Thomas Greer
VerifiedAbout Thomas Greer
Thomas R. Greer is the Founding Attorney and Partner of Greer Injury Lawyers, PLLC, a trial lawyer specializing in personal injury, wrongful death, and professional negligence cases.
Greer earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in 2005 and his Bachelor of Science in History cum laude from Tennessee Technological University in 2001. He is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court (2025), the Tennessee Bar (2005), the Arkansas Bar (2017), the Mississippi Bar (2016), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (2010), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (2013), and multiple U.S. District Courts.
With over 19 years of experience, Greer's recognitions include Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (2020), Memphis Bar Foundation Fellow (2023), American Board of Trial Advocates member (2015), and National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2012). He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and a 10/10 rating on Avvo. He is a past President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.
Notable case results
A Shelby County jury found two Regional One obstetric physicians negligently delayed a C-section through a prolonged labor, leaving a first-time mother's newborn with a brain injury and lifelong disability, and returned a $38,816,500 verdict.
A Marion County jury awarded $9.4 million after a Cracker Barrel waitress refilled a customer's glass with a mix of water and commercial bleach instead of ice water.
A Shelby County jury awarded tanker driver Donriel Borne $3,705,000 after a Celadon tractor-trailer rear-ended him in stopped construction-zone traffic on Interstate 55, and the case later set the standard Tennessee appellate courts use to review a reduced verdict.
A Shelby County jury awarded Julius Malone and his wife $2,519,772 after an ASF Intermodal semi-truck merged into his lane on I-240 in Memphis, and Tennessee's noneconomic-damages cap later reduced the judgment to $1,529,772.
Toxic liquid served as water verdict
Missed infection/paralysis verdict
Trucking injury settlement
Fatal motorcycle accident verdict
Apartment fire death settlement
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
