Veteran Defense Attorney Named Workers' Compensation Judge

Deana Seymour, a partner at Rainey, Kizer, Reviere and Bell in Jackson, Tennessee, has been named a trial judge on the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims. She will fill the Memphis seat of Judge Jim Umsted, who is retiring the first week of April. Seymour, a workers’ compensation defense attorney and tort litigator, has 27 years of legal experience, the Workers' Compensation Bureau said in a press release. She earned her bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1987 and her law degree from the University ...