Rebecca Brake Murray 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Of Counsel
phone (865) 546-1000
fax (865) 546-1001
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REBECCA (BECKY) BRAKE MURRAY is Of Counsel in the Knoxville, Tennessee office of Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC, which she joined in March 2010.  Becky has been a litigation attorney since 1985, practicing civil litigation with an emphasis in employment law and nursing home defense litigation in state and federal courts.  Becky is also a TN Sup. Ct. Rule 31 Approved Mediator. Becky received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan with a certificate in physical therapy.  She attended Case Western Reserve University where she obtained a Masters Degree in Health Sciences Education.  Becky worked as a physical therapist in Detroit and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before moving to Cleveland, Ohio where she taught in the Physical Therapist Assisting program at Cuyahoga Community College.  She attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was an editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. Becky received her law degree from the University of Tennessee.  She is a past president of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and served on the Board of Governors for the Knoxville Bar Association for three years.  

Areas of Practice:
Civil Litigation
Employment Law
Litigation Percentage:
95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1988
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2006
Education:
University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1985
J.D.


Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
Law Review: Cleveland State Law Review, Editor


University of Michigan, 1971
B.S.


Case Western Reserve University, 1978
M.S. Health Sciences Education


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
Past President


Tennessee Bar Association
Member


Defense Research Institute
Member


Knoxville Bar Association
Board of Governors (2005-2007)


Tennessee Bar Foundation
IOLTA Grant Review Committee (1998-2000)




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