Josh Wolfe joined MGC in May of 2017 to open the firm’s Knoxville office. His practice focuses on product liability, construction litigation, premises liability, transportation, professional liability, employment law and workers’ compensation defense. Josh has successfully tried jury trials to verdict at both the State and Federal level. He has also represented clients before Tennessee’s appellate courts and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Josh serves on MGC’s Trucking: Rapid Response Team.

Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending time with his wife and three children on the lake, hiking and at the soccer field.

Practice Areas

  • Construction
  • Employment
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Litigation
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Transportation
  • Trucking
  • Workers' Compensation

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School (JD)
  • University of Tennessee (BA, magna cum laude)

Professional Memberships

  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Knoxville Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association (Knoxville Chapter, Past President – 2016)
  • Hamilton-Burnett Inns of Court
  • Construction Law Society of America

Bar Admissions

  • 2014 US District Court for Middle Tennessee
  • 2014 US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • 2012 US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  • 2012 US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • 2009 Kentucky
  • 2004 US District Court for Eastern Tennessee
  • 2003 Tennessee

Awards

Publications

  • CLM, Wiki Link “Workers’ Compensation Guide,” author (2014)
  • “You Must Be This Tall to Regulate: Amusement Park Safety in Tennessee,” DICTA, Knoxville Bar Association Magazine (May 2013)
  • “A Search for the Best IDEA: Balancing the Conflicting Provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,” 55 Vand. L. Rev. 1627 (2002)