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Attorney Profile

Meet Our Legal Specialists

Attorney Profile

Meet Our Legal Specialists

R. Jan Jennings

Founding Member

R. Jan Jennings, Founding Member - Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, PLLC

Phone

615.254.8801

Location

The Freedom Center
223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue
Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203

R. Jan Jennings

Founding Member

In the initial years of his career, Jan Jennings represented labor organizations devoted to protecting the rights of employees. During the past 20 years, he has concentrated on providing services to health and pension funds that provide benefits to construction workers. He has also provided personal representation to political and labor leaders throughout the South.

Mr. Jennings provides ongoing representation to health and pension funds in connection with litigation concerning:

  • Collection of employer delinquencies
  • Denial of benefits
  • Claims for subrogation/reimbursement to health funds from participants
  • Breach of fiduciary duty claims
  • Claims against service providers due to errors or omissions, prohibited transactions and breach of fiduciary liability
  • Claims against hospitals, drug companies and other providers for excessive claims or costs
  • Withdrawal liability
  • Federal and state securities violations
  • Consumer fraud

This representation of multiemployer funds involves the wide range of subjects encompassed by ERISA, Taft-Hartley, the IRC, HIPAA and PPACA.  

After obtaining an M.B.A. degree, Mr. Jennings worked in a series of managerial positions at General Electric Company, where he was responsible for union and employee relations. Upon graduation from law school, he practiced in Atlanta, Georgia, for a number of years before relocating his practice to Nashville. He joined the firm in 1977.

A native of Johnson City, Tennessee, Mr. Jennings earned his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he served as editor of the Tennessee Law Review. He received his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from East Tennessee State University.

Practice Areas

  • ERISA Trust Funds
  • Labor Unions

Education

  • University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 1974)
    • Editor, Tennessee Law Review
  • East Tennessee State University (M.B.A., 1966)
  • East Tennessee State University (B.S., 1964)

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
  • Georgia
  • U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee

Professional Honors & Activities

Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America – Labor and Employment Law (2004 – present)
  • AV-Rated by Martindale Hubbell (1975 – present)

Memberships 

  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • State Bar of Georgia

Community Involvement

  • Cecil D. Branstetter Scholarship Fund
  • Laborers’ Care Foundation

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Meet Our Team

Our Founding Members

J. Gerard Stranch IV

J. Gerard Stranch IV

James G. Stranch III

James G. Stranch III

R. Jan Jennings

R. Jan Jennings

Hon. John (Jack) Garvey

Hon. John (Jack) Garvey

Michael G. Stewart

Michael G. Stewart