Managing Attorney and Senior Litigator Michael D. Ponce is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education, and Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He’s also a member of the American Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice. Mr. Ponce is a former clerk to Hon. Judge John Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals (5th Cir.). He received his Juris Doctor cum laude from Tulane University in New Orleans. He also has an MBA and a BS from Suffolk University in Boston. Noteworthy Appellate Cases Montgomery v Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. M2001-01718-WC-R3-CV, 2002 2002 WL 1364028 (Tenn. W.C. Panel 2002) Seminars Taught Damages in Tennessee Civil Trial Practice, NBI Balancing Ethics and Professionalism in the Law for Tennessee Attorneys, NBI Auto Accident & Evidence Reconstruction, NBI Awards and Recognitions Million Dollar Advocates Super Lawyers