Mark W. Litchford recently received advanced level training, from the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, on how to Fight The Lack Of Convergence Test. Mark received training on the issues with the Lack of Convergence Test. Important issues include: the test may not be reliable because some people normally have the inability to cross their eyes, officers can produce an adverse outcome if they fail to let a person wear their glasses during the test, and officers can also produce an adverse outcome if they bring the stimulus in closer than 2 inches from the bridge of the nose.

The American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys has compiled information from Judges, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors (the Top DUI Prosecutors in each State), DUI Prosecutors, current Law Enforcement Officers, former Law Enforcement Officers, and DUI Defense Attorneys to determine exactly what skills, knowledge, training, tools, resources, and strategies win the most DUI cases at trial and are also used to get DUI cases successfully resolved for the defense prior to trial.

When people need a DUI Attorney, the biggest challenge is knowing whether or not an attorney truly has the skills, knowledge, training, tools, resources, and strategies that are needed to successfully resolve and win DUI cases. Countless attorneys handle DUI cases. But, only a very small percentage have the skills, knowledge, training, tools, resources, and strategies that are needed to successfully resolve and win DUI cases.

Members of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys have received advanced level training on the strategies that win the most DUI cases at trial and are also used to get DUI cases successfully resolved for the defense prior to trial. Members of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys also have access to the resources and tools that are used to win and successfully resolve DUI cases and these are resources and tools that only a very small percentage of DUI attorneys have access to and use.

 

Mark W. Litchford, Esq.

Director

LICENSED IN TENNESSEE & GEORGIA

Location:         Chattanooga, Tennessee

Phone:             423-752-0589
888-463-8117 (Toll Free)

Fax:                 423-756-0643

Email:             E-mail Me (mlitchford@gkhpc.com)

Assistant:        Phillis Moseley

Webpage:        http://www.gkhpc.com/Attorney-Profiles/Mark-Litchford-Esq.shtml

Mark is a director of Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. and serves as chair of the firm’s recruiting services and also serves on the firm’s marketing committee.  Mark is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Georgia and concentrates his practice in representing clients in Personal Injury, Criminal Defense (concentration D.U.I.), Property, and complex Commercial Litigation.  In March 2016, Mark was admitted as a member into the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys.

Mark has extensive trial experience in representing clients in a variety of areas, including personal injury, criminal defense, employee non-compete agreements, federal and state constitutional law, real property disputes, adversarial bankruptcy proceedings, negligent construction, unemployment and discrimination actions, Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, commercial and corporate shareholder disputes, public records actions, and general governmental regulatory actions.

Mark also routinely practices as the appellate level, having represented clients on appeals in federal and state courts involving a variety of subjects, including landowner tax disputes, federal and state constitutional law, civil rights, competitive business practices, and Tennessee Open Records Act.

A native of Crossville, Tennessee, Mark attended The McCallie School of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, for both his undergraduate and Master’s degree.  Mark received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the Cecil C. Humphries School of Law at Memphis University and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity and an active participant in the Mock Trial and Advanced Moot Court competitions.  Mark was also the recipient of the CALI Award given to the student with the top overall score in Property and was also the recipient of the Cicero Award for outstanding oral argument performance in Legal Methods.

Prior to joining Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison in 2008, Mark clerked for the Honorable W. Neil Thomas, III, of the Circuit Court for Hamilton County, Tennessee, and also clerked for the firm as a summer associate.  Mark also taught calculus, geometry and algebra at the Boyd Buchanan School in Chattanooga for three years prior to attending law school.

Mark is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Chattanooga Bar Associations and is licensed to practice in Tennessee, Georgia, the Eastern District of Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee

J.D. cum laude – 2008

Honors: Member, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

Honors: Mock Trial and Advanced Moot Court Competitions

Honors: Recipient, CALI Award

Honors: Recipient of the Cicero Award

David Lipscomb University

M.Ed. – 2004

David Lipscomb University

B.S. – 2001

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee
  • Georgia
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Publications

State ex rel. Commissioner, Department of Transportation v. Dyskin, No. E201302286COAR3CV, 2015 WL 382709 (Tenn. Ct. App. January 29, 2015)

Argued case before Tennessee Court of Appeals and successfully represented claimants in eminent domain action and tax disbursement dispute between land owners.

United Pet Supply, Inc. v. City of Chattanooga, No. 13-5181, 768 F.3d 464 (6th Cir. September 18, 2014)

Obtained partial reversal for defendants in interlocutory appeal challenging denial of qualified immunity in 42 U.S.C. 1983 action.

Rebecca Little v. City Of Chattanooga, No. E2013-00838-COA-R3CV, 2014 WL 605430 (Tenn. Ct. App. February 14, 2014)

Successfully represented Chattanooga citizen on appeal to obtain all attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs in connection with Tennessee Open Records action under T.C.A. § 10-7-501 et seq.

Rebecca Little v. City of Chattanooga, No. E2011-027-24-COAR3CV, 2012 WL 4358174 (Tenn. Ct. App. September 25, 2012)

Argued case before Tennessee Court of Appeals and successfully represented Chattanooga citizen to obtain access to public documents willfully withheld by government officials.

Konvalinka v. Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority, 2009 WL 1530194 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 02, 2009)

Handled appeal and successfully obtained reversal for client on appeal challenging claim by defendant that certain documents were protected from disclosure by Tennessee Public Records Act.

Rudek v. Frederick J. Hanna & Associates, P.C., No. 1:08–CV–288, 2009 WL 385804 (E.D. Tenn. Feb. 17, 2009)

Successfully defended client by obtaining summary judgment on fair debt collection practices action.

Marion Anthony Allen d/b/a Associated Roofing Service v. Steven B. Hobbs, Neil A. Highfield and Foametix of Chattanooga, LLC, Hamilton County Chancery Court, Case No. 11-0058 (Hamilton County, Tennessee)

Successfully defended clients in obtaining denial of injunctive relief action for alleged breach of employee non-compete agreement.

Andrews v. East Tennessee Children’s Hosp. Ass’n., Inc., No. 1:07-CV-288, 2008 WL 4646115 (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 17, 2008).

Successfully represented plaintiff in obtaining denial of summary judgment in claim for racial discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Tennessee Human Rights Act.

Presentations

2016 The Business of Lawyering: Professional Development for Today’s Attorney’s

Presented seminar focusing on ethical aspects of the legal profession involving attorney-client relationship

2014 Driving Under the Influence Seminar (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Presented seminar on current Tennessee DUI laws and minimum sentencing requirements.

2013 Landlord-Tenant Law (Sterling Education Services) Seminar

Presented seminar on Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act of Tennessee T.C.A. § 66-28-101.

2013 Estate Planning Needs (Daughters of American Revolution) Seminar

Presented seminar on estate planning matters involving trusts, tax-exempt gifts, and other related testamentary tax planning issues.

2012 Fair Labor Standards Act (Tennessee Bar Association) Seminar

Presented seminar on current FLSA exemptions and changes on executive employee exemptions.

 

To learn more about Mark W. Litchford, please visit http://www.gkhpc.com or https://www.aapda.org/directory/name/mark-litchford/

To learn more about the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, please visit https://www.aapda.org/

 

Information in this news release is the opinion of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys (AAPDA), and the use of the AAPDA logo, is the opinion of AAPDA that members have met AAPDA’s proprietary selection criteria. AAPDA does not guarantee or imply the competence level of any attorney, whether or not they are a member of AAPDA. When hiring an attorney, a person should personally contact the attorney and confirm the attorney’s skills, knowledge, training, tools, resources, strategies and other credentials. Any decision to hire an attorney should be based on a person’s satisfaction, after contacting the attorney, that the attorney hired is who they feel comfortable with and want to represent them. The specific outcome of each DUI case cannot be anticipated or guaranteed by AAPDA, or anyone else, as many factors can affect the outcome of each individual case.

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