ARNETT BAKER DRAPER & HAGOOD - Key Persons
Bridget Pyman is an associate with the firm, focusing her practice on healthcare liability defense and healthcare regulatory compliance, premises liability defense and insurance defense, as well as general civil litigation.
Bridget graduated from Michigan State University College of Law in 2021. While a law student, Bridget was a judicial clerk to the Hon. William T. Ailor, Knox County Circuit Court. Bridget also served as a graduate student project manager for the State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in the Policy and Planning Administration. Bridget worked in the Health Information Technology division of the Administration, where her projects primarily involved matters concerning healthcare data aggregation, data sharing, and data warehousing. Particularly, her work focused on the potential applications of healthcare data to support effective health policy development in accordance with federal legislative initiatives for health and healthcare innovation.
Bridget also served on the board of MSU's Anti-Trafficking Legal Advocacy Society. During her term, the board facilitated an educational forum featuring a panel of speakers, including a human trafficking special detective, a prosecutor, and a medical director of the local healthcare system, to discuss recent developments in trafficking identification and intervention in healthcare and digital contexts. Outside of the academic arena, Bridget enjoyed spending her time volunteering at a restoration home for human trafficking survivors and at her local church, where she served as a young adult leader.
In 2016, Bridget received her Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University, where she was involved in multiple facets of student life: She was initiated into the Gamma Mu chapter of the Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity, for which she chaired both the Alumni and Social committees; volunteered as a swimming coach in MSU's Sports Skills Program, providing coaching and instruction in sports skills to children and adults with disabilities in the greater Lansing area; and spent her Saturday mornings on the pitch, playing openside flanker for MSU's Women's Rugby Team.
After graduation, Bridget worked in the project estimation department for a regional commercial laboratory subcontractor, successfully bidding to contract projects throughout seven states and across various industries, including pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, hospitals and healthcare systems, and numerous universities. Outside of her role as a project estimator, Bridget assisted the company in acquiring a multimillion-dollar medical equipment procurement project by developing an interactive equipment-indexing system that provided the project team and end-users with the capability to easily navigate a product's specifications, corresponding submittals, and warranties documentation.
Since moving to Knoxville, she continues to enjoy spending her free time volunteering. She has volunteered with the Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding and at Centerpointe, a division of Helen Ross McNabb Center. Bridget is also an active member of the Knoxville Bar Association's Young Lawyer Division, serving as co-chair of the Mock Trial Committee. Of any achievement, Bridget is perhaps the proudest of her recent contributions to the First United Methodist Church chancel choir's 2021 Christmas Cantata, serving as an alto under the exceptional leadership of her colleague, conductor, and musical director, Devin Lyon.
PRACTICE AREAS
Business Law
Job Titles:
- Partner of Arnett, Draper & Hagood
Broderick Young is a partner of Arnett, Draper & Hagood and has been in practice since 1998. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1994 and graduated from Catholic University of America in 1998.
His career has been devoted exclusively to civil litigation, with an emphasis on tort and healthcare liability defense, employment, and business litigation. He has litigated matters in courts throughout the nine-county region surrounding Knoxville, Tennessee, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Lexington, and the Circuit Court for Bay County, Florida.
Broderick has served as lead counsel in jury trials involving matters related to breach of contract, insurance defense, employment discrimination, and personal injury. He has also tried numerous bench trials involving similar issues. In addition to his trial experience, he has represented clients in matters ranging from the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to other business torts, estate litigation, and professional liability.
Broderick is listed in this year's edition of Best Lawyers in America, and has achieved the Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rating in the areas of Civil Litigation, Defense Litigation, and Tort Defense. Additionally, he is active with the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court, where he just recently concluded his term as its President. Broderick was inducted as a fellow of the Knoxville Bar Foundation in 2019.
Broderick has recently been appointed to a second term as a Hearing Committee Member by the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, and serves as co-chair of the Judicial Committee of the Knoxville Bar Association. He also occasionally writes for the "Judicial News" column of the Knoxville Bar Association's monthly journal.
Broderick is also active in the Knoxville community. He has served on the Board of the Moses Teen Center of the Knoxville Boys and Girls Club, and he has also served as President of the Knoxville Civitan Club.
PRACTICE AREAS
Healthcare Liability
Cindy Winters serves as the Law Firm Administrator at Arnett Draper & Hagood. She has served in Human Resources Management for many years and is a certified Professional Human Resources Professional (PHR) through the Human Resources Certification Institute. She earned her PHR certification in 2009. Cindy attended Waynesburg University and studied Business Administration. Prior to joining ADH, Cindy worked for a large Midwest Bank for 30-years.
Cindy is a member and actively involved in the Knoxville Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (KALA), Tennessee Valley Human Resources Association (TVHRA) and Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM).
Cindy is married to Bill Winters and they have four children and five grandchildren. She enjoys spending her free time with her family and hiking in the mountains with her husband.
Dan Douglas Rhea has been practicing law as an associate and partner of Arnett, Draper & Hagood for 39 years. Over those years, he has successfully tried many personal injury, property damage, employment, contract, real estate, and bankruptcy lawsuits -on both sides of the courtroom. He has also successfully handled many appeals of the same kinds of cases, again on both sides of the courtroom.
Dan follows four steps in every case he is asked to handle. First, he meticulously ascertains the facts of the case that can actually be shown by available and admissible evidence. Second, he identifies the rules of law applicable to those facts. Third, he advises the client and ascertains whether there is any avenue for resolving the case short of trial or appeal. And lastly, he actively prepares and proceeds to trial or appeal at the client's direction.
Dan has also handled many transactional matters not requiring litigation in court, including wills and estates, corporations, arbitrations, bankruptcies, and medical staffing matters. His goal in such matters is to achieve the best product for his clients without resorting to expensive litigation, particularly when the clients have better things to do with their time and resources.
Dan received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Tennessee in 1977 as a member of the Order of the Coif (an honorary society of law graduates) and the Tennessee Law Review. Dan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky in 1973, with a major in journalism. He spent the next two years as a newspaper reporter for the Middlesboro (Ky.) Daily News. Additionally, Dan was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1978, and was admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1996.
Job Titles:
- Associate With Arnett, Draper & Hagood
- Director of Music at First United Methodist Church
Devin Lyon is an associate with Arnett, Draper & Hagood, focusing his practice on health care law, governmental and insurance defense, employment law, and other civil litigation. He received his Bachelor of Arts degrees from Vanderbilt University before attending the University of Tennessee College of Law and the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business, where he earned his Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration.
Before joining Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Devin was an attorney in the City of Knoxville Law Department where he mainly practiced labor and employment law, tort defense, and commercial lending. During his time with the City, he was awarded the International Municipal Lawyers Association's distinguished Amicus Service Award, recognizing the advocacy of attorneys "who have done exemplary work to protect and advance local government interests."
In law school, Devin was awarded the Herbert L. Davis Memorial Trust Fund Award for the highest GPA and was an editor for the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy and Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. Additionally, his written works have been published locally and internationally in Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, the Tennessee Bar Journal, and DRI publications. He has also made numerous presentations throughout the Knoxville area on legal issues affecting local governments, insurance law, and the Tennessee Public Records Act.
Devin has been licensed in the state of Tennessee since 2013 and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court s for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and all Tennessee trial and appellate courts. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court, DRI, and the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, through which he was co-chair of the 2019 TDLA Annual Conference and is a current member of the Amicus Committee. He also serves as a member of the State of Tennessee Bench-Bar Committee.
Devin has been consecutively selected by his peers for inclusion in "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" in the areas of medical malpractice defense, municipal law, and personal injury defense litigation and was selected to the 2021 Mid-South Rising Stars list, a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of attorneys within this region. In 2022, Devin was nominated and selected for inclusion in the Tennessee Bar Association's Leadership Law Class, consisting of a select group of attorneys across the State of Tennessee. He was previously awarded the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association's 2020 "Rising Star Award" for advancing the civil defense practice in Tennessee, and was honored with his inclusion in the Knox.biz (formerly the Greater Knoxville Business Journal) 40 Under 40 class of 2020, which recognizes "the best of the best from East Tennessee's business community."
Outside of the practice of law, Devin is the Director of Music at First United Methodist Church and is on the Board of Directors of the Community School of the Arts. He is also a frequent piano accompanist for faculty, student, and guest artist performances at the University of Tennessee School of Music and Tusculum University and is a vocal soloist and the President of the Knoxville Chamber Chorale and the Knoxville Choral Society. He has repeatedly toured the United States and China as a pianist, bassoonist, percussionist, and brass player and was most recently the featured pianist on the album "Vocalizations," released in 2021.
Devin is married to musician Abby Lyon, despite her better judgment, and they are the proud parents of four-year- and six-month-old sons, Everett and Arden.
PRACTICE AREAS
Civil Litigation
Foster Arnett was a Knoxville native and a decorated veteran of the Pacific Theatre in World War II, serving as an officer in the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment. For his heroism in combat in the Battle of Leyte, he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry as well as a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
After the war, Mr. Arnett secured his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee. He then attended law school at the University of Virginia (always "Mr. Jefferson's University" to Foster), graduating in 1948.
Mr. Arnett began the practice of law in Knoxville with the law firm of Fowler and Roundtree. In February 1954, he started his own firm and soon was recognized as an outstanding lawyer in state, federal, and international bars. Among his numerous accomplishments and honors, Mr. Arnett was president of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association and the University of Virginia Law School Alumni Association. He also served as president of the Knoxville Bar Foundation and the Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations.
National and international legal organizations recognized Foster's preeminence by honoring him as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and as Dean and President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Arnett was also a founding member of the Tennessee chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and in 1987 served as its first president.
Grant Lewallen's practice focuses primarily on healthcare liability defense of physicians, advanced care providers, nurses, and hospitals, and complex litigation. Grant has defended healthcare providers in over twenty jury trials. In his spare time, Grant enjoys spending time with his wife Christie and daughter Emma Grace.
Recent Successes:
Ballew - defense verdict (2022)
Bailey - defense verdict (2022)
Jernigan - defense verdict (2020)
Braden - defense verdict (2019)
Jernigan - defense verdict (2019)
Collier - defense verdict (2019)
Porter - defense verdict (2019)
Harbin - defense verdict (2018)
Kanipe - defense verdict (2017)
Householder - defense verdict (2016)
Collier - defense verdict (2015)
Hurley - defense verdict (2014)
Bostic - defense verdict (2014)
Mayo - defense verdict (2013)
Murdock - defense verdict (2012)
Mayo - defense verdict (2011)
Bates - defense verdict (2011)
Watts - defense verdict (2011)
Davis - directed verdict (2011)
Job Titles:
- President of the Knoxville Bar Association
Mr. Draper has served as President of the Knoxville Bar Association and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Bar Association. He was a founding member of the Knoxville Bar Foundation and is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Association of Defense Counsel. Like Mr. Arnett, Jack is a Fellow in both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court
Jay Mader focuses on employment and business litigation. His employment law practice includes cases involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation with allegations relating to age, gender, race, and disability, as well as whistleblower claims. He also handles wage and hour and FMLA litigation. Jay's experience in business litigation includes cases involving breach of contract and fiduciary duty, fraud and misrepresentation, consumer protection, and other business disputes.
He joined Arnett, Draper & Hagood in 2002 and became a partner in 2005. He is licensed in the state of Tennessee and is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, and all Tennessee trial and appellate courts.
He received his B.A. from the University of Tennessee in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1993.
Jay is also a member of the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court as a Master of the Bench, and currently serves on the Inn's Executive Committee. He further is a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.
Jay has an AV preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubble and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Employment Law, Management and Litigation, and Labor and Employment since 2018.
Lewis Hagood was born in Persia, Tennessee and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee. He later attended law school at UT, graduating first in his class and posting what was for many years the highest GPA ever achieved at the school. He was also editor-in-chief of the Tennessee Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.
After joining Mr. Arnett and Mr. Draper in 1965 as the third founding member of Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Lewis focused his practice in labor and employment law and achieved national recognition in the field. The Tennessee Supreme Court appointed Mr. Hagood to the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, where he served as secretary from 1994-2001 and as president in 2002.
For many years Lewis was a contributing editor to the American Bar Association's publication, "The Developing Labor Law," and he authored a number of articles, including "Claims of Mental and Emotional Damages in Employment Discrimination Cases," "Employer's Duty to Bargain on the National Labor Relationship Act," "The Role of the Judiciary in Labor Arbitrations," and "A Brief History of the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners and the Standards for Bar Admission in Tennessee."
Job Titles:
- Member of the Knoxville Bar Association
- Partner With Arnett, Draper & Hagood
Kim Burnette is a partner with Arnett, Draper & Hagood, where his practice focuses on tort litigation, product liability, workers' compensation, mediation, and insurance issues. Kim is an East Tennessee native who received his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1985, graduating with honors.
Upon graduation, he served a one year judicial clerkship with United States Magistrate Judge John Y. Powers in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Thereafter he returned to Knoxville and began his association with Arnett, Draper & Hagood.
Kim is admitted to practice in all Tennessee state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. He has tried numerous cases in both state and federal courts. Kim obtained his certification as a Civil Mediator in 2002 from the Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and has maintained that certification since that time. He is also a certified mediator for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee.
Kim has been an active member of the Knoxville Bar Association, serving on various committees and projects including chairing its Functions committee, Community Law School committee, Continuing Legal Education committee, its Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, and has served on the KBA Board of Governors. He is currently chair of the Archives Committee.
He served the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility as a hearing panel member, and currently serves on the Standing Committee for Admissions to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Kim was also a charter member of the Knoxville chapter of the American Inns of Court, and currently is a Master of the Bench Emeritis member of that organization. Kim is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, and is listed in Best Lawyers. He has also served as a seminar presenter to both professional and community groups on issues involving tort liability, workers' compensation, trial procedure, and advocacy.
PRACTICE AREAS
Healthcare Liability
Rachel Park Hurt currently focuses her practice on insurance defense, medical malpractice/healthcare liability defense, premises liability defense, and healthcare regulation. Her successes at the trial court level (in both pre-trial motions and multiple jury and non-jury defense verdicts) and at the appellate court level exemplify her ability to prepare, research, write, and articulate winning strategies. During her time at the firm, Rachel has obtained 15+ favorable appellate decisions, both in the Court of Appeals and Tennessee Supreme Court, and has obtained numerous pre-trial dismissals in both state and federal court.
RECENT SUCCESSES:
2020 - Summary Judgment in healthcare liability claim
2019 - Defense verdict in three-week healthcare liability trial in Knox County
2019 - Motion to Dismiss for failure to comply with pre-suit mandatory requirements
2019 - Motion to Dismiss for failure to comply with Rules of Civil Procedure - service of process
2018 - Summary Judgment in continuous healthcare liability claim
2018 - Motion to Dismiss in healthcare liability claim in Knox County
2017 - Summary Judgment in premises liability claim in Anderson County
2017 - Summary Judgment in healthcare liability claim in Cumberland County
2017 - Motion to Dismiss in healthcare liability claim in Cumberland County
2016 - Defense verdict in a two-week healthcare liability trial in Knox County
2015 - Summary Judgment in a premises liability cause of action in Anderson County
2015 - Summary Judgment in an aviation cause of action in federal court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Significant appeals in which she has prevailed have addressed:
The interpretation and application of the Health Care Liability Act (numerous opinions)
The applicable statute of limitations for alleged defective improvement of real estate
Premises Liability; failure of Plaintiff to meet burden of proof
Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Rachel clerked for Justice Cornelia A. Clark, Tennessee Supreme Court, and, during law school, was a legal extern for the Tennessee Sixth Judicial Circuit.
Rachel received her B.A., cum laude, from Syracuse University, where she was a nationally recognized player for the Syracuse Softball team. She received her Master's in Public Administration from the #1 graduate program in the country, the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University. In 2007, Rachel graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she was a member of the Tennessee Law Review and Moot Court - Constitutional.
When not in the office, Rachel spends her time with her husband and children. If not with them, she can be found on the golf course.
Rick Powers graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975 and was Order of the Coif. He has more than 45 years of general civil trial practice experience with more than 350 jury trials. His practice areas now primarily include health care liability for hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians; insurance defense in trucking, automobile, and homeowners' cases; and other commercial litigation.
In recent years, Mr. Powers has successfully tried five traumatic birth injury cases which resulted in defense verdicts for his clients, as well as a large commercial case which resulted in a favorable jury defense verdict. Rick has also represented clients in the health care field handling peer review and medical staff bylaws issues for both physicians and health care facilities.
Since 1995, Rick has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the area of health care and medical malpractice. In 2013, Rick was named Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year in health care law in Knoxville, and for 2016 he was named Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year in medical malpractice defense in Knoxville. Additionally, he was named to the 2018 Mid-South Rising Stars list in the Super Lawyers magazine.
Rick is licensed to practice in all Tennessee state courts and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is also a certified mediator approved by the federal and state courts. He is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Associations, The Knoxville Bar Foundation, The American Inns of Court, the Tennessee Defense Lawyers' Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute.
In his spare time, Rick enjoys his small horse farm where he and his wife breed and raise American Saddlebred horses.
Stacie Miller has a fairly diverse practice but focuses her practice on areas that assist individual people, such as family law and conservatorships.
Stacie received her B.A. from the University of Tennessee in 1994 and graduated from Loyola University School of Law in 2003 where she majored in both civil and common law. Stacie is a native of Knoxville but after law school decided to practice in New Orleans until returning home after Hurricane Katrina. Stacie is admitted to practice in all Tennessee and Louisiana state courts, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee and the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Stacie has been practicing law since 2003 and joined the firm as an associate attorney in August 2008. When she isn't working, Stacie can be found at the gym or spending time with her family.
Since the 1980s, Steve has served on the committee investigating applicants to the Tennessee bar. In 2014, the Tennessee Supreme Court appointed him District Investigating Chair for District 2, responsible for investigating bar applicants in Knox County and eight surrounding counties.
Steve is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Associations as well as the Defense Research Institute and the Trucking Industry Defense Association.
In 1976, Steve graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. After graduating from the University of the Tennessee College of Law in 1979, he was admitted to the Tennessee bar and served as law clerk for Judge Robert K. Dwyer on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
In 1980, Steve joined Arnett, Draper & Hagood and has been a partner in the firm since 1986. He is recognized with an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell and was listed in Best Lawyers in both 2018 and 2019.
Steve is married and the father of two. In his free time, Steve and his family are avid followers of University of Tennessee athletics. Steve also enjoys golf, traveling, and gardening.