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Richard Piliponis

Proven Verdicts
Attorney at The Higgins Firm
Nashville, TN

About Richard Piliponis

Richard 'Rick' Piliponis is a Partner at The Higgins Firm in Nashville, Tennessee, where he serves as a principal partner for the Serious Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation and the Probate and Estate Planning sections of the firm. He primarily oversees the firm's nursing home abuse, neglect, and medical malpractice divisions.

Piliponis earned his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago and his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$347,134Verdict

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 →
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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

DePaul University College of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Tennessee
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Tennessee

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