Mark Chalos
Mark Chalos
Nashville, TN 37219-2415
Nashville
Tennessee (TN)
Class Action/Mass Torts
Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Profile
A partner in our Nashville office, Mark focuses his practice on representing individuals who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries and families whose loved ones died due to the negligence or misconduct of another. Mark has obtained millions of dollars in settlements for families who have been harmed by the wrongful conduct of others.
Through jury trials, he has held wrong-doers accountable, including representing 32 school children who were videotaped undressing in their school locker room ($1.28 million jury verdict) and a young woman who suffered a severe brain injury in a car wreck (nearly $4 million jury verdict). Mark also obtained an $8 million arbitration award on behalf of a business client.
An active member of the legal community, Mark has served on the Tennessee Association for Justice Board of Directors, Nashville Bar Association YLD Board of Directors, and the Editorial Board of the Nashville Bar Journal. Mark has also published a number of articles in legal journals, including an article in the national publication TRIAL on holding foreign companies accountable for injuries they cause in the U.S. He is a frequent speaker at legal seminars on a variety of civil litigation topics.
Mark has been named one of Middle Tennessee’s “Top 40 Under 40” young leaders by The Tennessean, a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine, and named a “Best of the Bar” attorney by the Nashville Business Journal.
Selected To
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2011
Mid-South Rising Stars 2010
Mid-South Rising Stars 2009
Mid-South Rising Stars 2008
About Mark Chalos
Admitted: 1998, Tennessee
Professional Webpage: www.lieffcabraser.com/bios/chalos.php
Honors and Awards:
- "Top 40 Under 40," The Tennessean, 2004
- "Best of the Bar," Nashville Business Journal, 2008-2010
- "Rising Star," Super Lawyers, 2008-2009
- Martindale Hubbell, A/V rating, 2003
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Association for Justice; American Bar Association (Past-Chair, YLD Criminal & Juvenile Justice Committee; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Professionalism Committee); First Center for the Visual Arts (Founding Member, Young Professionals Program); Harry Phillips American Inn of Court; Kappa Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association (President); Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission (Grant Review Panelist); Nashville Bar Association (YLD Board of Directors; Nashville Bar Association YLD Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development Director); Nashville Bar Journal (Editorial Board); Tennessee Association for Justice (Board of Directors, 2008-2011; Legislative Committee); Tennessee Bar Association (Continuing Legal Education Committee); Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors); Historic Belcourt Theatre (Past Board Chair; Board of Directors); Nashville Cares (Board of Directors).
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Founding Member, Young Professionals Program)
- Belcourt Theatre - Historic community theatre - original home of Grand Ol' Opry (Chair of Board of Directors, 2007-2008)
- Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission (Founding Member; Grant Review Panelist)
- Kappa Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association (President)
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "Is Civility Dead?" Nashville Bar Journal (2003)
- "The End of Meaningful Punitive Damages," Nashville Bar Journal (2001)
- "Washington Regulators Versus American Juries: The United States Supreme Court Shifts the Balance in Riegel v. Medtronic," Nashville Bar Journal (2008)
- "Washington Bureaucrats Taking Over American Justice System," The Tennessean (newspaper), Op-Ed (2007)
- “Successfully Suing Foreign Manufacturers,” TRIAL Magazine (November 2008)
- “The FCC: The Constitution, Censorship, and a Celebrity Breast,” Nashville Bar Journal (April 2005)
- Frequent continuing legal education speaker on a variety of civil litigation topics, including for seminars sponsored by American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Association for Justice, Nashville Bar Association, and commercial seminar providers.
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Helped obtain an almost $4 million jury verdict for child who suffered brain injury in motor vehicle accident., 2001
- Obtained a jury verdict for $1.28 million for school children who were videotaped undressing in their school locker room., 2007
- Obtained an $8,000,000 arbitration award on behalf of a business client., 2010
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Appointed by Court to Plaintiffs Steering Committee for Texas Ford Cruise Control Switch Fire multi-district litigation (litigation involving more than 100 cases)., 2008
- Appointed Co-Lead Counsel in federal multi-district litigation involving cases from more than 12 states; In re: Whirlpool Front-Loading Washer Products Liability Litigation, M.D.L. number 2001, 2009
Educational Background:
- Vanderbilt University, B.A. (Political Science major, American History minor), 1995
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