Nashville, Tennessee
- Dallas (Principal Office)
- (214) 780-1400
John Nefflen
John Nefflen
Partner
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1 Music Circle South, Suite 300
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- United States District Court for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Tennessee
- United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, 1997
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Belmont University, 1994
- Lane v. State of Tennessee, CLE for the Belmont University American Inns of Court, March 14, 2017
- How to Enforce Healthcare Non-Compete Agreements, Article for Executive Insight, May 23, 2016
- Rule of Law, Documentary about Lane v. State of Tennessee, 2016
- Cannabis Law, CLE for the Belmont University American Inns of Court, March 15, 2016
- Non-Compete Agreements and Trade Secrets, CLE for the Belmont University American Inns of Court, March 17, 2015
- Copyright Law and Patent Trolling, CLE for the Belmont University American Inns of Court, February 11, 2014
- Landlord-Tenant Law: Best Practices to Improve Your Success as a Tenant, courses in landlord and tenant law presented to clients of Safe Haven Family Shelters, 2014-1016
- Comparative Fault in Audit Malpractice Cases, Article for the Tennessee Bar Journal, September 2013
- Motion Practice Fundamentals, Tennessee Bar Association Online CLE, April 18, 2012
About John Nefflen
John is a seasoned litigator with more than 20 years of experience assisting businesses and individuals with multifaceted legal issues across diverse industries. John represents clients in business disputes, employment matters, construction defects and claims, real estate, and personal injury cases. John has also served as in-house litigation counsel for a publicly traded healthcare company where he managed the company’s liability, commercial, employment, and intellectual property litigation.
John is actively involved in his community. He has been a member of the Safe Haven Family Shelter Board of Directors since 2014 and served as its president from 2017-2019. He has also served as a member of the Belmont University Alumni Board, the Friends of the Arts at Belmont University, and the American Inns of Court at Belmont University College of Law.
John’s experience includes:
- Defending a national long-term skilled nursing company in a Medicare fraud action brought under the False Claims Act
- Defending a national pain treatment company in a Medicare fraud action brought under the False Claims Act
- Representing a national laboratory services provider in claims arising out of a veterinary clinic’s breach of supply agreement
- Defending employees in claims for breach of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, unfair competition, and violation of trade secrets law
- Defending robotics manufacturer in claims related to the design and installation of an automated welding system
- Defending employer in de-gloving/amputation injury
- Defending managing member of limited partnership in partition and accounting action involving fraud claims related to the dissolution of several estate planning entities and family-owned real estate ventures
- Representing international cell tower owner/operator in case involving easement interference by an adjacent landowner
- Representing banks in wrongful foreclosure and fair debt collection practices actions
- Representing liquidating agent for restaurant chain against accounting firm in audit malpractice case
- Representing debtor’s bankruptcy estate to recover funds deposited with the Davidson County Chancery Court Clerk and Master
- Representing apartment complexes to recover overcharges for water consumption based on improper rate classification under the Davidson County Metro Water billing scheme
- Representing homeowners in boundary disputes
- Defending auto repair business in claim for breach of supply contract
- Defending employer in FLSA action
- Representing purchaser of home building kit in claims for breach of contract and violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act
- Defending bank in litigation arising out of allegations of breach of trustee’s fiduciary duties
- Representing landowner in claims for breach of purchase agreement, interference with business relationship, and inducement to breach contract
- Representing a Grammy-award-winning producer in a copyright claim
- Defending medical device manufacturer in products liability action
- Defending manufacturer of cold remedy alleged to cause anosmia in products liability action
- Defending harvester of clams in products liability case involving vibrio vulnificus
- Defending Tennessee county in zoning action
- Defending church in claim for malicious prosecution against former pastor
- Defending Tennessee counties against claims that county courthouses were inaccessible to individuals with mobility disabilities in violation of the ADA
- Defending numerous Tennessee counties in Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability claims
- Defending numerous electric cooperatives throughout the State of Tennessee in electrocution and other personal injury claims
- Representing employees in whistle blower and wrongful termination actions.
