Thor Y. Urness

Thor Y. Urness


Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Recognized since 2005

Nashville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Trade Secrets Law

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Thor Urness practices complex business litigation, including bet-the-company cases, intellectual property litigation and related counseling. Thor has served as lead trial counsel in commercial litigation that yielded two of Tennessee’s largest jury verdicts, for $26.5 million and $18.8 million, both in favor of his clients. Thor’s practice is generally divided equally between matters in Tennessee and elsewhere.

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Location
  • 1221 Broadway, Suite 2400
    Nashville, TN 37203
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Indiana University Bloomington, J.D., graduated 1988
  • Indiana University Bloomington, B.A., graduated 1986
Bar Admissions
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
  • Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville, Board of Directors - Member
  • FiftyForward Endowment, Board of Directors - Member
  • International Trademark Association - Member
  • Nashville Bar Association - Member
  • Nashville Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Nashville Pro Bono Program, Board of Directors - Member
  • Nashville Technology Council - Member
  • Tennessee Bar Association - Member
  • Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trade Secrets Law
Special Focus:
  • Intellectual Property
Awards:
  • VerdictSearch, "100 Top Jury Verdicts," $26.5 million verdict against HCA subsidiary, 2004
  • Nashville Business Journal, “Best of the Bar”
  • Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review
  • Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, Business Litigation, 2008-2011
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers
  • Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial, 2005-2012 (Band 2—2010-2012; Band 3—2008-2009; Up-and-Coming—2005-2007)
  • Benchmark Litigation

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