Background
Lee Gilman, Ronald was born on October 16, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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Ronald Lee Gilman
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, 1964). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1967).
Career
Worked at Farris, Mathews, Gilman, Branan & Hellen, The Property Letting Centre (Memphis, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Administrative Agencies and Commercial Arbitration Forums, General Corporate and Commercial Practice, Administrative and Municipal Law, Government Relations, Banking, Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning, Telecommunications, Trusts, Probate, Tax, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Immigration, Health and Hospital, Negligence, Pharmaceutical and Products Liability and Maritime Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Tennessee.
Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," in three categories.
Author: "The Extension of the Privilege to Libel Without Actual Malice," 3 Harvard Legal Commentary 169, 1966. "Medical Expert Testimony in Tennessee," 34 Tennessee Law Review, 572, 1967.
"Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning," 2 Memphis State University Law Review 41, 1971. "Annotated By-Laws for a Tennessee Corporation," Tennessee Bar Journal, May, 1975.
"Agreements for Buying and Selling a Business," The Practical Lawyer, January, 1977.
"Saving for College with a Clifford Trust," The Practical Lawyer, June, 1979. "Tennessee Corporations," Lawyers Company-Operative Publishing Company, 1980. "The Holographic Codicil," Tennessee Bar Journal, August, 1982.
"Dishonesty Alone Does Not Deck A Fidelity Insurer," Insurance Counsel Journal, October, 1984.
"Tangible Evidence in Tennessee," Tennessee Bar Journal, May, 1986. "Planning for Disability," The Practical Lawyer, March, 1989.
"Mediation: Prime Alternative Dispute Resolution Tool of the "90s," Tennessee Bar Journal, March, 1994. "Resolving Commercial Cases Through Alternative Dispute Resolution," 26 University of Memphis Law Review 1121, 1996.
Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Memphis Law School, 1980.
Judge, Tennessee Court of the Judiciary, 1979-1987. Member, Panel of Arbitrators (Commercial), American Arbitration Association. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1974.
President, 1987), Tennessee (President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1978-1979.
Speaker, House of Delegates, 1985-1987. President, 1990-1991) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1990) Bar Associations.
American Law Institute. American Judicature Society.
Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
American Bar Foundation. Tennessee Bar Foundation. Farris, Mathews, Gilman, Branan, & Hellen is a mid-size diversified law firm, based in Memphis, that has been in existence since 1965.
The firm is the Memphis member of Commercial Law Affiliates, a nationwide affiliation of high quality, Medium-size law firms specializing in business matters.
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Member, Panel of Arbitrators (Commercial), American Arbitration Association. Member: Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1974. President, 1987), Tennessee (President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1978-1979.
Speaker, House of Delegates, 1985-1987.
President, 1990-1991) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1990) Bar Associations. American Law Institute.
American Judicature Society. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
American Bar Foundation.
Tennessee Bar Foundation.
