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Overview
Lorne Hiller is Senior Counsel at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP and is located in the Nashville office. Mr. Hiller is a member of the firm’s Construction & Design Law, Insurance Coverage & Extra-Contractual Liability, and Labor & Employment Law practice sections. He also serves on several interdisciplinary teams, including Architects & Engineers Design Liability, Homeowners Associations (HOA), Intellectual Property and Transactional Risks/Representations & Warranties.
His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on insurance coverage and bad faith, as well as matters involving the construction industry and professional liability. Mr. Hiller began his legal career in Western Colorado, where he handled insurance defense for auto policies and commercial liability in the oil and gas sector, along with business advising and liquor licensing. After relocating to Nashville, he counseled clients on copyright and intellectual property issues in the music industry before expanding into first-party property insurance coverage litigation. He has represented clients nationwide in state and federal courts on cases involving multimillion-dollar catastrophic losses.
Mr. Hiller draws from this broad experience to offer clients a creative and personalized approach to their legal needs.
Bar Admissions
Colorado
- Colorado State Courts
New Mexico
- New Mexico State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Tennessee
- Tennessee State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Utah
- U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- Utah State Courts
Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law; B.S., Florida State University
Representative Cases & Clients
Chilcoat v. Odell, 517 F.Supp.3d 1299 (D. Utah 2021)
Affiliations
Tennessee Bar Association
- Leadership Law Class of 2024
- Federal Practice Section Executive Council 2024-present
- Young Lawyers Division Board 2023-present
American Bar Association,
- Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Vice-Chair, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, 2023-present
- Committee on Outreach to Young Lawyers, 2023-present
Nashville Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum Class of 2025
Defense Research Institute
CLM
- Insurance Coverage Committee
Awards & Recognition
Nashville Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2023-2025
Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2019
Practice Sections
Interdisciplinary Teams
Education
J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law; B.S., Florida State University