Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Nashville, TN

Attorney Brian Cummings is the founder and owner of Cummings Law in Nashville, Tennessee. Board certified as a medical malpractice attorney by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and possessing more than 20 years of successful legal experience, Mr. Cummings has achieved notable success advocating on behalf of clients who are dealing with complex personal injury and medical malpractice claims.

Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Cummings has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and awards for his plaintiff clients, including more than $23,000,000.00 in just the past few years, which led to him becoming a Lifetime Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This level of success is the direct result of his unwavering commitment to those he serves coupled with his extensive legal knowledge and aggressive trial and negotiation tactics.

Recognized for this success and his exceptional legal abilities, Mr. Cummings was selected by SuperLawyers every year from 2015-2018, he holds an AV-Preeminent peer-review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell, and the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys bestowed him with the Top 10 Attorney Award for Tennessee in 2017. In addition, The National Trial Lawyers selected him for inclusion into the Top 100 Trial Attorneys list, and The American Lawyer selected him for inclusion into the list of Best Lawyers in Medical Malpractice in 2015. He recently also received recognition as Elite Lawyer of the South by The National Law Journal.

Active in his legal community, Mr. Cummings is a senior fellow with The Litigation Counsel of America. Licensed to practice in Georgia, Florida, Hawaii and California as well as Tennessee, he is a contributing member of each of those state's bar associations, and he is also a member of the Nashville Bar Association.

Mr. Cummings graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1995. He then attended Vanderbilt University Law School, where he obtained his Juris Doctor in 1998. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the U.S. District Court of Hawaii, and the United States Supreme Court.

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