Jeffrey W. Melcher

Shareholder

Direct: (629) 224-6606
Email: [email protected]
Offices: Nashville
Bar Admissions: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee

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Jeffrey Melcher is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Nashville and Atlanta offices and a member of the Litigation practice group. Mr. Melcher is a deeply experienced commercial and business litigator in areas including Contract and Business Disputes, Health Care, Insurance, Real Estate, Transportation, Labor, and Employment. He acts as regional and national counsel for various businesses, and has successfully litigated numerous matters of all kinds nationwide.

Mr. Melcher’s experience further includes representing clients in the medical and allied health care, trucking and transportation fields, insurance and bad faith claims, toxic tort and product liability matters, and a full array of real estate litigation. He has successfully handled numerous business disputes and comprehensive general liability, premises liability, and casualty defense claims.

Mr. Melcher also has substantial experience with professional malpractice defense, including claims against physicians, nurses, dentists, and other medical providers; hospitals and other treatment centers, and attorneys, accountants, architects, and surveyors.

Mr. Melcher regularly defends employers in employment law litigation such as employment discrimination claims, restrictive covenant litigation, and employment contract litigation. He also has extensive and successful appellate experience.

Awards and Honors

Best Lawyers in America
- Litigation—Labor and Employment
- Distinction in Insurance
Martindale-Hubbell
- Judicial Edition AV Preeminent Rating™
- AV® Preeminent™
Top Rated Lawyers in Georgia
- Insurance Law
- Labor & Employment Law
- Litigation
Elite Lawyer of the South

Professional Involvement

Atlanta Bar Association
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
DRI (Defense Research Institute)
DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Atlanta Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program
Professional Legal Underwriting Society (PLUS)