Mr. Bednarz’s practice focuses on representing people that have been injured as a result of the negligence of others, including medical malpractice cases, auto and trucking litigation, and cases involving defective products. He has also been extensively involved in breach of contract litigation involving tens of millions of dollars and insurance litigation.
He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel’s Top One Percent. Mr. Bednarz is a member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers, the Nashville Bar Association, and the Sumner County Bar Association as well as the American Association for Justice’s Birth Trauma Litigation Group.
Mr. Bednarz has been admitted to practice before
- The United States Supreme Court,
- The United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
- The United States Federal District Courts for the Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Tennessee.
- The Tennessee Supreme Court,
- The Tennessee Court of Appeals,
- All Tennessee Trial Courts
Mr. Bednarz has obtained millions of dollars in jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of families and individuals that have experienced great loss as a result of the wrongful conduct of others, including multiple 7 and 8 figure jury verdicts and settlements. He has represented clients successfully in cases against Ford, General Motors, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, major trucking companies, many major hospitals, major insurance companies, numerous physicians, and cases against governments at the federal, state and local level.
Mr. Bednarz has also been instrumental in shaping and clarifying personal injury law in Tennessee. Because of the nature of the cases he has been involved in, many go up to the appellate courts regardless of the outcome. Bednarz and Bednarz has been very successful in those appeals. Please see our representative cases for links to our appellate cases.
Mr. Bednarz is a licensed pilot and a former Class A member of the Professional Golfer’s Association of America.
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Auto Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Product Liability
- Nursing Home
- Commercial Litigation
- Aviation Cases (Licensed Pilot)
Bar Admissions
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Tennessee Supreme Court 1997
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Tennessee Court of Appeals
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All Tennessee Trial Courts
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Federal District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Middle District of Tennessee
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United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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United States Supreme Court
Professional Associations
- American Association for Justice (Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers
- Nashville Bar Association
- Sumner County Bar Association
- Tennessee Association for Justice
Education
- Hendersonville High School 1977
- Middle Tennessee State University 1993
- Nashville School of Law 1997