About Jim Higgins

Jim Higgins is the founder of The Higgins Firm in Nashville, Tennessee, where he specializes in personal injury cases. A fourth-generation Nashvillian with a family history in law, he previously defended insurance companies before transitioning to plaintiff-side personal injury representation.

Higgins earned his J.D. from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia.

He has been recognized in Super Lawyers and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a distinction limited to attorneys with million- and multi-million-dollar verdicts.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Higgins Firm

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

A Nashville jury awarded $347,134 after a nursing home admitted it never administered insulin to an elderly diabetic woman during her five-day respite stay, leaving her in a hypoglycemic crisis when her family came to pick her up.

Davidson County Circuit Court, Nashville · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

The Tennessee Supreme Court held that an intrusion-upon-seclusion claim does not abate upon the plaintiff's death, allowing the family of a cognitively impaired nursing home resident to pursue her privacy lawsuit after she passed away.

Tennessee Supreme Court (orig. Coffee County) · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee
State Bar of Kentucky
State Bar of Georgia
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

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Kinnard Clayton & Beveridge
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$55 Million Verdict for Fox Sports Broadcaster Secretly Filmed at Nashville Marriott
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Minner Vines Injury Lawyers, PLLC
$14.1 Million Settlement After College Wrestler Died of Heatstroke During Punishment Practice
Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
Rocky McElhaney Law Firm
$18 million sought · Family of TDOT Supervisor David Younger Sues for $18 Million Over Fatal I-40 Truck Crash
Bart Durham Injury Law
Bart Durham Injury Law
$277,966 · Reyadh v. Trulite Glass: $277,966 for a Torn Rotator Cuff After a Low-Damage Truck Crash
Bernheim Kelley, LLC
Bernheim Kelley, LLC
$200 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Boston Woman's Lung Cancer Death

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