Margaret Moore recognized in 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

Wiseman Ashworth Trauger Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024

Wiseman recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants in Nashville

Nashville, TN – Wiseman Ashworth Trauger founding member Thomas A. Wiseman, III, has been recognized as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants in Nashville, in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. He is also listed for his work in Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

In addition, founding member Gail Vaughn Ashworth is listed in the areas of Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. Member Margaret Moore is recognized for her “exceptional” work in Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Anthony Bills is listed for his Litigation – Health Care practice.

Wiseman, founding member at the firm, has been recognized by Best Lawyers® since 1999. He has tried more than 150 jury trials to verdict in Tennessee State and Federal trial courts and in other states. Wiseman is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Foundations. Committed to building professionalism in law, he has taught Trial Advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt Law School for twenty years.

Ashworth has been listed in Best Lawyers® since 1995. Ashworth has extensive experience at the civil and administrative trial and appellate levels as both defense and plaintiff’s counsel. She is also a Tennessee Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator and Family Mediator. She is past president of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations, serves as a trustee of the Nashville Bar Foundation and serves in the ABA House of Delegates.

Moore’s extensive experience representing hospitals and her meticulous nature make her one of the profession’s most thorough and prepared attorneys. She has represented hospitals and medical centers throughout Middle, East and West Tennessee at the trial court and appellate levels. Moore’s trial experience includes cases involving medical/hospital negligence, EMTALA, wrongful death, premises liability and the representation of physicians and hospitals in cases of professional liability. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation and a former Secretary of the Nashville Bar Association.

Bills has spent his professional career handling a variety of matters in all phases of litigation, but his greatest interest and professional pursuit is effective trial advocacy. He has a diverse practice with experience in personal injury, products liability, nursing home litigation, health care law, mental health law, premises liability and fidelity and surety law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and Nashville Bar Association.

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Wiseman Ashworth Trauger focuses on all areas of healthcare liability, including the defense of physicians, hospitals and long-term care facilities in all aspects of litigation in state, federal and administrative courts. The firm also handles healthcare regulation, personal injury and products liability cases, as well as insurance coverage, medical ethics, probate, commercial litigation and employment matters. Wiseman Ashworth Trauger was founded by partners Gail Vaughn Ashworth and Tom Wiseman in 2010. Byron Trauger joined the firm in early 2022. For more information, visit www.watlawgroup.com