Britt Latham joined Bass, Berry & Sims PLC in October 2003 and practices in the firm's Litigation Practice Area. Prior to joining the firm, Britt practiced for ten years with Jones Day in Dallas. Britt's practice focuses on complex business and commercial litigation, including cases involving business torts, healthcare, insurance coverage, corporate law, securities, and intellectual property. He has represented business and individual clients in litigation in state and federal court, in mediation and in pre-litigation workouts. Britt has represented corporate and individual defendants in class action securities and insurance cases. He has also represented public and private companies under civil or administrative investigation from federal agencies, including the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Inspector General.
Britt graduated from Centre College of Kentucky in 1990 with a B.A. in English. In 1993, he received his juris doctorate, with honors, from Duke University School of Law, where he served as senior editor of Law and Contemporary Problems.
Representative cases include the following:
- Co-lead counsel for defendant insurance company in state court class action lawsuit.
- Co-lead counsel for defendant banking institution in a breach of contract and tort action brought by oil and gas company related to its credit agreement.
- Obtained dismissal with prejudice for corporate and individual clients in securities class action litigation brought in federal court by shareholders of publicly-traded company as reported in Zishka v. American Pad & Paper Company, et al., No. 3:98-CV-0660-M, 2000 WL 1310529 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 13, 2000); 2001 WL 1748741 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 28, 2001); and 2001 WL 1645500 (N.D. Tex. Dec. 20, 2001), aff'd, 72 Fed. Appx. 130 (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2003).
- Obtained dismissal with prejudice for defendant company in action related to prior multi-million dollar judgment as reported in Jerral W. Jones v. Reliant Energy Resources Corp., No. 17634, 2001 WL 111988 (Del. Ch. Feb. 2, 2001).
- Lead counsel for defendant company and officer in a fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets action.
- Represented corporate defendant and officer in breach of contract, tortious interference and fraud action involving proposed $40mm purchase of subsidiary.
- Represented plaintiff insured in an insurance coverage action against primary and excess carriers seeking coverage for legal fees incurred and settlement payments made in underlying litigation.
- Represented plaintiff company in declaratory judgment and breach of contract action against insurers involving coal tar contamination from former manufactured gas plants.
- Represented plaintiff general contractor against owner and architect in breach of contract and misrepresentation action involving delays and additional work in a $75mm construction project.
- Represented defendant company in trademark infringement suit.
Britt is a member of the Nashville Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the State of Tennessee and the State of Texas as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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