- Thomas P. Cassidy, Jr.
- Member
- 80 Monroe Avenue, Suite 800
- Brinkley Plaza
- Memphis,TN 38103
- 901.527.0214 fax: 901.527.8224
Tom Cassidy is a participating managing member of the firm's Memphis office who practices in the areas of general civil defense, employment, insurance law and professional liability.
Mr. Cassidy represents individuals, corporations, employers and insurance companies in complex insurance coverage matters in both pre-litigation through trial. His coverage practice involves defense of administrative and employment law, alternative dispute resolution, employer director and officer liability, appellate advocacy, federal and government tort and public liability, insurance/self-insurance regulation and litigation, labor and employment related law, general liability defense, litigation management, premises and products liability, personal injury, professional liability, workers’ compensation litigation including claims management/practice before administrative entities including Department of Labor Commission and labor litigation.
During his more than 20 years practicing civil defense including complex federal and state mattes providing legal services and advice to privately held and family owned businesses throughout the states of Tennessee and Mississippi.
Representative Client Work
Represented restaurants on food contamination issues
Represented insurance companies in fire, cause and origin litigation
Represented employers in litigation brought by employees injured at work
Represented property owners in premises liability cases and obtain verdicts for defendants
Represented corporations in the defense of product liability cases
Represented railroads in Federal Employer Liability Act claims
Professional Affiliations
Memphis/Shelby County Bar Association (1988-Present)
Tennessee Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute (1999-Present)
Memphis/Shelby County Claims Association
Mississippi Claims Association
Shelby County Bar Association Officer's Nomination Committee
Shelby County Bar Association Fee Dispute Committee
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Florida Workers' Compensation Institute Steering Committee (2005-Present)
Community Involvement
Diocese of Memphis St. Thomas Moore Catholic Lawyer's Guild
Diocese of Nashville Camp Marymount Past Board of Director
Christian Brothers High School Anti Drug and Alcohol Board Member and Lacrosse Club President
Publications and Lectures
Florida Workers' Compensation Institute Multi-Jurisdictional Year End Review Law Update (2003-Present)
Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association "Roles for Effective Case Closure" September 22, 2004
Advanced Workers' Compensation in Tennessee Medicare Set Aside Developments and Related Future Medical Closure Issues and Year End Review and Case Law Update
Twelfth Annual Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and Department of Labor Educational Conference Presenter April 29, 2009
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Educational Conference Presenter
