More About Chuck

Professional Activities:

Tennessee Bar Association 1990 - present
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association 1993 - Present

Trucking Industry Defense Association, 2018 - Present

Defense Research Institute 1995 - present
Tennessee Trucking Association

Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)

Tennessee Rule 31 Listed Mediator

Chuck has extensive trial experience litigating over 75 jury trials to verdict, including insurance defense clients, national and regional motor carriers, commercial liability/premises liability and sporting accidents. Chuck has 38 years of litigation experience as a partner at the regional law firms Leitner Williams Dooley & Napolitan, (1990-2015) and McAngus Goudelock & Courie (2015-2024).

In his spare time Chuck enjoys golf, snow-skiing, hiking and a 48 year passion of exploring, mapping & locating caves throughout the state of Tennessee. Due to its extensive and scenic limestone terrain Tennessee has over 11,000 caves - far more than any state in the union, with new caverns located each year. Chuck began cave exploring with like-minded individuals in the 1970s and has explored miles of cave passages and vertical pits/shafts hundreds of feet deep. He is a fellow of National Speleological Society. If you have a question about Tennessee caves, springs, ridges and hollows, Chuck has the answers!

A Tennessee native, Chuck has lived most of his life in Franklin, Tennessee, graduating from Franklin high school, and attaining Eagle Scout.

Chuck is also a rule 31 listed mediator. As further qualifications for serving as a mediator Chuck has raised six children with his blended family, including two sets of twins , which has required years of practical dispute resolution!