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Barry L. Howard

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Prior to joining Miles Mediation, Barry Howard was one of the founding partners of Howard, Tate, Sowell, Wilson, Leathers & Johnson, which was established in 1987. Before that, he was an associate and then partner in the Nashville firm of Gracey, Maddin, Cowan, and Bird. At Howard, Tate, Sowell, Wilson, Leathers & Johnson, Mr. Howard focused on defending civil cases primarily in the area of product liability, professional liability, construction, and commercial. In 2007, he started mediating cases, and approximately 4 years ago, limited his practice to mediation.

As a mediator, Barry has mediated personal injury, professional liability, medical malpractice, civil rights, employment disputes, construction defects and injury, wrongful death, and commercial disputes. The commercial disputes include multi-million dollar equipment lease cases, breach of contract, transportation contracts, financial institution consumer transaction disputes, and mortgage/wrongful foreclosure cases.

Professional liability mediations have been conducted in the fields of attorney malpractice, real estate agent E&O, insurance agent E&O, and accountant professional liability.

Since establishing his mediation practice, Barry has mediated over 2,200 cases. He is also proficient in video mediations having conducted over 200 mediations utilizing Zoom.

Education

  • University of Tennessee College of Law, 1977
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1975 – Major: Accounting; Minor: Finance

Admitted to Practice

  • Tennessee Supreme Court 1978
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee 1978
  • United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979
  • Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 listed civil mediator, 2007
  • United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee

Professional or Trade Affiliations

  • National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
  • Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators
  • Nashville Bar Association
  • Nashville Bar Foundation
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute (past member)
  • Tennessee Defense Lawyers (past member)
  • International Association of Defense Counsel, IADC, (past member)

Honors and Awards

  • Best of the Bar, 2013, Nashville Business Journal
  • Listed as SuperLawyer multiple years

Publications

 

Speaking Engagements

  • Mediating Civil Cases, Tenn Attorneys Memo (TAM) Seminar on Litigation, 2019
  • Mediating a Health Care Liability Case, Medical Malpractice Conference for Tennessee Attorneys, 2018
  • Tennessee Products Liability Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
  • Preparing a Case for Mediation, Nashville School of Law, Trial Practice course, guest speaker
  • Current Issues in Products Liability Law, Tenn Defense Lawyers Association, annual meeting
  • Cross Examination of Economist in defending Wrongful Death cases, Tenn Defense Lawyers Association, annual meeting
  • Preventing Insurance Agent Errors and Omissions Claims, Insurors of Tennessee
  • E-Discovery Issues in the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Barristers, Inc.
  • Tennessee Insurance Issues, Allstate Insurance Company
Rates and Fees

Mediation /Arbitration Rates - Barry L. Howard

If you have questions regarding our rates and fees, please contact support@milesmediation.com

Local Rates - Nashville
2 Party Case: $200 per party; per hour
3 Party Case: $175 per party; per hour
4 Party Case: $150 per party; per hour
5+ Party Case: Flat Rate Available Upon Request

Travel time and expenses, including meals and lodging, billed separately and split equally among the parties
Pre/Post Consultation & Document Review: Hourly Mediation/Arbitration Rate

Mediation /Arbitration Admin Fees
Nashville Mediation Admin Fee - $200 per party
Arbitration Commencement And Administration Fee: $1500 per party

MEDIATION CANCELLATION POLICY

Miles Mediation and Arbitration will charge the parties scheduled for a mediation that cancels within ten days a cancellation fee of $1000. However, mediations cancelled, rescheduled, or settled within a 24 hr. period will be charged 4 hrs. of the scheduled neutral’s per party hourly rate to be billed directly to each party. Before cancelling, a different billing arrangement may be made by contacting support@milesmediation.com.

ARBITRATION FEE PAYMENT POLICY

Arbitration Commencement and Administrative Fee $1500.00 per party, per arbitrator At the commencement of an arbitration each party will be invoiced a $1500.00 per party Arbitration Commencement and Administrative Fee. This fee is refundable minus $500.00 per party until the initial case management order has been issued. All arbitration related invoices are due upon receipt.

ARBITRATION CANCELLATION POLICY

If an Arbitration Hearing(s) scheduled on the merits of the case cancels or reschedules within 14 days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 4 hours of the Arbitrator’s hourly rate for each day reserved for the hearing. However, if the hearing cancels or reschedules within 2 days of the hearing, the parties will be charged 8 hours of the Arbitrator’s hourly rate for each day reserved for the hearing.

Issuance of the Final Arbitration Order/Award

Arbitration Awards/Orders will not be issued to either party until Miles has received full payment for all fees and expenses associated with the arbitration.