Lewis L. Laska

Background

Laska, Lewis L. was born on December 21, 1947 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Education

Belmont College (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1969). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1972). University of Tennessee (Master of Business Administration., 1973).

George Peabody College (Doctor of Philosophy, 1978).

Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Governor's Outstanding Tennessean Award, 1977. Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1990.

Managing Editor, "Medical Malpractice Verdicts, Settlements & Experts," Monthly Reporter. Editor, Tennessee Litigation Reporter," Bi-monthly Trial Court Reporter.

Publisher, MEDMAL-The National Database of Medical Malpractice Filings.

Managing Editor, "FELA Reporter and Railroad Liability Monitor,".

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1973, Tennessee, United States. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and United States.

Supreme Court.

Phi Alpha Delta.

Recipient, Governor"s Outstanding Tennesseean Award, 1977. Editor: "Title Management Today," and "National Products Liability Database Report," Monthly Reporter.

Managing Editor, "Medical Malpractice Verdicts, Settlements & Experts," Monthly Reporter. "Tennessee Litigation Reporter," Bi-monthly Trial Court Reporter.

Managing Editor, "FELA Reporter and Railroad Liability Monitor." Publisher, MEDMAL-The National Database of Medical Malpractice Filings.

Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1990. Author: Claims Against the State of Tennessee, 1982. Tennessee Medical Malpractice, 1974-1982, 1983.

Tennessee Legal Research Handbook, 1977.

Tennessee Personal Injury Verdicts & Settlements, 1983. Tennessee Manual of Complaints, 1988 (book).

The Tennessee State Constitution: A Reference Guide, 1990 (book). Breast Implant Litigation Guide, 1992 (book).

Malpractice Experts: Finding and Using the Best, 1993 (book).

"Legal and Constitutional History of Tennessee," 6 Memphis State University Law Review 563, 1976. "Mr. Justice Sanford and the Fourteenth Amendment," 33 Tennessee History. Q. 210, 1974; "General Practitioner"s Guide to Commercial Arbitration," 20 Tennessee Bar Journal 23, 1984.

"A Hobby for Lawyers: Collecting Old Law Books," 20 Tennessee Bar Journal, 1984.

"Medical Malpractice Cases Not to File," 20 Memphis State University Law Review 27, 1989. Professor of Business Law, Tennessee State University, 1990—.

Member and Founder, National Association of State Jury Verdict Publishers. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.

Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Society of Hospital Attorneys. American Business Law Association.

American Society of Law and Medicine.

Achievements

• Lewis LASKA has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

American Society of Hospital Attorneys.

American Business Law Association. American Society of Law and Medicine.