Attorney David Huff, Smythe Puryear & Robertson

Contact Information:
phone: 615.255.4849
fax: 615.255.4855
email: dhuff@smythepuryear.com

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Practice Areas
Creditors’ rights
General commercial/business
    litigation
Serious personal injury and
    other torts
Commercial collections
Landlord and tenant
State court appeals

Education
B.B.A., cum laude, Abilene Christian University, 1981
J.D. Texas Tech University, 1984

Admitted
Tennessee, 1984
U.S. District Court, Middle District
    of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit,
    1985

Professional Activities, Associations & Community Interests
Nashville Bar Association
    - Editor: The Docket, Nashville Bar
          Association’s Newsletter (1989)
    - Chair: Small Office Practice
          Committee (1996)
    - Chair: General Sessions Court
          Committee (2002)
Tennessee Bar Association
President, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA, Inc.), 1996-1997
Volunteer, Nashville Area Habitat for
     Humanity

David O. Huff

A Nashville native, David Huff is a seasoned civil trial litigator whose areas of practice include creditors’ rights, general commercial and business disputes, construction law, serious personal injury and other tort actions. Mr. Huff has represented clients in dozens of jury and bench trials in numerous courts throughout Middle Tennessee.

Mr. Huff was awarded his B.B.A. in Business Management, cum laude, from Abilene Christian University in 1981, and earned his J.D. from Texas Tech University in 1984, where he was an Editing Director of the Texas Tech Legal Research Board. In 1986, Mr. Huff earned a diploma from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Elected as a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation in 2006, Mr. Huff also frequently serves upon request as a Special Judge in the Davidson County General Sessions Court.

Reported/Public Opinions

Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Estate of Ganier, 212 S.W.3d 270 (Tenn. App. 2006); Laboratory Corporation of America v. Lacy and Associates, 2004 WL 193078 (Tenn. App.); Corporate Catering, Inc. v. Corporate Catering, LLC, 2001 WL 266041 (Tenn. App.); Shelbourne v. Shelbourne, 2000 WL 1183698 (Tenn. App.); Thompson v. Department of Codes Admin., Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, 20 S.W.2d 654 (Tenn. App. 1999); Bryant v. Wright, 1999 WL 5080 (Tenn. App.); In Matter of Estate of Whitehurst v. I.V. Services of America, Inc., 1995 WL 571850 (Tenn. App.); Shipes v. West, 1995 WL 527979 (Tenn. App.); Stracener v. Swindle, 1995 WL 414873 (Tenn. App.); In re Osborne, 170 B.R. 367 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1994); Smith v. Clayton Homes, Inc., 1993 WL 532587 (Tenn. App.); Guyton v. Guyton, 1990 WL 198936 (Tenn. App.); Reasonover v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 1990 WL 192718 (Tenn. App.); Armstrong v. Hickman County Highway Dept., 743 S.W.2d 189 (Tenn. App. 1987)

Publications/Presentations

Lecturer, “Managing Client Funds and Other Property—and Accounting for Them,” Nashville Bar Association, 1993
Contributing Author, “Successful Judgment Collections in Tennessee: How to Get Your Money,” National Business Institute, Inc., 1993

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