ARTHUR C. GRISHAM PERSONAL: Born Knoxville, TN; raised in ...

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Associate - General insurance defense work. 1975: Goins, Gammon, Baker, Robinson &. Grisham. Partner - Insurance defense work, with emphasis on airplaneĀ ...
ARTHUR C. GRISHAM PERSONAL: Born Knoxville, TN; raised in Iuka, MS and Kingston, TN; wife, Dorothy, is an Exclusive Agent with Allstate Insurance; two adult children; resident of Chattanooga since 1971; Elder, New City Fellowship Church; Past Member, Chattanooga Area Men's Ministry Network (in support of Promise Keepers); Chairman, Chattanooga Wastewater Regulations Board since 1978; Bethel Bible Village Board of Directors 1981-1985 (member of Executive Committee 1983-1985; Chairman of Board 1985). Hope for the Inner City Board of Directors 2003 - 2010 (Chairman & President 2004-2009, Immediate Past President 2010) EDUCATION: Public elementary and secondary schools in Kingston, TN University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee -Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management, 1965 -Juris Doctorate, 1971 MILITARY: UNITED STATES ARMY Jul. 1965: HQ, I Corps, Uijongbu, Korea; Personnel Management Officer Aug. 1966: HQ, U.S. Army Depot, Nancy, France; Administrative Services Officer Jan. 1967: British Ministry of Defence, London, Eng.; Liaison Officer Mar. 1967: HQ, U.S. Army, United Kingdom, R.A.F. Burtonwood, Warrington, England; Adjutant Jan. 1968: HQ, TASCOM, Worms, Germany; Protocol Officer Aug. 1969: Honorable Discharge, Captain; Award: Distinguished Service Medal BAR MEMBERSHIP AND ASSOCIATIONS: -Admitted to Practice: in all Tennessee Courts, and in the Federal Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee and in the Sixth United States Circuit Court of Appeals -Member: Tennessee Bar Association (Former Member General Sessions Practice Committee; current member executive committee Creditors Practice Section) Chattanooga Bar Association (Board of Governors 1978-80; President 1981; Chair, Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee) National Association of Retail Collections Attorneys Fellow, Chattanooga Bar Foundation

LEGAL CAREER: 1971: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau

Staff Attorney Manager, Enforcement Division

1973: Goins, Gammon, Baker & Robinson

Associate - General insurance defense work

1975: Goins, Gammon, Baker, Robinson & Grisham

Partner - Insurance defense work, with emphasis on airplane crash litigation, and professional liability defense - doctors, lawyers, engineers and architects

1979: Smith & Grisham 1985: Smith, Grisham & Knight 1987: Grisham & Knight 1995: Grisham, Knight & Hooper

Partner - General practice, with emphasis on commercial law, creditor bankruptcy law, and litigation.

2009: Solo Practitioner

General Practice - personal injury, probate, defense of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and other consumer rights claims

LECTURER IN FIELD: -"Creditors' Rights and Protection of Security Interests in Bankruptcy" -"The Legal Issues of Problem Collections in Tennessee" -"Debt Collection Procedures, Laws, and Ethics" -"Getting Paid for Your Services" -"Advanced Real Estate Law in Tennessee" -"How to Get Results in Collection of Delinquent Debts in Tennessee" -"Effective Mortgage Foreclosure Techniques" -"Quality of Life in the Practice of Law" (annually since 1995)