Mathew R. Zenner

Attorney Mathew R. Zenner is a founding partner of McCune Zenner Happell, PLLC, law firm in Brentwood, Tennessee. Nationally recognized as one of the top trial attorneys in the country, Mr. Zenner provides invaluable representation to clients in Nashville, Clarksville, Chattanooga and beyond who have legal needs involving any of the following:

• Personal injury
• Products liability
• Employment discrimination
• Medical malpractice

Over the course of his legal career spanning more than 22 years, Mr. Zenner has recovered numerous substantial settlements and verdicts for his plaintiff clients, including many six-figure awards. He has also helped many employees who suffered violations of their basic rights as workers to obtain full and fair restitution for their serious employment-related grievances.

Regardless of the legal challenges his clients must address, Mr. Zenner delivers highly personalized counsel and dedicated support at all turns in order to protect his clients' rights and entitlements and help them efficiently achieve the favorable outcomes they seek. Recognized for his outstanding professionalism and service, he has earned many awards and honors from his peers along with excellent reviews and referrals from his satisfied clients.

Among his most notable accolades, Mr. Zenner has earned designation from the National Trial Lawyers as among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the United States in 2014 and 2015. He also received the Excellence in Labor & Employment Law Award from the American Bar Association's Bureau of National Affairs as well as the Excellence in Employment Discrimination Law Award from the Minnesota State Bar Association. In addition, the American Academy of Trial Attorneys voted him as a Premier 100 Trial Attorney in Tennessee in 2015.

A 1993 graduate of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, Mr. Zenner obtained his Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1997. While there, he was active with the school's Civil Practice Clinic, serving as its student director, and he was the recipient of the BNA Award of Excellence in Employment Law.

Mr. Zenner holds his license to practice in Minnesota as well as Tennessee, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He is an active member of the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations, the Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association and the National Trial Lawyers' Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association. He has also conducted lectures and continuing legal education seminars across his region on a variety of legal topics.