Byron R. Trauger

Byron Trauger’s practice is concentrated in health care, complex civil litigation, general business matters, and regulatory agency work. Mr. Trauger frequently advises health care providers on strategic issues and represents them before state regulatory agencies. He has several decades of experience in certificate of need matters. He also represents regional and national business entities in circumstances in which law and public policy or regulation intersect. Having been a federal prosecutor early in his career, Mr. Trauger is comfortable in the courtroom. Mr. Trauger began his legal career as a judicial clerk to the late Hon. Frank W. Wilson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee after which he practiced for two years with the Boston, Massachusetts firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould. In 1983 he returned to Tennessee. Mr. Trauger serves on numerous civic and charitable boards and has received the John C. Tune Award, the highest award given by the Nashville Bar Association. He has chaired successful campaigns for Mayor of Nashville and Governor of Tennessee. He is an active Rotarian and United Methodist, and he speaks fluent Spanish. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Byron R. Trauger included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation Super Lawyers, 2007-2009, 2012, 2018-2019, 2021-2022 Sage Award, Age Well, 2023 Rotary Foundation Scholar, Alumni Service Award, 1996-1997 Other Sources of Feedback About Byron R. Trauger Included on the 2022Mid-South Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2012 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2009 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2008 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2007 Mid-South Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Dollywood Foundation
• Nashville Public Education Foundation
• Nashville Public Radio
• Nashville Rotary Club
• The Land Trust of Tennessee
• Campaign for the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee

• Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee

• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association