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Mark P. Chalos

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Attorneys

A Trial Attorney for the Injured

A partner in our Nashville office, Mark represents individuals who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries and families whose loved ones died due to the negligence or misconduct of another. Mark has obtained millions of dollars in settlements for families who have been harmed by the wrongful conduct of others.

Through jury trials, he has held wrong-doers accountable, including representing 32 school children who were videotaped undressing in their school locker room ($1.28 million jury verdict) and a young woman who suffered a severe brain injury in a car wreck (nearly $4 million jury verdict). Mark also obtained an $8 million arbitration award on behalf of a business client.

Mark has been appointed to leadership roles in a numerous complex civil proceedings, including as Co-Lead MDL Counsel in In re Whirlpool Front Loading Washer Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2001 (N.D. Ohio), on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee, Co-Chair Plaintiffs Expert Committee in In re Navistar Diesel Engine Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2223 (N.D. Ill), and as a member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in In re Ford Switch Fire Litigation, Texas state MDL, Travis County, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-08-000901. He also represents clients in many centralized litigations across the country.

An active member of the legal community, Mark has served on the Tennessee Association for Justice Board of Directors, Tennessee Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee (Co-Chair), Nashville Bar Association YLD Board of Directors, and the Editorial Board of the Nashville Bar Journal.

In 2012, Mark co-authored a book, Litigating International Torts In United States Courts (Thomson Reuters West, 2012 ed.), a practical resource for legal practitioners and judges. Mark has also published a number of articles in journals, including articles in the national publications TRIAL Magazine and The Trial Lawyer on holding foreign companies accountable for injuries they cause in the U.S.

Mark is a frequent speaker at legal seminars nationwide on a variety of civil litigation topics. He has also been cited by top-tier media outlets including The New York Times, Associated Press, CNN, Fox News, CBS This Morning, and MSNBC.

Mark has been named among The Best Lawyers in America, "Mid-South Super Lawyers," "Nashville's Best Lawyers," and Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar.”

 

Awards & Honors

SuperLawyers & Best Lawyers

  • "Mid-South Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers, 2011-2012
  • Best Lawyers in America, based on peer and blue ribbon panel review, selected for list of "Nashville's Best Lawyers," 2012-2013
  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • "Best of the Bar," Nashville Business Journal, 2008-2010
  • "Rising Star," Super Lawyers, 2008-2010
  • "Top 40 Under 40," The Tennessean, 2004
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Education
  • Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1998)

    Dean's List; Award for Highest Grade, Admiralty Law; Emory International Law Review (Research Editor); Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

     

    Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1995)

Memberships
  • American Association for Justice

  • American Bar Association
    (Past-Chair, YLD Criminal & Juvenile Justice Committee; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Professionalism Committee)

  • First Center for the Visual Arts
    (Founding Member, Young Professionals Program)

  • Harry Phillips American Inn of Court

  • Kappa Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association
    (President)

  • Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
    (Grant Review Panelist)

  • Nashville Bar Association
    (YLD Board of Directors; Nashville Bar Association YLD Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development Director)

  • Nashville Bar Journal
    (Editorial Board)

  • Tennessee Association for Justice
    (Board of Directors, 2008-2011; Legislative Committee)

  • Tennessee Bar Association
    (Continuing Legal Education Committee)

  • Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
    (Board of Directors)

  • Historic Belcourt Theatre
    (Past Board Chair; Board of Directors)

  • Nashville Cares
    (Board of Directors)

Admissions
  • U.S. Supreme Court

  • Tennessee

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee

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

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee

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