Alex Hall

Litigation Attorney

Memphis
T: 901.577.2252
F: 901.577.2303

Alex Hall is a litigation attorney in the Firm's Memphis office and a member of the Health Care Litigation Group.

Professional Biography

Alex assists clients in a variety of litigation matters, including health care liability, commercial litigation, employment law, insurance defense, personal injury, products liability, and torts. In addition to his litigation experience, Alex has experience in gaming law and intellectual property.

Alex has an extensive background defending health care providers, employers, corporations, and franchisees in state and federal courts. He has obtained multiple case dismissals in the early stages of litigation and has tried cases to favorable jury and bench verdicts. Additionally, he has advised digital growth-stage companies operating in the sports gambling and fantasy sports space on compliance and regulatory issues, and he regularly speaks about gaming-related topics at legal conferences across the state.

Obtained a jury verdict in a medical malpractice trial involving allegations that an anesthesiologist deviated from the standard of care while performing a femoral nerve block.
Drafted and argued a motion to exclude expert witness testimony resulting in dismissal of a premises liability action against a national historic landmark one week before trial.
Obtained a bench verdict in a breach of contract action involving constructive eviction and obligations under the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act.
Successfully argued a motion to set aside default judgment two years after issuance based on insufficient service of process.
Drafted argument in appellate brief that successfully affirmed dismissal of claims brought under the Tennessee Health Care Liability Act against attorneys of a foreign adoption agency.
Collaborated with counsel for a global technology company in successfully quashing a deposition subpoena issued in multi-district medical device litigation to a former company executive.
Obtained early dismissal of a trade secrets misappropriation suit against a national advertising company by establishing that plaintiff had insufficient evidence to support its claims following discovery.

Member – Tennessee Bar Association, Sports and Entertainment Law Section (2019 – present)
- Executive Council Chair (2022 – 2023)
Associate Member – Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (2018 – present)
Recipient – Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing (2020)
Recipient – Best Bluebooking Award by the Law Review Editorial Board at The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

"The Borrower's Fallacy: The High Cost of Betting with House Money" (January 2021)
"Place Your Bets: Tennessee's Sport Gaming Act Begins July 1," (Cover Story) Tennessee Bar Journal (July 2019)

Speaker – "American Sports Betting: 5 Years in the Making," Belmont Law (May 2023)
Moderator – "Sports Betting Goes Live in Tennessee," TBA Sports Law Forum (May 2021)
Speaker – "The United States of Sports Gambling: Life After PASPA," Memphis Bar Association (February 2019)
Moderator – "Legal Considerations and Uncertainties in the New Age of American Sports Gambling," Nashville Bar Association Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Institute (December 2018)

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Education

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, J.D., 2015
University of Georgia, B.A., 2007

Admissions

Tennessee, 2016
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2016

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