James Miller is an associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group where he represents clients in complex business litigation and government investigations.
James earned a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law where he served as editor-in-chief and a staff editor of the Tennessee Law Review and as a staff editor of the Tennessee Journal of Business Law. He graduated first in his law school class and was the graduating class student speaker. During law school, James interned for the Honorable Alistair Newbern of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Following graduation, James completed a one-year clerkship for the Honorable J. Daniel Breen of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and a one-year clerkship for the Honorable Ronald Lee Gilman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. And just before joining the firm, James served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Chip Frensley and the Honorable Eli J. Richardson both of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
James earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Boston University. James is proficient in Mandarin Chinese, having spent two years teaching elementary school in Tengchong, China.
Memberships
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville Bar Association
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Memberships
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville Bar Association
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Representative Experience
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Bass, Berry & Sims represented a national private equity firm in an FCA retaliation lawsuit brought by an employee of...
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Bass, Berry & Sims represented Erlanger Health System, the nation’s seventh largest teaching hospital, in FCA allegations of improper billing...
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Media Mentions & Firm News
Media Mentions & Firm News
Accolades
Tennessee Law Review — Editor-in-Chief (2021-2022); Staff Editor (2020-2021)
Tennessee Journal of Business Law — Staff Editor (2020-2022)
James R. & Nell W. Cunningham Award for Legal Writing (2022)
Academic Achievement Awards — Civil Rights Actions, Corporate Finance, Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Investigatory Criminal Procedure, Property Law, Race & The Supreme Court, Sex, Gender & Justice, and Trial Practice
Accolades
Tennessee Law Review — Editor-in-Chief (2021-2022); Staff Editor (2020-2021)
Tennessee Journal of Business Law — Staff Editor (2020-2022)
James R. & Nell W. Cunningham Award for Legal Writing (2022)
Academic Achievement Awards — Civil Rights Actions, Corporate Finance, Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Investigatory Criminal Procedure, Property Law, Race & The Supreme Court, Sex, Gender & Justice, and Trial Practice
