Gary has been certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (2012 – present). His experience includes environmental, personal injury, class action, antitrust, health care and construction cases. In addition, he has represented businesses and individuals in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions and conducted numerous internal investigations.
Gary's practice has included representing health care payors and providers in disputes, arbitration, and litigation for more than 15 years. This experience includes par provider contract disputes, prepayment review, CPT coding, managed Medicaid reimbursement, post-pay audits, out-of-network rates, and vendor disputes. Claims asserted or defended include breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, ERISA, state consumer protection act, fraud, recoupment, and False Claims Act. His courtroom experience in these cases includes trials, multi-week arbitration hearings, class certification, and appeals.
His extensive pro bono work has included representation of inmates on Tennessee's death row, veterans, battered women, children and immigrants. He has served in various leadership positions in the Tennessee Bar Association, including on its Board of Governors and as chair of its Litigation and Environmental Law Sections, and as a character and fitness investigator for the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners and a District Hearing Committee officer for the Board of Professional Responsibility. A frequent speaker and author, Gary has published more than 35 articles on evidence, civil and criminal procedure, legal history and related topics.