Rote, Frank C.

Jeffrey S. Rosenblum concentrates his legal practice in the areas of catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and civil rights law. Jeff has served as lead council in numerous personal injury, medical malpractice and civil rights jury trials and has successfully argued cases before both the state and federal appellate courts. Jeff has prevailed in some high profile cases such as a recent matter where he obtained an $8.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice case in which the defense refused to offer any settlement prior to trial. He has also obtained numerous verdicts for his clients and has recovered millions of dollars in settlements throughout the years.

He has earned a reputation as a premier trial attorney and has been applauded for his creative and aggressive approach in handing cases. He has been successful in handling a wide variety of cases ranging from motor vehicle accidents involving tractor trailers to attempted suicides at a local juvenile detention facility. He is routinely asked to speak on issues related to personal injury and civil rights law by his peers and various professional organizations. See below for recent seminar topics. Jeff frequently appears as a legal pundit for local news media.

After graduating from law school with honors, Jeff clerked for the Honorable Robert McRae, a prominent federal judge who greatly influenced his legal philosophy. Jeff then practiced with a 450 person law firm in Dallas, Texas before returning to Memphis, Tennessee in 1993 to focus on catastrophic injury and individual rights law.

He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, the Memphis Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He was recently named a Mid South Super Lawyer, a honor reserved for only 5% of lawyers in Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. Jeff was an adjunct professor at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis where he taught Mediation and Settlement Negotiation Skills. He is a regular speaker for the Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations.

Jeff regularly appears in Entertaining Motions, presented by the Memphis Bar Association to raise money for Memphis Legal Services. Jeff was selected for the honor of purchasing the first season ticket to the Memphis Grizzlies. He was also recognized in 2001 by the Memphis Flyer Top 40 Under 40.