Professional Experience

• Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, serving as First Assistant the last three years, 1971-1977

Education

J.D., Memphis State University School of Law, 1971

Case Comment Editor of the Law Review

Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board

B.B.A., cum laude, Memphis State University, 1968

Distinctions

• Special Commendation for Outstanding Service, presented by United States Attorney General, 1976
• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Securities Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants 1999-2021
• Best Lawyers® Memphis
• 2022 Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" 
• 2021 Litigation - Bet-the-Company "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2019 Litigation - Securities "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2015 Litigation - Securities "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2015 Litigation - Banking & Finance "Lawyer of the Year
• 2014 Product Liability Litigation - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2014 Bet-the-Company Litigation "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2013 Litigation-Banking & Finance "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2012 Bet-the-Company Litigation "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2011 Product Liability Litigation "Lawyer of the Year"
• 2010 Personal Injury Litigation "Lawyer of the Year"
• Inside Memphis Business 2015 Power Player
• Recognized as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation 2017
• Recognized as a Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation 2013
• Who’s Who Legal USA in the field of commercial litigation
• Memphis Business Quarterly 2011 Power Player
• Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 100 in Tennessee and Top 50 in Memphis (2006-2019)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers in the field of Business Litigation (2006-2019, 2021 - present)
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, in Commercial Litigation
• Highest Professional Rating (AV®) by Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Activities

• Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations, Director of the MBA
• Memphis and Tennessee Bar Foundations
• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Master of the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court
• American Board of Trial Advocates

• Mr. Reid has served as lead counsel on a number of lender liability claims and has been involved in a number of breach of contract, computer fraud and tortious interference claims on behalf of financial institutions.
• Michelson v. Medtronic Patent Litigation (W.D. Tenn.)

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