Mark P. Chalos
Partner
Nashville
Practice Areas Include: Consumer Protection, Defective
Products, Personal Injury and Torts
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in Tennessee,
1998; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1999; U.S. District Court,
Middle District of Tennessee, 1999; U.S.D.C., Western District of Tennessee,
2001; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2006.
Education
Emory University School of
Law (J.D., 1998); Dean's List; Award for Highest Grade, Admiralty Law;
Research Editor, Emory International Law Review; Phi Delta Phi
Legal Fraternity; Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1995).
Honors & Awards
“Best of the Bar,” Nashville Business Journal, 2008-2009; “Top 40 Under 40,” The Tennessean, 2004; "Rising Star," Law & Politics,
2008.
Publications, Presentations & Appointments
“Successfully Suing Foreign Manufacturers,” TRIAL Magazine, November 2008; "Washington
bureaucrats taking over American justice system," Tennessean.com,
December 2007; "The End of Meaningful Punitive Damages," Nashville
Bar Journal, November 2001; "Is Civility Dead?" Nashville
Bar Journal, October 2003; “The FCC: The Constitution, Censorship,
and a Celebrity Breast,” Nashville Bar Journal, April 2005.
Member
American Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Tennessee Bar Association; Board of Directors,
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Nashville Bar Association; Past-Chair,
ABA YLD Criminal & Juvenile Justice Committee; American Bar Association
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Professionalism Committee
YLD liaison; Board of Directors, Nashville Bar Association YLD; Chair,
Nashville Bar Association YLD Continuing Legal Education and Professional
Development Director; Tennessee Association for Justice (Board of Governors,
2008-2009; Board of Directors; Legislative Committee); Nashville Bar Journal,
Editorial Board; Member, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court (2002-2004);
Grant Review Panelist, Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission; Founding
Member, Young Professionals Program, Frist Center for the Visual Arts;
President, Kappa Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association.