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Rocky McElhaney

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Firm Founder and Lead Attorney at Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
Nashville, TN25 years experienceAdmitted 1999

About 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).

Proven verdicts and settlements

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

Practice areas

Education

Nashville School of Law
B.A., 1999
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Undergraduate, 1995

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee, admitted 1999
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, admitted 1999
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, admitted 2006
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
SuperLawyers Top 50 in Tennessee
Best of the Bar, Nashville Business Journal
Best Attorney in Nashville, Nashville Scene Magazine (11 years running)
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Paladin Award, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
AFL-CIO Presidential Award
InCharge Leader Inductee, Nashville Post (2017-2025)

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