Travis Parham is a partner with Waller Lansden and practices in the area of general dispute resolution. Mr. Parham serves as co-leader of the firm’s Trial and Appellate Litigation practice. For the past three years, Mr. Parham has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward White, Inc.) for his commercial litigation experience. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Parham represents major corporations across a wide range of industries as well as individuals in federal and state litigation. His experience includes lender liability disputes, real property disputes, contract disputes, business tort claims and claims brought under securities law.
Mr. Parham has served as counsel in numerous bench and jury trials, both within and outside of Tennessee. Mr. Parham's trial experience includes the successful defense of an investor against charges of insider trading brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission: Mr. Parham won a jury verdict in the client’s favor in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Mr. Parham also successfully defended a regional bank against charges of lender liability in a nine-day bench trial held in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Currently, Mr. Parham is representing clients in matters ranging from simple breach of contract claims to complex, multi-party class actions.
Education
J.D., cum laude, Wake Forest University, 1994
Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1993
Authored "U.S. v. Williams: Grist for the Mill of Sentencing Guideline Reform," 28 Wake Forest Law Review 2 (1993)
Recipient, Wake Forest Law Faculty Scholarship
B.B.A., University of Tennessee, 1991
Clerkships and Previous Affiliations
Appellate Court Clerk to the Honorable W. Frank Crawford, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1994-1995
Professional Activities
Member, Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations
Civic and Other Activities
Executive Committee Member and Secretary, Board of Directors of Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Member, Board of Directors of Senior Citizens, Inc.
Member, Sennett Society, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
Professional Licenses
Tennessee
Court Admissions
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee
