Mark P. Chalos

Partner

Nashville

Practice Areas Include: Consumer Protection, Defective Products, Personal Injury and Torts

Bar Information

Admitted to practice in Tennessee, 1998; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1999; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1999; U.S.D.C., Western District of Tennessee, 2001; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2006.

Education

Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1998); Dean's List; Award for Highest Grade, Admiralty Law; Research Editor, Emory International Law Review; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1995).

Honors & Awards

“Best of the Bar,” Nashville Business Journal, 2008-2009; “Top 40 Under 40,” The Tennessean, 2004; "Rising Star," Law & Politics, 2008.

Publications, Presentations & Appointments

“Successfully Suing Foreign Manufacturers,” TRIAL Magazine, November 2008; "Washington bureaucrats taking over American justice system," Tennessean.com, December 2007; "The End of Meaningful Punitive Damages," Nashville Bar Journal, November 2001; "Is Civility Dead?" Nashville Bar Journal, October 2003; “The FCC: The Constitution, Censorship, and a Celebrity Breast,” Nashville Bar Journal, April 2005.

Member

American Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Tennessee Bar Association; Board of Directors, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Nashville Bar Association; Past-Chair, ABA YLD Criminal & Juvenile Justice Committee; American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Professionalism Committee YLD liaison; Board of Directors, Nashville Bar Association YLD; Chair, Nashville Bar Association YLD Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development Director; Tennessee Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 2008-2009; Board of Directors; Legislative Committee); Nashville Bar Journal, Editorial Board; Member, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court (2002-2004); Grant Review Panelist, Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission; Founding Member, Young Professionals Program, Frist Center for the Visual Arts; President, Kappa Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association.