Category: Firm News
Family sues Hamblen County deputy, county, sheriff over 19-year-old’s fatal pre-dawn shooting
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/family-sues-hamblen-county-deputy-county-sheriff-over-19-year-olds-fatal-pre-dawn-shooting/51-f7d505ef-10c3-48d5-89ce-04af96b30e20
City reaches $150K settlement with man who said KPD officer broke his arm
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/city-settles-for-150k-lawsuit-by-man-who-said-kpd-officer-broke-his-arm/51-146a9b39-fd76-48e4-93d6-a9035ca13f80
Knoxville man alleges KPD officer broke his arm during 2019 traffic stop
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/knoxville-man-alleges-kpd-officer-broke-his-arm-during-2019-traffic-stop/51-394c2836-731f-4654-9b70-2608cad5b61c
Excessive force lawsuit filed against KPD officers seeks $4 million in damages
https://www.wate.com/news/excessive-force-lawsuit-filed-against-kpd-officers-by-man-arrested-for-may-2019-dui/
Sheriff’s office stonewalling jail beating victim’s lawyers?
https://www.knoxviews.com/sheriffs-office-stonewalling-jail-beating-victims-lawyers
Lawsuit by former Hamblen County jail inmate headed toward settlement
https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/lawsuit-by-former-hamblen-county-jail-inmate-headed-toward-settlement/article_b8571ef4-0fda-11e7-bf18-2b894eb4603b.html
Lance K. Baker honored in 2019 as one of Knoxville’s top DUI defense attorneys by Cityview magazine
2019 Top Attorneys
Attorneys threaten court action if records related to KPD fatal shooting are not turned over
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/attorney-threatens-court-action-if-records-related-to-kpd-fatal-shooting-are-not-turned-over/51-e076757d-845c-4482-9b43-54857e57c489?fbclid=IwAR2cIZpyywSIZ0zMY7Q6pIfFyiZOOzO1YPJsAjFbQUjupIwhHFliJIJ3KJM
Federal court affirms that sheriff’s employee can be sued in excessive force suit
https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/federal-court-affirms-that-sheriff-s-employee-can-be-sued/article_ab1cfa48-cfca-50f5-abfe-dd836183b7d7.html
Gatlinburg 2016 Wildfire Losses Prompt Lawsuit Against National Park Service
Attorney Lance Baker, founding attorney at The Baker Law Firm, is acting as co-counsel in a 148-page lawsuit suing the National Park Service for its negligence in failing to contain the Chimney Tops 2 wildfire inside the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in November 2016. The fires ultimately swept through Gatlinburg and Sevier County, Tennessee, killing