, 1979) and American Bar Associations. Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981-1982. Chairman of Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1986-1987).
Upper East Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981).
New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Incorporated. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1982.
Chairman, Continuing legal education Committee, 1987.
Treasurer, 1988). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. American Trial Lawyer"s Association"s National College of Advocacy (Graduate, 1977).
Professional Trial Lawyers Institute (Graduate, 1978).
American Society of Law and Medicine. American Board of Trial Advocacy (1994). Tennessee Bar Foundation (I.O.L.T.A. Grant Review Committee, 1987-1991).
(Board Certified Civil Trial and Criminal Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.
Certified as Civil and Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).