Atty. James N. Bowen
Jim Bowen focuses his practice on complex business, healthcare, and commercial litigation. Jim represents a diverse array of corporate and individual clients in business and commercial litigation matters, including healthcare-related litigation, securities class actions, M&A disputes, shareholder disputes, business torts, breach of contract cases, RICO matters, intellectual property disputes, and other business and corporate disputes.
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James N. Bowen is a Partner based in Nashville, Tennessee, practicing at Riley & Jacobson, PLC. They have 24+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2002. Their practice focuses on contracts, business, ip, breach of contract, and class action. Admitted to practice in New York (2002) and Tennessee (2005). Educated at Columbia Law School (J.D. James, 2002) and University of Virginia (B.A. Distinguished, 1998). Recognitions include Peer Reviewed. Serves clients in Nashville, TN and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Jim Bowen focuses his practice on complex business, healthcare, and commercial litigation
- Jim represents a diverse array of corporate and individual clients in business and commercial litigation matters, including healthcare-related litigation, securities class actions, M&A disputes, shareholder disputes, business torts, breach of contract cases, RICO matters, intellectual property disputes, and other business and corporate disputes
- A significant portion of Jim’s practice is also devoted to representing healthcare providers and other healthcare-related companies
- Jim has experience assisting for-profit hospital systems, university medical systems, non-profit hospital systems, community hospitals, pharmacies, healthcare IT companies, healthcare executives, and an array of other healthcare clients located throughout the country with their commercial litigation needs
- Jim regularly represents hospital systems in disputes with managed care payors, including cases involving the breach of network participation agreements, out-of-network reimbursement disputes, Sequestration-related payment disputes, improper underpayments and recoupments, and medical necessity and other payment denials
- Jim acts as outside general counsel to several small and midsize businesses and healthcare companies, providing advice on general corporate matters, contract negotiations, and transactions large and small
- Jim has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience in both state and federal court, and he has argued cases before numerous state and federal courts of appeal
- Jim is admitted to the Tennessee and New York bars and to practice in numerous federal courts
- Prior to joining Riley & Jacobson, Jim worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York
- He was also the Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems from 2001-2002
- Jim graduated from Columbia Law School in New York, where he was a James Kent Scholar
- Prior to that, Jim graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia, where he was a Distinguished Major in history and was elected Phi Beta Kappa
- Jim is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, where he attended Montgomery Bell Academy
- Jim has been repeatedly recognized in Chambers USA for his experience in commercial litigation
- Jim is an Adjunct Professor at Belmont University, teaching a business law course in the Jack C. Massey College of Business
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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 Nashville 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 venue, 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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