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Peter Rathmell

Peter Rathmell

Associate
Nashville
(615) 742-6268
peter.rathmell@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/rathmell-peter/

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Peter Rathmell is an associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group where he represents clients in complex business litigation and government investigations.

Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Peter served as a law clerk to the Honorable Chief Magistrate Judge Tu M. Pham of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Peter earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School and a B.A. in journalism from Washington and Lee University. During undergraduate school, Peter worked at several media outlets, including the Chapel Hill Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and Military Times.

Memberships

Tennessee Bar Association

Representative Experience

Publications

Media Mentions & Firm News

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Publications

  • “‘The Enemy of the People;’ Suppressive Government Speech and Prior Restraint in the Era of Social Media,” 94 TUL. L. REV. 129 (2019).
  • “Halleck v. Manhattan Community Access Corporation: The Second Circuit Ignores Precedent, Creating Intra-Circuit and Inter-Circuit Splits on What Constitutes a Public Forum,” 93 TUL. L. REV. 1297 (2019).

Accolades

Tulane Law Review (Vols. 93 and 94)

George Dewey Nelson Memorial Award (2020)

Robert E. Friedman Law Review Award (2020)

Gertler Law Review Award (2019)

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Education

  • Tulane University Law School - J.D., 2020

    Order of the Coif

    summa cum laude

  • Washington and Lee University - B.A., 2017

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2020
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2022
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