Cookeville, TN

Matt Hardin

Matt Hardin is a second-generation attorney who grew up in Cookeville, Tennessee. He attended Rhodes College as an undergraduate before going on to obtain both his master’s and law degrees from the University of Tennessee. Matt’s practice is focused in the areas of plaintiff personal injury, car & tractor-trailer wrecks, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and premises liability. He practices law throughout all three grand divisions of the state of Tennessee and in Kentucky. He is the owner of Matt Hardin Law, PLLC. Matt is former President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA). He has previously held positions as Immediate Past President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Parliamentarian within the TTLA. In 2024, Matt received the TTLA Trial Lawyer of the year award. Matt is currently a Trustee for LIFT (Lawyers Involved for Tennessee). He is a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, and Kentucky Justice Association. Matt is the former President of the Nashville Chapter of the Rhodes College Alumni Group. He is also former President of the Board of Directors for his fraternity Alpha Tau Omega’s chapter at Rhodes College. Matt has earned AV Preeminent® certification by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers® and has been named among the “10 Best in Tennessee” for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. He is also a Mid-South Superlawyer. Matt is also an Eagle Scout. Prior to opening his own firm, Matt was a partner at Rudy, Wood, Winstead, Williams, and Hardin, PLLC. He also previously practiced at Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, PLLC in Memphis. Matt worked for five years as an insurance defense attorney before he concentrated his practice on representing plaintiffs. This background has given him valuable insight into how insurance companies evaluate and value cases. Matt and his wife Janet are proud parents to Henry, Grace, and Vivian. Matt loves watching and coaching his children’s many sports activities. He enjoys boating at Center Hill Lake with his family and friends, as well as playing golf, tennis, and lawyer league softball. Matt and Janet are members of West End United Methodist Church in Nashville, where Matt previously served as chair of the Finance Committee. Matt is always on the search for perfect southern barbeque and remains convinced that the Tennessee Vols football team will, this season, return to glory.

Jeff Cherry

Jeff Cherry is the Managing Member of Lowery, Lowery & Cherry, PLLC, admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 2001. He is a former Metro Nashville police officer and P.O.S.T. certified police training instructor. He handles criminal cases, including DUI and sexual offenses, and complex personal injury matters, having secured significant settlements. He was President of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for 2018/2019 and has received multiple awards for his legal work and community service.

Jack D. Lowery

Jack D. Lowery is a senior partner at Lowery, Lowery, & Cherry, PLLC, practicing criminal defense, personal injury, and corporate/business matters since 1998. He has extensive experience in complex litigation at both state and federal levels, including multi-defendant criminal cases and multi-plaintiff civil cases. He has served as President of the 15th Judicial District Bar Association and as Prosecutor for the City of Lebanon.

David Owen Day

David Owen Day is a highly experienced attorney with over 35 years in practice, specializing in legal malpractice and serious personal injury claims. He is board certified as a Diplomate in Legal Malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and as a Civil Trial Specialist and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has a proven track record of success in litigation across Tennessee.

Matt Hardin is the owner and founder of Matt Hardin Law, PLLC. He is a second-generation attorney from Cookeville, Tennessee, with two decades of experience in personal injury law. He previously practiced at law firms in Nashville and Memphis and was a partner at Rudy, Wood, Winstead, Williams and Hardin, PLLC. He has held numerous leadership positions within the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA), including President (2019-2020), Immediate Past President (2020-present), President-Elect (2018), Secretary (2016), Treasurer, and Parliamentarian. He is also a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Association, a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, and an Officer of the Executive Board of Governors for the Tennessee Association for Justice.

B.F. Jack Lowery

B.F. Jack Lowery is an attorney admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1962. He previously served as corporate attorney for Toshiba America, Inc., and general counsel for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. He was also a city judge, state representative, city attorney, and mayor of Lebanon, Tennessee. He practices criminal defense, personal injury, and business law.

Michael Kilgore

Michael Kilgore may have grown up in North Carolina, but he was born in Tennessee and has made his home in his wife, Kristin’s, hometown of Mount Juliet for over ten years. Michael earned Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While attending law school at Liberty University, Michael received the Spirit of Liberty Award, which is bestowed by the faculty to one student whom most exemplifies the mission and Christian worldview of the school. Since then, Michael worked in Washington, DC for two years alongside some of the best attorneys at the Department of Justice. He soon realized, however, that “you can take the boy out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of the boy.” He and Kristin missed the southern way of life too much and relocated back to Tennessee where Michael spent over seven years managing the Nashville office of a Knoxville-based firm. There, he directed all of the Middle Tennessee litigation for the firm, ranging from injury litigation to domestic and criminal as well. Michael enjoyed his time at Liberty University so much that he has stayed on as an assistant professor for online legal courses. Restless for new challenges, Michael obtained his LL.M. in Employment Law with honors in 2014. He has been bestowed with the National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 Award in both 2019 and 2020, and the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys’ 10 Best Award in 2020. Michael is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina, and is also a realtor in the Mount Juliet area. A competitive swimmer growing up, Michael is now a member of the Nashville Aquatic Club Masters Swim Team. He enjoys pool time with his son Rhett and taking his wife Kristin on dates every chance he gets. He and his family are active members of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Lebanon, TN, where he teaches Sunday School and sings in the choir.