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Joshua  R.  Denton
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Nashville
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Education
University of Kentucky - J.D., 1999
University of Kentucky - B.A., 1996

Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 2004
Indiana, 2000
Kentucky, 1999

Memberships
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

Honors & Distinctions
Nashville Young Leaders Council: Fall Class 57
Associate Editor and Outstanding Second Year Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal
Best Oral Argument, Legal Writing Seminar; CALI Awards, Evidence and Family Law; and Vice President, Equine Law Society (University of Kentucky College of Law)
Alpha Lambda Delta and Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Societies (University of Kentucky)
Congressional Intern, Kentucky’s Third and Sixth Districts

Publications
"Providing a Safe Harbor for Those Who Play by the Rules: The Case for a Strong Regulatory Compliance Defense," Utah Law Review (Vol. 2008, No. 1, 2008) reprinted in Def. L. J., August 2009, at 1 
Co-editor of the Tennessee chapter of the “State Antitrust Practice and Statutes,” American Bar Association (4th Ed. 2009)



Josh is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation involving business torts, breach of contract claims, intellectual property, real estate disputes, and land use planning and zoning matters. Josh routinely counsels churches on a variety of subjects, including real estate, church organizational and governance issues. He also handles complex e-discovery, antitrust and trade practices matters, and class action litigation. He has represented clients in jury and bench trials, appeals, arbitrations and mediations.

Josh's recent representative matters include:
  • Representing an international logistics company in reaching the successful resolution of a multi-million dollar commercial dispute involving breach of contract, misrepresentation and tortious interference claims in federal court. 
  • Obtaining summary judgment determining the ownership rights to ancient church property in favor of client in state-court litigation. 
  • Successfully appealing breach of contract claims to the Tennessee Court of Appeals for a healthcare company, resulting in summary judgment in favor of client. 
  • Successfully mediating the resolution of multi-million dollar litigation for a manufacturing company involving breach of contract, tortious interference and fraud claims pending in both state and federal court. 
  • Advising and representing clients before zoning boards and planning commissions.

In addition to serving on the firm's Real Estate and Construction Industry Group leadership team, Josh has acted as Practice Leader for the firm's Real Estate Litigation Group. Josh also has served as a speaker on real estate litigation, ethics, antitrust compliance and alternative dispute resolution. Josh was a member of the Fall Class 57 of the Nashville Young Leaders Council, and is currently volunteering with the Board of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County, Tennessee. He also serves as a member of the Nashville Bar Association’s Real Estate and Federal Courts Committees.

Josh earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he served as associate editor of the Kentucky Law Journal and vice president of the Equine Law Society. Josh also graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in journalism and political science, where he was co-editor-in-chief of The Kentuckian.

Prior to joining the firm, Josh practiced with Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP in Louisville, Kentucky. He and his wife, Susan, live in historic Franklin, Tennessee, with their son.