Atty. David W. Noblit
Mr. Noblit has spent his entire professional career with the firm beginning in 1979; and becoming a member in 1985.
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David W. Noblit is a personal injury, insurance, and adr attorney based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, practicing at Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan PLLC. Educated at Memphis State University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Insurance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Mediation (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2026). Serands clients in Chattanooga, TN and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Mr. Noblit has spent his entire professional career with the firm beginning in 1979
- and becoming a member in 1985
- He has concentrated his practice in assisting clients who are forced into litigation to resolve a wide spectrum of legal disputes
- Clients have included many of the nations largest corporations both by direct assignment and through insurance defense referral
- He has served as lead counsel in state and federal Courts in Tennessee and Georgia and over the course of the first thirty years of practice has tried approximately one hundred cases to verdict or judgment
- His active trial practice caused him to embrace the alternative dispute resolution process early in the development of mediation as a more practical way of resolving disputes
- After successful participation in mediation in a case in 1985, he actively served as a mediation advocate in well over one hundred cases and after adding a mediation practice to his areas of concentration he became listed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee as a Rule 31 Mediator in 2000
- He has conducted well over 850 mediations in a wide variety of legal disputes
- His present practice includes defense of cases for his corporate clients in liability cases, workers' compensation cases and he also represents individuals in family law disputes
- Professionally, he is a member of the Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Associations and the State Bar of Georgia
- He was recently invited to membership in the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators
- Additionally, he was invited to become a member of the Brock Cooper American Inn of Court as a Master and was asked to serve on the Executive Committee in 2008-2009, and was President in 2011-12
- Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1953, he is a product of the local schools, was a scholarship athlete and student leader at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he earned a B.S. degree in 1975
- A member of the Law Review at Memphis State University while in Law School, he earned his J.D. degree after having been elected into Omicron Delta Kappa
- He also served as Graduate Assistant to University Counsel in 1978-79
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Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
David W. Noblit is one of 264,852 personal injury attorneys indexed nationally. Browse personal injury attorneys in Tennessee →
Insurance attorneys for coverage disputes, bad faith claims, denied claims, and policy disputes.
David W. Noblit is one of 121,912 insurance attorneys indexed nationally. Browse insurance attorneys in Tennessee →
Mediators and arbitrators for civil, commercial, family, and employment dispute resolution.
David W. Noblit is one of 73,906 adr attorneys indexed nationally. Browse adr attorneys in Tennessee →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Tennessee
Practicing law in Tennessee. Legal matters in Tennessee are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chattanooga are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Tennessee state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Tennessee brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Tennessee courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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