Attorney Profiles

Jeffry S. Grimes

Jeffry S. Grimes limits his practice to Tennessee state courts from General Sessions through the State Supreme Court. He has tried cases before a jury including First Degree Murder, attempted first degree murder, drug manufacturing, weapons charges, sex offenses, theft charges, and DUI. He has conducted hundreds of motion hearings, preliminary hearings, settlement hearings and bench trials in Circuit Court, General Sessions Court and Juvenile Court.

He has successfully defended and obtained dismissals or not guilty findings on numerous cases including attempted first degree murder, aggravated sexual battery, carjacking, especially aggravated kidnapping, rape of a child, especially aggravated robbery, possession of weapon on school property, DUI, aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, arson, domestic assault, felony and misdemeanor drug cases, to the most minor of charges such as criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. See case results for a listing of some results.

Admitted to Tennessee Bar, October 23, 1997.

Education

• Juris Doctor, May 16, 1997.
  The University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN 1997.
  • Member of the College of Law's National Trial Team.
  • Member of the Moot Court Board.
  • Recipient of the Constitutional Law II Award for being the top student in Constitutional Law II.
• Bachelor of Science, August 12, 1994.     
  Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.

Continuing Legal Education (Not a complete listing)

• Recent Developments in Tennessee Criminal Law with Public Defender Roger Nell, Clarksville, TN, April 27, 2006. Montgomery County Bar Association.
• Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Certification Course (NHTSA Course)October 2005, in Boerne, Texas. Walden, Platt & Associates.
  This training course certifies the attendee in the most current NHTSA approved SFST training curriculum. This is the same NHTSA SFST training course that law enforcement officers are trained in nation wide and testify to in court.
• "Tricks of the Trade" DUI / Criminal Law Seminar, Clarksville, TN, July 2005. Montgomery County Bar Association
• Defense's Organization, Preparation and Strategies for a Criminal Trial,  Nashville, TN, December 2004,  TN Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL)
• Ethics, Best Practices and Case Law Update in Juvenile Court Cases, Nashville, TN, November 13, 2004, Tennessee Court Improvement Program.
• The Rules of Evidence, A Trial Judges Perspective, October 3, 2002, Clarksville, TN, Montgomery County Bar Association.
• How to Get the Right Expert, November 30, 2001, TACDL.
• Clarksville Criminal Law Seminar, November 8, 2001, Clarksville, TN, Clarksville Seminars.
• Clarksville Juvenile Justice Seminar, September 5, 2001, Clarksville, TN, Clarksville Seminars.
• 28th Annual Meeting and Seminar, August 23, 2001, TACDL.
• TACDL's Second Annual Trial College, June 6-8, 2001, TACDL.
• Forensic Evidence in Criminal Cases, March 1, 2001, Nashville, TN, Federal Public Defender Office.
• Introduction to Criminal Defense, March 14, 2001, Nashville, TN, Federal Public Defender Office.
• Cops, Chemistry and Confusion, December 6, 2000, Clarksville, TN, SBI Seminars.
• Opening Statement and Jury Selection, November 1, 2000, Nashville, TN, TACDL.
• Annual Meeting & Trial Tactics Seminar: Getting Ready for the Next Hundred Years, August 28-29,1999, TACDL.
• Practical Aspects of Defending the DUI and DUI Accident, Nashville, TN, June 19, 1998, SBI Seminars.

Member

• Member of National College For DUI Defense
• TN Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL)
• National Assoc. Of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

Military Service

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