About Kyle Carpenter

W. Kyle Carpenter, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is a member of the firm
whose primary practice area is concentrated in
Civil Trial Practice. He has handled a variety of
different types of litigation and while most of
his practice has involved the defense of product
liability and toxic tort cases, he also has extensive
experience in areas such as commercial litigation
and defense of class actions. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers
in America© in both product liability litigation and
commercial litigation. Mr. Carpenter is an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association’s
Roster of Neutrals.
Mr. Carpenter, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, graduated from Vanderbilt University in
1973 with a B.A. in history. After spending two
years as a Business Manager in Minor League
Baseball, he obtained his J.D. from The University
of Tennessee College of Law in 1976, with honors.
While in school, he served as Student Materials
Editor for The Tennessee Law Review.
Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Knoxville Bar
Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American
Bar Association, and International Association of
Defense Counsel (IADC). He previously served as
a member of the Board of Governors of the Knoxville Bar Association and as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Knoxville Legal Aid Society. He
currently serves as the State Membership Chair of
the United States Supreme Court Historical Society. He is also a member of the American College
of Trial Lawyers’ National Moot Court Competition
Committee for 2014-2015.
Mr. Carpenter has been a speaker at numerous
seminars on topics as diverse as benzene litigation, the use of mock juries in litigation, and
expert evidence. He is a co-editor for Tennessee
for the Product Liability Desk Reference and Business Tort Law Desk Reference. He is also the author
of a chapter entitled “Pre-deposition Discovery” in
the book Challenging Expert Witness Testimony. In
2003 he served on the faculty at the IADC Trial
Academ