Co-Chair, Litigation Department

Memphis Office
Tel: (901) 680-7317
Email: chip.morrow@butlersnow.com

Mississippi, 1996
Tennessee, 1989
U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Western District
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit

Betterton v. Evans, et al., (2:02-CV-318-PB) Northern District, Mississippi, medical malpractice/wrongful death claim arising from pacemaker implantation; successfully obtained defense verdict.
North American Electric v. Western Electric Pacific, Ltd., (2:01-CV-00175-EMB) U.S. District Court, Northern District, Mississippi, breach of contract.
Assisted the trial team in the following case: Hutto v. McNeil, et al., Louisiana trial involving acetaminophen overdose (2010).
Johnny s Fine Foods, Inc. v. Johnny s Inc., 286 F.Supp.2d 876, 68 U.S.P.Q. 2d1505 (M.D. 2003), trademark infringement.
Caldwell v. Mentor Corporation, et al., Circuit Court, Memphis, Tennessee, products liability medical device.
Flipp v. Stevenson, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, breach of contract.
Cox v. Davis, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, medical malpractice.
Cox v. General Motors, 1996 WL 266649 (Tenn.Ct.App., 1996), products liability.
Blackshears v. General Motors, U.S. District Court, Western District, Tennessee, products liability.
Middleton v. Illinois Central Railroad, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, FELA.
Moltan Company v. Eagle-Picher Industries Inc., 55F.3d. 1171,(6th Cir. (Tenn.), 1995, Lanham Act unfair competition.
Matlock v. Hester, State Court, Memphis, Tennessee, automobile accident.

"Direct Examination of Expert Pharmacologist," ACI Drug & Medical Device on Trial Seminar, Summer 2009.
"Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence Update and Proposed State Rules for E-Discovery," E-Discovery and New Rules for Civil Procedure, Tennessee Bar Association, February 2008.
Co-Author, "Fighting the Counterfeit Drug Industry," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 3 No. 2, 6-11 (May 2010).