More about the Attorneys of Fox and Farley
Bruce D. Fox
Bruce Fox is a partner and co-founder of Fox and Farley. His personal injury practice focuses on automobile accidents, workers’ compensation, products liability, hospital and nursing home injuries, and trucking litigation. In addition, Bruce has significant multi-state lead counsel class action litigation experience against a variety of defendants. Bruce is co-founder of the Energy Workers’ Legal Resource Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a law firm dedicated to helping local energy workers sick with serious lung diseases, cancers and hearing loss as a result of their work for various Department of Energy contractors.
Bruce has practiced law for over 31 years, and has a long track record of successful client representation at every trial and appellate court level of the Tennessee state judicial system. Bruce has tried over 125 state and federal jury trials to completion, and has tried over 400 nonjury cases as well. Most of his current clients are referrals from past clients and other attorneys, and many of Bruce’s clients have sought his counsel and representation on a repeated basis over the years.
Bruce grew up in Clinton, Tennessee. At home in the hills of rural East Tennessee, Bruce’s physical surroundings were humble, but he was rich in the love of his parents and family. From them, he learned the value of hard work, integrity, and fairness. With little formal education or training, Bruce’s father and family built several successful businesses on the basic principle of dedicated and ethical service to customers, a value that guides Bruce’s practice of law every day.
Bruce attended college and law school at the University of Tennessee. In his sophomore year of college, Bruce began six years of service to his country as a member of the United States Air Force National Guard. Upon graduation from the University of Tennessee College of Law, a professor invited Bruce to study in England, at Cambridge University. Bruce completed an advanced law degree at Cambridge, and holds a LLB in International Law.
Bruce has been honored by many legal organizations and publications. He is a founding member (and current Master of the Bench) of the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court in Knoxville. He is one of approximately 100 Tennessee lawyers selected for membership by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
For 25 years, Bruce has been re-elected annually by his peers to the Board of the Tennessee Association of Justice. In 2007, 2008, and 2009 he was named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers. In 2008 and 2009 Knoxville’s Cityview Magazine named Bruce one of the area’s best workers’ compensation, hospital litigation, auto accident and wrongful death lawyers.
Bruce is a frequent speaker and lecturer to attorneys and judges at seminars and legal education forums throughout the Southeast and Midwest. He has taught on topics ranging from underinsured and uninsured motorist coverage to Tennessee workers’ compensation law to automobile and truck accident law.
In early 2008, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen appointed Bruce to serve as a member of Tennessee’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. Bruce works in this capacity to shape legislative policy and law applicable to the rights of injured workers in Tennessee.
Bruce believes strongly in the rights of children, particularly injured or special needs children. For the past seven years, he has worked with the East Tennessee Chapter of the Autism Society of America in its efforts to raise funds and promote awareness of autism and autism-related issues. Bruce has contributed many hours towards the goal of increasing autism awareness through public and private fundraising to benefit the East Tennessee Chapter of the Autism Society of America.
Bruce is married to Mary Jane Fox and lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has six grown children and three grandchildren. Away from work, Bruce spends time with his family, enjoys traveling, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and South America. He is an avid snowskier, hunter, and golfer, and dotes on his three beloved Labrador Retrievers, Echo, Hank, and Lacey.
John WiIlis
John Willis grew up in the town of Rogersville, Tennessee watching his father practice law. As he grew up, he learned from his father how much an attorney could help others in the community. Armed with this knowledge, John went on to Vanderbilt University, graduating in 3 years, and then on to law school at the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1996.
Since that time, John has been handling personal injury cases in state and federal courts in East Tennessee since 1997. During that time, Mr. Willis has tried cases before juries in most counties in East Tennessee, from the Tri-Cities down to Chattanooga, as well as Federal District Court. John is an active participant in many attorney organizations, and is a member of the Knoxville (Executive Committee, Barristers 1999-2003, Pro Bono Project Advisory Board, 2002-2004, Membership Committee, 2007), Anderson County (Secretary-Treasurer 2009) and Tennessee Bar Association (Litigation Section Executive Committee, 2002-2006); he is also a member of the Tennessee and American Associations of Justice.
Mr. Willis spent his first years in practice representing defendants in personal injury litigation, including insurance companies, health care providers and trucking companies. Recalling the lessons learned from his dad about helping people in the community, he joined Fox & Farley in 2005, refocusing his practice exclusively on representing injured parties, and using his experience for victims of wrongdoing. When he isn’t practicing law, John most enjoys spending time and traveling with his young son and wife. On occasion, he sneaks away for some trout fishing or golf.
Laura Bradley Myers
Laura has successfully led the prosecution and defense in cases at every level of the Tennessee court system. She grew up in Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Florida. She brings significant professional experience in sales and marketing to Fox and Farley.
She worked in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Tennessee Supreme Court, serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Adolpho A. Birch, Jr. One of her published works on emotional distress claims in Tennessee fear-of-AIDS cases was cited by the Tennessee Supreme Court in a published opinion. (Amos v. Vanderbilt University, 62 S.W.3d 133 (Tenn. 2001)).
She is a member of the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court, and an active member of the Knoxville Bar Association, where she has served recently as co-chair of the KBA’s Functions (Golden Gala) Committee.
In January 2009, Laura became an adjunct professor of law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she teaches pretrial litigation. Laura’s additional professional memberships include the Tennessee Bar Association, the Anderson County Bar Association, and the Tennessee Association for Justice.
Michael S. Farley
Michael was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 12, 1969. His memberships include the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.
Michael R. Kelley
Mike was raised in the small town of Oliver Springs. After completing his degree in Georgia, Mike began a law enforcement career. At the Clinton Police Department, Mike rose to the rank of sergeant and became an instructor in DUI enforcement, defensive tactics, and emergency vehicle operations. He was an adjunct instructor at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Nashville.
While at the Clinton Police Department, Mike decided to pursue his dream of becoming an attorney, left the department, and enrolled at the Nashville School of Law. Mike graduated from law school in the top ten percent of his class and was named to the prestigious Honorable Society of Cooper’s Inn for academic excellence.
Mike is the first member of his law school graduating class to successfully argue a case before the Tennessee Supreme Court. It set a precedent in Tennessee domestic relations law (Ledbetter v. Ledbetter, S.W.3d 681). He is an active member and past president of the Anderson County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.
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