Mitigation Investigations in Tennessee Criminal Cases: Building the Life History That Shapes a Sentence
What a mitigation investigation is, why it matters in capital and non-capital Tennessee cases, which records and witnesses it covers, how long it takes, and how investigators support defense teams and experts.
When a Defendant Evades Service in Tennessee: Substitute Service, Publication, and Building the Record
What happens when someone avoids a process server in Tennessee: substitute service at the dwelling, service on agents and by mail, service by publication, documenting diligent effort, and protecting your filing date under Rule 3.
Juror Research in Tennessee: What Attorneys and Investigators Can and Cannot Do
The ethics rules for researching prospective and seated jurors in Tennessee: what ABA Formal Opinion 466 allows, what counts as prohibited communication, how to run research during trial, and post-verdict limits.
Pre-Suit Investigation for Tennessee Health Care Liability Claims: Notice, Defendants, and Witnesses
What Tennessee’s Health Care Liability Act requires before filing, why identifying the right provider entities is hard, how to serve pre-suit notice with proof, and how investigators locate former staff and research providers.
Serving a Subpoena for Records on a Non-Party Custodian in Tennessee: An Attorney’s Guide
How Tennessee attorneys obtain records from hospitals, banks, employers and carriers under Rule 45: who to serve, HIPAA and financial-privacy requirements, out-of-state custodians, and what to do when a custodian ignores a subpoena.
