Patrick Cruise
Helping You with All Your Legal Needs
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Biography
Patrick A. Cruise is licensed in Tennessee, Georgia, and Louisiana. Patrick has handled over one thousand cases, including jury trials in Tennessee, Georgia, and Louisiana. He has obtained millions of dollars in compensation for his clients, including numerous six and seven figure settlements, judgements, and verdicts. Patrick focuses primarily on serious injuries involving commercial motor vehicle wrecks, and is Board Certified in Truck Wreck Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Fees
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Professional Experience
Adjunct Faculty Chattanooga State Technical
Year: 2007 - 2010
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Arbitrator Better Business Bureau
Year: 2006 - 2021
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Attorney The Hamilton Firm
Year: 2005 - Current
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Law Clerk Dudley & Debosier
Year: 2000 - 2001
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Attorney Dudley & Debosier
Year: 2001 - 2004
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Professional Associations
Louisiana State Bar Association Member (Current)
Tennessee State Bar # 024099 Member (Current)
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys Member (Current)
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum Member (Current)
AAJ - Trucking Litigation Group Member (Current)
Tennessee Association for Justice Member (Current)
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Champion Member (Current)
Georgia State Bar Member (Current)
Million Dollar Advocates Life Member (2012 - Current)
Publications
Should a Truck Wreck Case be Handled like a Car Wreck Case? The Prairie Barrister (2021)
Settlement Techniques and Strategies Thomson Reuters (2019)
How to Properly Prepare Your Personal Injury Client to Testify The Tennessee Trial Lawyer (2018)
Preparing Your Personal Injury Client to Testify Verdict: Journal of the GTLA (2014)
The Pocket Constitutionalist, Golden Anniversary Claitor's Publishing Division (2013)
Can the ALJ Rely on the Vocational Consultant's Form to Satisfy Step 5? NOSSCR Social Security Forum (2012)
Ruminations on Overstreet. Tennessee Trial Lawyer Magazine (2009)
Should a Truck Wreck Case be Handled like a Car Wreck Case? Tennessee Trial Lawyer (2020)
Education
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Pacific University B.A.
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Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University J.D.
Honors: Moot Court Board
Websites
The Hamilton Firm LLC
2401 Broad Street, Suite 102, Chattanooga, TN 37408
Monday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
(423) 867-7199