Hunter Brush has extensive experience counseling clients through complex civil litigation matters. Mr. Brush regularly handles contract disputes, real estate deal and brokerage litigation, construction litigation, banking litigation, consumer financial services litigation, disputed dissolutions, and government regulation disputes. Mr. Brush’s practice requires him to appear in state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, and administrative law proceedings.
Overview
Hunter Brush has extensive experience counseling clients through complex civil litigation matters. Mr. Brush regularly handles contract disputes, real estate deal and brokerage litigation, construction litigation, banking litigation, consumer financial services litigation, disputed dissolutions, and government regulation disputes. Mr. Brush’s practice requires him to appear in state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, and administrative law proceedings.
Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Government Relations
- Real Estate Development & Finance
- Appellate & Written Advocacy
- Professional Liability
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Business Torts & Unfair Competition
- Construction & Building Products Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
- Products, Catastrophic & Industrial Litigation
Industry
About
Hunter has extensive experience counseling clients through complex civil litigation in state and federal courts. He handles contract disputes, real estate deal and brokerage litigation, construction litigation, disputed dissolutions, business torts and appellate work. He also has experience in arbitration proceedings, including proceedings before the American Arbitration Association (AAA).
Hunter obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Sewanee: The University of the South and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee. He has been listed as a Super Lawyers® Mid-South Rising Star and Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch. He is admitted to the Tennessee State Bar, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee. Hunter is a member of the American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association and Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel.
Experience
- Obtained successful ruling in an AAA proceeding on behalf of large residential developer against an owner alleging claims of breach of contract and fraud. (August 2020).
- Obtained successful ruling in an arbitration proceeding on behalf of real estate brokerage firm and its existing members against a dissociating member. (March 2018).
- Represented tenants in highly-publicized litigation related to landlords’ efforts to terminate lease agreements.
- Obtained dismissal in a state court proceeding for a seller’s real estate agent and firm in a proceeding brought by a buyer. Timothy Starnes, et al. v. Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC, et al., Case No. 94CH1-2014-CV-42993, Chancery Court for Williamson County, Tennessee.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of trucking company in a personal injury action in state court. Irish Lee v. J.B. Hunt Transport Corporation, et al., Case No. 2017-18, Circuit Court for Williamson County, Tennessee.
- Represented the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee before the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of Living Waters Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- Obtained and enforced judgment on behalf of contractor in a breach of contract / foreclosure of mechanic’s lien proceeding in state court. Williams Foundation, LLC v. Daniel and Christel Gory, Case No. 32159, Chancery Court for Bedford County, Tennessee.
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Appellate Practice, 2021-2025
- Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2025
- Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2021-2025
- Ones to Watch, Government Relations Practice, 2021-2025
- Ones to Watch, Litigation – Construction, 2021-2025
- Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law, 2021-2025
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Rising Star, Business Litigation, 2019-2022
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 2012
- U.S. District Courts
- Tennessee: Middle, Eastern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 6th Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Education
- University of Tennessee, J.D., with honors, 2012
- Dean’s List
- Editor, The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
- Internship, Federal Bankruptcy Judge George C. Paine, II, Middle District of Tennessee
- Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., History, 2007
- Order of the Gownsman
- Phi Alpha Theta
- TONYA Economics Scholarship
- Former Alumni Volunteer
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Association
- Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Co-Author, "Expert Evidence in the Sixth Circuit," Scientific Evidence Review: Admissibility and Use of Expert Evidence in the Courtroom (Monograph No. 9), ABA Section of Science and Technology Law, 2013.
Civic Involvement
- Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn., Member
- Westminster School of Young Children, Board Member
- Coach, Youth Sports
- Economic Club of Nashville