Bart Durham

Nashville, TN61 years experience

About Bart Durham

Bart Durham (1935-2024) was the founder and face of Nashville-based Bart Durham Injury Law. Born March 5, 1935, in Ripley, Tennessee, he served in the U.S. Army for two years (including time in Germany) before passing the Tennessee Bar Exam in 1963. He served with the U.S. Department of Justice in Memphis, prosecuting and defending cases across 33 counties of West Tennessee, and as a prosecuting attorney in the Tennessee State Attorney General's office. He launched his personal injury firm in 1975, argued three cases before the United States Supreme Court, and was named a Senior Counselor by the Tennessee Bar Association. He passed away April 9, 2024, at age 89.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Bart Durham Injury Law

These results are credited to Bart Durham Injury Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A commercial truck rolled into a driver stopped at a Nashville red light, and a Davidson County jury awarded $277,966, including $165,000 in non-economic damages, for the rotator cuff tear that followed.

Davidson County Circuit Court, Nashville, TN (Judge David Briley) · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →

A trailer hauling a hot tub broke loose on U.S. 31W and struck an oncoming Nashville driver head-on, and a Davidson County jury awarded $125,143 for soft-tissue injuries and the aggravation of pre-existing conditions.

Davidson County Circuit Court, Nashville, TN · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Southern Law University (Memphis)
JD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee
Tennessee Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Senior Counselor, Tennessee Bar Association

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