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C.E. Hunter Brush

C.E. Hunter Brush

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Hunter Brush has extensive experience counseling clients through complex civil litigation in state and federal courts. Mr. Brush handles contract disputes, real estate deal and brokerage litigation, construction litigation, banking litigation, consumer financial services litigation, disputed dissolutions, business torts and appellate work. Mr. Brush also has experience in arbitration proceedings, including proceedings before the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

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Associations

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2012
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Middle, Eastern
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 6th Circuit
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Civic Involvement

  • Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn., Member

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • Ones to Watch, Appellate Practice, 2021
    • Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021
    • Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2021
    • Ones to Watch, Government Relations Practice, 2021
    • Ones to Watch, Litigation – Construction, 2021
    • Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law, 2021
  • Super Lawyers®
    • Mid-South Rising Star, Business Litigation, 2019-2020

Education & Honors

  • University of Tennessee, J.D., with honors, 2012
    • Dean’s List
    • Editor, The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
    • Internship, Federal Bankruptcy Judge George C. Paine, II, Middle District of Tennessee
  • Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., History, 2007
    • Order of the Gownsman
    • Phi Alpha Theta
    • TONYA Economics Scholarship
    • Former Alumni Volunteer

Experience

  • Obtained successful ruling in an arbitration proceeding on behalf of real estate brokerage firm and its existing members against a dissociating member. (March 2018).
  • ​Represented tenants in highly-publicized litigation related to landlords’ efforts to terminate lease agreements.
  • Obtained dismissal in a state court proceeding for a seller’s real estate agent and firm in a proceeding brought by a buyer. Timothy Starnes, et al. v. Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC, et al., Case No. 94CH1-2014-CV-42993, Chancery Court for Williamson County, Tennessee.
  • ​Obtained summary judgment on behalf of trucking company in a personal injury action in state court. Irish Lee v. J.B. Hunt Transport Corporation, et al., Case No. 2017-18, Circuit Court for Williamson County, Tennessee.
  • ​Represented the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee before the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of Living Waters Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
  • Obtained and enforced judgment on behalf of contractor in a breach of contract / foreclosure of mechanic’s lien proceeding in state court. Williams Foundation, LLC v. Daniel and Christel Gory, Case No. 32159, Chancery Court for Bedford County, Tennessee.

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Papers, Presentations, & Publications

  • Co-Author, "Expert Evidence in the Sixth Circuit," Scientific Evidence Review: Admissibility and Use of Expert Evidence in the Courtroom (Monograph No. 9), ABA Section of Science and Technology Law, 2013.

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