Attorney Profiles

Culwell E. Ward

BORN: 2/9/50; B.A. (Math) Vanderbilt University 1972; JD Memphis State University 1974; Insurance Counsel Trial Academy 1977; Rule 31 Mediation Training 1997; Licensed in Tennessee state courts since 1975; Also licensed in Middle District of Tennessee; Practice consists of plaintiff and defense practice in Tort, Workers' Compensation, Insurance, Contract, employment advice and litigation and corporate. MEMBER American Bar Association 1980- present; Tennessee Bar Association 1975- present; Nashville Bar Association 1975- present; Pro Bono Service Award 1984; Nashville Bar Association Pro Bono Board 1980's; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association 1977- present; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association 1980- present.

Jack W. Derryberry, Jr.

Born 1947; B.A. (History) Duke University 1969; J.D. University of Tennessee 1972; Licensed in Tennessee State Courts since 1972; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court; Rule 71(a) Land Commissioner in the Middle District of Tennessee since 1987; Practice consists of class action civil rights litigation on behalf of persons with disabilities, social security disability, special education law, small business, probate and estate. Legal aid attorney pursuant to John L. v. Adams at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center of the Department of Children's Services since 1992. Representative cases: Doe through Doe v. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, 133 F.3d 384, cert. denied 525 U.S. 813, 119 S.Ct. 47; U.S.v. State of Tennessee, 181 F.3d 105; People First of Tennessee v. Arlington Developmental Center, 145 F.3d 1332; U.S. v. State of Tennessee, 2003WL720099; U.S. v. State of Tenn., 925 F.Supp. 1292; People First of Tennessee v. Arlington Developmental Center, 878 F. Supp.97; In Re: Factor VIII or IX Concentrate Products Litigation, MDL/986, No. 93-C-7452.

John Michael Thompson

Undergraduate Work: Attended Vanderbilt University and graduated with honors from Tennessee State University with BS in criminal justice. Graduate Work: Doctor of Jurisprudence degree with honors from the Nashville College of Law in 1983. Licensed in 1983 and began practice with Ward, Derryberry & Thompson in 1985. Licensed in Tennessee state courts and in the Middle District of Tennessee. Areas of Practice: All areas of Family Law; Consumer Bankruptcy; Criminal Law; and a Limited amount of Probate Law. Lecturer: CLE seminars relative to child sexual abuse and other juvenile court proceedings, as well as the Tennessee Rules of Evidence. Member of the Tennessee Bar Association.