Chris Cardwell heads GSRM Law’s Litigation practice group and serves on the firm’s marketing and staff committees. As a litigation lawyer in Nashville, his practice focuses on representing life sciences, healthcare, railroad, and entertainment companies in complex commercial, employment, and intellectual property lawsuits.

Chris has tried numerous cases to verdict throughout the country. He maintains an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell; is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Railroad Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment; and is a Mid-South Super Lawyer for Employment Litigation: Defense.

Washington University, School of Law in St. Louis, J.D., 1997
Rhodes College, B.A., Political Science, 1994

Illinois, 1997

Missouri, 1998

Tennessee, 1999

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States District Court for the Western, Middle & Eastern Districts of Tennessee

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of New York

• American Bar Association
  • Labor & Employment and Litigation sections
• Tennessee Bar Association
  • Labor & Employment and Litigation sections
• Missouri Bar Association
• Illinois Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Foundation
  • Leadership Forum Mentoring Program
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
  • Executive Committee
• Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
  • Past Member of Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Legal Counsel
• Rhodes College
  • Board of Trustees
• Rhodes College Alumni Association
  • Past Member of Executive Board
• Saint Joseph School
  • Past Member Board of Directors
• Nashville State Community College Foundation
  • Past Member of Board of Trustees

Litigation, Labor and Employment

• Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation – Labor & Employment, Employment Law – Management, Commercial Litigation, and Railroad Law
• Named a Mid-South Rising Star in Employment Litigation by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers for Employment Litigation: Defense
• Litigation Counsel of America – Fellow, The Trial Lawyer Honor Society