Our Commitment

Deal, Cooper & Holton only represent injured persons. We have never represented insurance companies, corporations, banks or manufacturers.

Some of the manufacturers, corporations and insurance companies we have sued include:

Sears, John Deere Ford Motor Emerson Electric General Motors Chrysler International Harvester J.I. Case Johnson & Johnson Toshiba Parke-Davis Honeywell State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Allstate Insurance Geico USF&G / St. Paul Great Western Reserve Baptist Health Systems University of Tennessee Medical Group J. B. Hunt Schneider CSX Railroad Northwest Airlines Mitsubishi Brentwood AT&T Dynasteel Cincinnati Buckey Caterpillar Syntex Jensen Del-Jen Warner Lambert Niagra Tool & Die Federal Express State Farm Insurance Nationwide Fireman's Fund CNA Methodist Health Systems Campbell's Clinic Consolidated Freightways Burlington Northern IGC Railroad Delta Airlines

Berry Cooper

Berry Cooper received his JD in 1988 from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis in Tennessee and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee.  Mr. Cooper is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist and is a sustaining member of the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.  He is a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates and is on the Board of Governors of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Cooper concentrates his practice in product liability/pharmaceutical litigation and medical and hospital negligence/malpractice. 

E-Mail: BCooper@dchlaw.com

Licensed in Tennessee

Certified Civil Trial Specialist- Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Tennessee Commission on Specialization.

Professional Organizations

• Sustaining member and Board of Governors of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
• Sustaining member of the American Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of the Memphis Bar Association
• Member of theTrial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
   

Education
 

• Graduated Cum Laude from Lambuth University, Jackson, Tennessee - Bachelor of Science, 1983.
• Graduated from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee - Juris Doctor, 1988. 

Court Admissions

• Tennessee - All Courts
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit - Tennessee 

Areas of Practice

• Medical and Hospital Negligence/Malpractice
• Product Liability
• Motor Vehicle Collision/Personal Injury
• Wrongful Death Torts
• Pharmaceutical Litigation

 

Tim Holton

Timothy Holton received his JD in 1985 from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis, in Tennessee.  He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Florida, Arkansas and Mississippi and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.  He is certified as both a Civil Trial Specialist and Medical Malpractice Specialist.  Mr. Holton is an advocate member of The American Board of Trial Advocates and a sustaining member of the Tennessee Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.  Mr. Holton focuses his practice in the areas of medical and hospital negligence/malpractice; product liability/pharmaceutical litigation.

E-Mail: THolton@dchlaw.com

Licensed in Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi

Civil Trial Specialist - Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Specialization and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Medical Malpractice Specialist - Certified as a Medical Malpractice Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Specialization and by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.

Professional Organizations

• Tennessee Trial Lawyers - Board of Governors and Sustaining Member
• American Inns of Court
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Education

• Graduated from University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee - Bachelor of Arts, 1982.
• Graduated from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee - Juris Doctor, 1985

Court Admissions

• Tennessee - All Courts
• Arkansas - All Courts
• Florida - All Courts
• Mississippi - All Courts
• United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court
   

Areas of Practice

• Medical and Hospital Negligence
• Product Liability
• Motor Vehicle Collision
• Pharmaceutical Litigation.

Carla E. Ryan

Carla E. Ryan received her JD in 1981 from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.  She is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and admitted to practice before the United States District for the Western District of Tennessee.  Ms. Ryan is a Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission Rule 31 Listed Mediator and a Hearing committee Member of the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.  Ms. Ryan is a Member of the Memphis Bar Association and has served as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Social Security Section of the Memphis Bar Association.  She is a past Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Memphis Law School Alumni Association.  Ms. Ryan concentrates her practice in the areas of Workers’ compensation and social security disability. 

Jodi Black

Jodi Black graduated Cum Laude from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in Memphis in 2004, and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee.  During law school, Ms. Black was a member of the University of Memphis Law Review and was selected as a member of Who’s Who Among American Law Students.  Ms. Black is also a registered nurse, graduating with her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Manitoba School of Nursing in 1992.  As a nurse, Ms. Black specialized in cardiovascular intensive care and labor and delivery.  She utilizes her medical background in her law practice, which is focused in the areas of medical and hospital negligence/malpractice, product liability/pharmaceutical litigation and motor vehicle/18 wheeler collisions involving catastrophic injury and/or death.

John R. Holton

John R. Holton graduated Cum Laude from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis, in 2008.  He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and in Arkansas.  While in law school, Mr. Holton worked at the Shelby County Public Defenders Office and participated in the Child and Family Litigation Clinic.  He was the Associate Justice of the Moot Court Board for Mock Trial and competed on the National Mock Trial traveling team.