Patrick A. Cruise is Board Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and has been rated by Mid-South Super Lawyers as one of the top plaintiff’s personal injury lawyers in Tennessee. He focuses on serious injury and death cases, including wrecks involving tractor trailers, trucks and other commercial vehicles, as well as car wrecks and premises liability cases. He is a member of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and has earned Martindale Hubbell’s highest peer rating standard of AV Preeminent. He is licensed in Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana. During his nearly 22 year career as a trial lawyer, he has recovered millions and millions of dollars in compensation for injury victims and their families, while always adhering to the highest professional and ethical standards. He combines an aggressive approach to the investigation and pursuit of justice for his clients, with compassion and understanding for the difficulties faced by those struggling with the loss of a loved one, those facing months of rehabilitation after a bad injury, those facing mounting medical bills, and those facing a lifetime of disability and loss of capacity to earn a living.
Publications
Ruminations on Overstreet. Winter 2009 edition of Tennessee Trial Lawyer magazine
Can the ALJ Rely on the Vocational Consultant’s Form to Satisfy Step 5? NOSSCR Social Security Forum: Vol. 34, No. 10 Oct. 2012.
The Pocket Constitutionalist, Golden Anniversary, 7th Edition. Paul R. Baier & Co., Protecting Liberty: Privileges or Immunities Clause, Saenz v. Roe. Claitor’s Publishing Division. 2013.
Preparing your Personal Injury Client to Testify. Verdict: The Journal of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association: Fall, 2014 (reprinted in Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Vol. 44, No. 2; and, Trial Talk: Colorado Trial Lawyers Asociation
How to Properly Prepare Your Personal Injury Client to Testify, The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Winter 2018/2019
Author and Editor of Chapter 6: Settlement Techniques and Strategies, Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases 2d, by John W. Chandler (Thomson Reuters)(2019-2020 Update).
Should a Truck Wreck Case be Handled like a Car Wreck Case? Tennessee Trial Lawyer: Winter 2020.
Should a Truck Wreck Case be Handled like a Car Wreck Case? The Prairie Barrister, Spring 2021 (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2021).
Cruise’s Corner, The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Summer 2022
Professional Memberships & Awards
Board Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum – Life Member
The National Trial Lawyers’ Trucking Trial Lawyers – Top 10
Mid South Super Lawyer: 2013-2016, 2018-2022
AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
AAJ – Trucking Litigation Group
American Association for Justice
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
2013 – 2018: Barrister: The Justices Ray L. Brock, Jr. – Robert E. Cooper American Inn of Court
