Charles H. Barnett III

Charles H. Barnett, III has forty-two years of civil litigation experience in both state and federal courts. His litigation experience spans a wide variety of areas, including eminent domain, real estate litigation, commercial litigation, products liability, personal injury, premises liability, employment discrimination, and professional liability. He has a keen interest and extensive experience in the field of eminent domain. He began trying eminent domain cases as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Tennessee within a few months of graduation from law school. He has handled cases involving condemnation of property for highways, streets, bridges, pipelines, transmission lines, reservoirs, and universities. He now routinely litigates cases against the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority, municipalities, and counties. The cases he has litigated concern all types of properties including commercial, industrial, residential, and farm property in both State and Federal court. . Mr. Barnett has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer review rating of AV for approximately thirty years and has been designated for the last ten years as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of litigation. Mr. Barnett is a native of Jackson, Tennessee. He received his bachelor’s degree from University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1975. He is a member of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association (President, 1990), Tennessee Bar Association, and the American Bar Associations (Litigation Section). He is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a recipient of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association Pro Bono Award, 1989. He has been designated as a Rule 31 Mediator by the Tennessee Supreme Court and is listed as a mediator by the Federal Court of the Western District of Tennessee. He currently serves as General Counsel to the Health, Education, and Housing Facilities Board of the City of Jackson. Mr. Barnett resides in Jackson, Tennessee, with his wife Elizabeth, who is a medical technologist, and his three children. His interests include sailing, sail boat racing, the study of the natural world and spending time with his family and friends. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Charles H. Barnett III included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Jackson-Madison County Bar Association Pro Bono Award, 1989 American Jurisprudence Award Mid-South Super Lawyers 2006-2015 Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated Other Sources of Feedback About Charles H. Barnett III Included on the 2024Mid-South Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2014 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2013 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2012 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2011 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2010 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2009 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2008 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2007 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2006 Mid-South Super Lawyers list

• Member
• Representative Clients
• Daisy Manufacturing
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Federated Insurance Company
• Milan Express Company, Inc.
• Wausau Insurance Company
• State of Tennessee
• Erie Insurance Company
• Accelerated Courier
• Forever Communications
• Continental Indemnity Company
• Specialty Risk Services
• RLI Transportation
• Marketplace Holdings
• Ohio Casualty
• Safeco

• Tennessee, 1975
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• Specialties and Certifications
• Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization
• Certified Rule 31 Mediator, Tennessee Supreme Court
• Court Certified Mediator, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee

• American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)
• Tennessee Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Associate Member)
• Jackson-Madison County Bar Association, 1990 (President)
• Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member)
• Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy
• City of Jackson Health, Education and Housing Facilities Board (General Counsel)
• American Inns of Court
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Kappa Sigma