Michael Fisher

Managing Attorney at Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
Nashville, TN15 years experienceAdmitted 2011

About Michael Fisher

Michael Fisher is the Managing Attorney at Rocky McElhaney Law Firm in Nashville, Tennessee, focusing on personal injury and motor vehicle claims. He has approximately 15 years of legal experience, including arguments before the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

Fisher joined Rocky McElhaney Law Firm in 2018 after seven years at a Nashville personal injury and workers' compensation firm. Earlier in his career, he interned at the Rutherford County Public Defender's Office and the Rutherford County District Attorney's Office (with a limited practice license). He studied abroad in Ireland in 2008.

Fisher earned his J.D. from Southern Illinois University in December 2010 and his B.S. in Criminal Justice from Middle Tennessee State University in 2004. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rocky McElhaney Law Firm

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

$18 million sought

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.

Hickman County / I-40, Tennessee · 2016Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$2 million sought

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.

Nashville (Davidson County), TN · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$1.23 millionVerdictTop 20 in Tennessee · #13

Eddie Gentry, 54, a vice president of lending at Educators Credit Union, was struck in a Nashville crosswalk on November 20, 2001 and died eight days later. A Davidson County jury found driver Dereck Cook 75 percent at fault and set damages at $1,638,561. The court directed a verdict for Metro on the failed 'Don't Walk' bulb claim. Judgment after Gentry's 25 percent share of fault was $1,228,921.

Davidson County Circuit Court, Nashville · 2005Wrongful DeathRead 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 Illinois University School of Law
B.S. Criminal Justice, 2010
Middle Tennessee State University
Undergraduate, 2004

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee, admitted 2011
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee

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