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 ANDREW T. WAMPLER
Shareholder
423/723-0418 phone
423/723-0429 fax
awampler@wwmgs.com email
Andy Wampler grew up in the Tri-Cities area and returned here to practice law in 2001. His areas of practice include medical malpractice defense, employment law, business and commercial litigation, contracts, and class actions. He has been involved in the litigation of many claims, as counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants, in state and federal court, and before the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Tennessee Supreme Court.
In addition to litigation, Mr. Wampler reviews and negotiates vendor, employment, services, and construction contracts. He serves several organizations as counselor and volunteer. Mr. Wampler has written and spoken on various legal topics, with his work being cited by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and used by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for training. He lives in Kingsport with his wife Jenny and their three children, and he is active in the community through numerous organizations.
Professional Activities:
Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, District I Hearing Officer - appointed by Tennessee Supreme Court
Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Program, 2009
American Bar Association (Science and Technology Law Section; Medical Research Committee; Health Law Section)
Tennessee Bar Association (Health Care Law Section; Litigation Section)
Kingsport Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
4ALL pro bono Legal Services Program
Instructor, English Department, University of Tennessee, 1997-98
Publications:
Ethics and Management of E-discovery, TENN. B.J., Oct. 2008.
Preventing Computer Malpractice, TENN. B.J., July 2004.
To Be or Not To Be in Tennessee: Deciding Surrogate Issues, 34 MEM. L. REV. 333 (2004).
Digital Discovery: Electronic Options Make Search for Evidence a New Adventure, TENN. B.J., February 2004.
Timely Answer After Denial of a Rule 12 Motion, TENN. B.J., July 2003.
Fly in the Buttermilk: the Tennessee Supreme Court's Desire to Dispense with Layman Common Sense and the Medical Malpractice Locality Rule, 69 TENN. L. REV. 385 (2002).
Co Author, Skimming the Trout from the Milk: Using Circumstantial Evidence to Prove Product Defects Under the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability Section 3, Tennessee and Beyond, 68 TENN. L. REV. 647 (2001).
AFLA Compendium excerpt on Tenn. products liability (1999, 2000).
Knoxville Bar Association Legal Lines, Tennessee tort law (1999).
Presentations:
Document Retention Policies, Tennessee Chamber, 2008
E-discovery Ethics, Tennessee Bar Association, 2008
Sexual Harassment Principles, Rotary 2008
Electronic Workplace Issues for HR 2008
Workplace Investigations, Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 2007
Tennessee Employment Law Update, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, 2007
Federal E-discovery Rules, 2006
Endowment Trust Fund Principles, 2007
Employment Law Primer, WCI, 2006
Computer Malpractice, 2005
Electronic Discovery Basics, 2005
Res Ipsa Loquitur in Medical Malpractice, 2003
Recognitions and Awards:
Kingsport Volunteer Appreciation Recognition, 2009
Frank K. Moore Keyperson of the Year, 2009
Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International 2008
40 Under 40, Tri-Cities Business Journal, 2006
Who’s Who of Professionals, Madison, 2005-2006
Who’s Who in Business, Prestige, 2005
Leadership Kingsport, Class 2003-2004
Omicron Delta Kappa
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis, 1997-1998
Hamilton J. Burnett American Inns of Court, past member
Community Service:
First Baptist Church of Kingsport - Deacon, Chair of Endowment Team, 2007-2008
United Way of Greater Kingsport - Chair of Human Relations Committee; Executive Committee
Boys and Girls Club, Board of Directors - President
Boys and Girls Club Foundation Board of Directors
Small Miracles Therapuetic Horseback Riding, Advisory Board
Rotary Sunrise Club of Kingsport
Kingsport Jaycees - President 2007
Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, Board
LINK Council - Chair, Logistics, 2007-2008
Miss Kingsport Scholarship Pageant Committee
Legal Aid of East Tennessee, pro bono representation
American Heart Association, Kingsport Council 2004
Education:
J.D., (magna cum laude), University of Tennessee College of Law (2001)
M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, English (1997)
B.A., (summa cum laude), Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, English/Political Science, with Honors Designation (1995)
Educational Achievement:
Mr. Wampler was awarded the William M. Leech Memorial Scholarship, Distinguished Student Attorney Service Award, and the Jerry J. Phillips Comment Award at the University of Tennessee School of Law. He was a member of the Tennessee Law Review, serving as Articles Editor. Mr. Wampler completed an Advocacy Concentration while taking part in the Legal Clinic. He served as the head representative for BAR/BRI and was elected to "Who's Who: American Law Students" and Sigma Tau Delta. He was recognized for academic excellence in Products Liability, Trial Practice, Advanced Trial Advocacy, Advocacy Clinic, Criminal Law and Law & Literature. During graduate school and college, he was awarded two graduate fellowships, the Presbyterian National Service Grant, and other scholarships and awards. He has taught college level literature and composition, has presented seminars at local, regional, and national meetings and conferences, and his poetry has been published in several sources. He has made legal presentations on employer issues, electronic discovery, and medical malpractice.
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