This webinar will explore recent decisions by the Tennessee Court of Appeals and Supreme Court affecting when a litigant will be determined to have waived an issue on appeal. Participants will learn the impact of these decisions on issue statements and citations in appellate briefs.

Speaker Bios

DONALD CAPPARELLA has more than 25 years of practice experience and has established a reputation as one of Tennessee's most respected litigators at both the trial and appellate levels. Individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations trust him to vigorously represent their interests and get results. He handles all manner of civil litigation throughout the state and federal courts. Capparella has secured a landmark award for a widow and child wrongly denied insurance proceeds, and he is regularly called upon to handle complex matters including construction defects, business disputes, personal injury, and insurance matters. Highly regarded for his experience in tort litigation, Capparella has been counsel for many of Tennessee's landmark cases over the last twenty years. He served as amicus counsel in McIntyre v. Balentine, which brought comparative fault to Tennessee.

JACOB VANZIN is an attorney at Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella. Vanzin has broad experience representing clients in all manner of cases, and now focuses his practice primarily on commercial litigation, real estate disputes and appeals. Prior to joining Dodson Parker, he spent almost a decade in private practice as an attorney in Franklin where he litigated cases both large and small, with amounts in dispute ranging from a few thousand dollars to over forty million dollars. He also was the principal author of the winning brief for two major appeals: Stange v. Roberts, M2019-01060-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Apr. 9, 2020) and Walker v. Walker, M2018-01140-COA-R9-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2020).