Rocky McElhaney
VerifiedAbout Rocky McElhaney
Rocky McElhaney is the Firm Founder and Lead Attorney of Rocky McElhaney Law Firm in Nashville, Tennessee, with 25 years of experience in personal injury law. The firm has six offices across Tennessee.
McElhaney earned his J.D. from the Nashville School of Law in 1999 and his B.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1995. He was admitted to Tennessee state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in 1999, and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2006.
His recognitions include AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers, SuperLawyers Top 50 in Tennessee, Best of the Bar by the Nashville Business Journal, Best Attorney in Nashville by Nashville Scene Magazine for 11 years running, the Paladin Award from the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, the AFL-CIO Presidential Award, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and InCharge Leader Inductee, Nashville Post (2017-2025).
Notable case results
After a Spirit Truck Lines semi killed TDOT field supervisor David Younger and injured several of his crew on Interstate 40, Rocky McElhaney filed a wrongful-death and injury suit publicly seeking $18 million; the final outcome was not reported.
Tia Fitzpatrick-Young's $2 million wrongful-death suit accused Nashville's housing agency of letting crime build at the Edgehill complex, where a stray bullet from a dice-game dispute killed her husband, Glen Young Jr.; the outcome was not publicly reported.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
