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Sam Blair

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Sam Blair is the Firm's General Counsel and has extensive litigation experience in the areas of medical device, pharmaceutical drug, products liability, mass tort, MDL, professional liability and general business litigation.

Professional Biography


Mr. Blair has extensive litigation experience in the areas of medical device, pharmaceutical drug, products liability, mass tort, MDL, professional liability and general business litigation. Mr. Blair was very involved in the breast implant litigation and orthopedic bone/spinal screw litigation.

He has been national and regional coordinating counsel in the Breast Implant, Spinal Screw, Children's Vaccine, Fen-Phen, HRT and AWP litigation. Mr. Blair has represented clients in insurance coverage, non-compete contract and wrongful death cases. He also has experience regarding environmental issues, condemnation and real estate litigation. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mr. Blair served as a law clerk to Appellate Court Judge W. Frank Crawford in the Western Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals from 1983 to 1984. Mr. Blair was chairman of the Conflicts and Ethics Committee for approximately 15 years, claims counsel since 2002 and General Counsel since January 1, 2005 for the Firm.

  • Listed since 2005 in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation since 2006; Mass Tort Litigation /Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants since 2011; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants since 2012; Bet-the-Company Litigation since 2013
  • Named the Best Lawyers® 2016 Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" in Memphis
  • Selected to Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2006; named among top 50 attorneys in Memphis, 2007 and 2023; named among top 100 attorneys in Tennessee, 2023
  • Member – Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations
  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Law Clerk to Appellate Court Judge Frank W. Crawford, Western Section, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1983 – 1984
  • Board Member – University of Memphis School of Law Alumni Board
  • President of Park Friends, Inc.

Education

  • University of Memphis, J.D., 1983
  • University of Virginia, B.S., Systems Engineering, 1979

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1984
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • All Tennessee Courts
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

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