About John Lowery

• University of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee,
  JurisDoctor (with honors)1993;
• Tennessee Technological
  University, Cookeville,
  Tennessee, Bachelor of Science, Education, 1989;
• White County High School,
  Sparta, Tennessee, 1983;

• Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America;
• Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice;
• Member, Christian Legal Society;
• Board of Governors, Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Association;
• Chairperson, Consumer Affairs Committee, Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Association, 2002-2004;
• Board of Directors, Tennessee Citizen Action, Member;
• Millionaire Advocates Forum (membership limited to attorneys having obtained verdicts or settlements in excess of one million dollars);
• Diplomate, Ultimate College of Advocacy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, National College of Advocacy;
• Advocate, National College of Advocacy;
• Diplomate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Trial Skills College, San Diego, California;
• Diplomate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Advanced Deposition Advocacy Program, San Diego, California;
• Diplomate, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College Regional Advocacy Program, Estes Park, Colorado;

Whenever I speak to a group of people, whether they are lawyers at a conference, labor leaders, schoolchildren, businesspeople or just regular citizens, I make it a point to discuss the honor I feel whenever someone trusts me enough to hire me as a lawyer. I wish more lawyers shared this sense of gratitude toward clients. There are many choices amongst legal professionals and I take it very seriously when someone who has either been seriously injured or lost a loved one bestows upon me their trust to handle a case. Too many lawyers think the client should be grateful to the lawyer for taking time from a busy schedule to meet when it is the attorney who needs to recognize the client’s importance, not the opposite.

I love practicing law. Sometimes the frustration is very real and very daunting, but it pales in comparison to the satisfaction that comes from winning an important case or helping someone who knocked on my door needing guidance through a difficult situation. Sometimes I get notes from people after a case is over, discussing the changes they've made because of a verdict or settlement our office obtained. I keep these letters from former clients in my desk, and when I feel like going home when there is work to be done, I read about the needed medical care, new houses, educations and more that resulted from our efforts in their cases. That usually gives me the motivation I need to work a little harder, think a little more creatively, and do whatever else I can to make sure my clients have the best possible representation.