Buerger. Moseley & Carson offers skilled expertise in Health Care Law, Business Law and Employment Litigation law built upon a core foundation that began in governmental law.  Located in the heart of historic downtown Franklin, Tennessee, Buerger, Moseley and Carson represents a prestigious nation-wide client base of industry leaders. Our individual and diverse backgrounds combine to serve a variety of needs for our clients, from everyday business transactions to litigation.

The attorneys on our team are highly qualified with exceptional credentials, and bring to the firm a collective passion for applying innovation and creativity to meet our clients' objectives.

• Carson, Lisa M.
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  Lisa Carson is a 1991 honors graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court Board, the Order of the Coif and was the recipient of the prestigious Founder’s Medal. She joined the firm as a clerk in 1988, became an associate in 1991 and became a partner in 1996. Lisa splits her practice between health care operations law and defense litigation. She has represented providers in matters concerning peer review, EMTALA, hospital and medical staff bylaws, medical malpractice and credentialing of physicians. She handles a variety of litigation for municipal and other clients, including tort defense, constitutional claims, and employment. As an employment litigator, she has provided legal defense for clients in race, sex, age and disability discrimination actions, harassment cases and retaliatory discharge matters. Community involvement is very important to Lisa. She serves on the Property and Site Selection Committee and Staff/Parish Relations Committees for her church, is an active member of Rotary and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Williamson County Boys and Girls Club. Lisa further mentors aspiring young lawyers by coaching Franklin High School’s Mock Trial Team. She has been an instructor of Business Law and an adjunct professor of Health Care Management at Belmont University. Lisa is presently a member of the Williamson County Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the American Bar Association litigation section and the Tennessee County Attorneys’ Association.

 

• Cook, Robert R.
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  Robert R. Cook is a 2001 honors graduate of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan and an honors political science major at Eastern New Mexico University.  Robert began his legal career as a law clerk for Sidwell & Barrett in Franklin, Tennessee and served an internship at the Law Offices of Bruce Carruthers in Lansing, Michigan, where he drafted buy/sell agreements, stock redemptions and articles of incorporation.   In 2001 he moved to Nashville and became an associate at Baydoun & Reese where he continued working in the areas of contract and business law.  He was hired as an associate at Buerger, Moseley & Carson in 2002 and currently represents Williamson county as the lead attorney on matters pertaining to contracts, building codes, highway issues, information management systems and government operations.  Robert is a member of the Williamson County and Tennessee Bar Associations, as well a board member of the Tennessee County Attorneys Association Board of Directors. 

   

   

• Moseley, Jeffrey D.
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  Jeffrey D. Moseley is a 1986 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School.  He became an Associate at Buerger, Moseley & Carson in 1987, partner in 1990 and senior partner in 2002 upon the retirement of founder Richard Buerger.  Jeff’s practice is focused in the area of health care law. He represents hospitals throughout the United States in relation to medical staff issues, including peer review and credentialing, board and medical staff bylaws, operational issues, EMTALA and contract matters.  His practice also extends to corporate and municipal law.  His published works include Safe Harbor: Changing the Practitioner/Facility Paradigm in 1992, Nashville Medical News, 1992 and Safe Ventures Doctors Take Money Out of Equation, Modern Healthcare Magazine, 1993.   Currently, Jeff is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Williamson County Bar Associations as well as the Tennessee County Attorneys Association and the American Health Lawyers Association.  He has taught seminars and classes in the health care field including:  “Governmental Hospitals: What they Can and Can’t Do in Today’s Changing Health Care Environment”, and Health Care Management and the Law, Belmont University. Jeff, his wife and three children have made their home in Williamson County for 20 years.

• Simonton, W. Kyle
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  W. Kyle Simonton is a 2007 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Law where he was a member of the National Scholars Honor Society and was a student contributor and editor for the Journal of Legal Medicine and Legal Medicine Perspectives. His published works include Problems with the Accommodations Granted to the Disabled During the Administration of the MCAT: Individual State Interests Versus National Uniformity, 27 J. Legal Med. 305 (2006), and Daubert and the Standard of Care, Legal Medicine Perspectives, American College of Legal Medicine (May/June 2006). Kyle was hired by the firm as an associate at Buerger, Moseley & Carson in 2007 and focuses his practice primarily on the area of health care law. Recently, he was awarded with the American College of Legal Medicine’s Letourneau Award for outstanding original commentary in legal medicine. Kyle is currently a member of the American and Tennessee Bar Associations.

 

• Young, Kenneth J.
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  Kenneth J. Young is a life-long resident of Franklin. While in high school, he joined our firm as a courier, worked as a full time law clerk while attending the Nashville School of Law.  He holds a BBA degree from the University of Mississippi, with a major in Banking and Managerial Finance.  Ken concentrates his practice in corporate and business law, serving both for profit and not for profit entities.  He is an active member of the Williamson County Foster Care Review Board, serves on the Board of Directors for the Williamson County Chapter of the American Red Cross, is a member of the Tennessee and Williamson County Bar Associations, and the Williamson County Chamber of Commerce.    An avid triathlete and soccer player himself, he works with the youth of Williamson County by serving as a soccer coach.

 

For more information, call Buerger, Moseley & Carson at (615) 794-8850

Buerger, Moseley & Carson, PLC
306 Public Square
Franklin, TN 37064-2503
Phone: (615) 794-8850
Fax: (615) 790-8861
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