Our Attorneys
Samuel R. Anderson – 1937
Senior Partner
sra@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: Personal Injury Defense, Professional Liability, Product Liability and General Casualty Defense Litigation.
- Education: University of Tennessee, B.S. ’62, J.D., ‘65
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 1966; Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1967; Admitted to U.S. Sixth Circuit Court, 1968.
- Memberships: American, Tennessee and Chattanooga Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation; Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator.
Gerard M. Siciliano – 1952
Partner
gms@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: Defense General Tort Liability Litigation and Workers’ Compensation.
- Education: Marshall University, B.A. Summa Cum Laude – ’78; University of Tennessee, J.D. – ‘81
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 1981; Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1982; Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1991; Admitted to U.S. Sixth Circuit Court, 1986
- Memberships: American, Tennessee and Chattanooga Bar Associations; Chattanooga Claims Association.
Alaric A. Henry
Partner
aah@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: Complex Tort Litigation; Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Employment Law Defense; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Insurance Fraud; Property Litigation; and Nursing Home Litigation
- Other Experience: Former multi-line senior claims adjuster. Experience in retail and food and beverage management. Approved teaching facility by the National Business Institute. Involved in the teaching of continuing legal education classes in the State of Tennessee. Some classes previously taught include: Trying the Automobile Case, Tennessee Law and Workers’ Compensation, and Adjusting the Automobile Insurance Claim. Approved Faculty for CEU Institute teaching continuing legal education to insurance professionals on topics including; Determining Legal Liability and Comparative Negligence.
- Education: University of Detroit, B.S. Cum Laude in Business Administration - 1985; Georgia State University, J.D. – 1991
- Licenses: Admitted to practice in all Federal and State Courts of Tennessee and Georgia; Admitted to the U.S. Sixth Circuit; Admitted to the U.S. Eleventh Circuit; Admitted to the U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Tennessee; Admitted to the U.S.D.C., Middle District of Tennessee; Admitted to U.S.D.C., Northern District of Georgia; Admitted to U.S.D.C., Middle District of Georgia; Admitted to United States Supreme Court.
- Certifications: Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission of Continuing Legal Education, Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Memberships: Georgia Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; Chattanooga Bar Association; American Bar Association, S.L.; Hutchins Bar Association; Lookout Mountain Bar Association, Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association
- Other Memberships: Member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity; President of Chattanooga Chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc., 1998-2001. Board member of Give a Hoot for Kids, 2001 to present. Board member of 100 Black Men of Chattanooga, 1998-2003. Member of St. Jude School Board, 2003-2006. Member of the Defense Research Institute. Member of Council on Litigation Management, Fellow Litigation Council of America, Member Notre Dame School Board, 2008-present.
Daniel J. Ripper – 1967
Partner
dan@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: General Tort Liability Defense; Products Liability; Workers’ Compensation; and Criminal Defense.
- Education: University of Notre Dame, B.A. ’89; University of Tennessee, J.D. ’92
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee and Georgia Bar, 1992.
- Memberships: American, Tennessee, Georgia and Chattanooga Bar Associations
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Thomas M. Horne – 1955
Managing Partner
tmh@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: General Liability; Workers’ Compensation Defense; Personal Injury; Business Litigaton; and Mediation
- Education: Occidental College, B.A. ’77; Nashville School of Law, J.D. (with honors) ‘89
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 1989; Rule 31 General Civil Mediator
Amanda Branam Rogers – 1976
Partner
abr@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: Insurance Defense; Criminal Defense; General Civil Litigation including Premises Liability; Medical Malpractice; Professional Negligence; Contract Disputes
- Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, B.S. Cum Laude and Political Science/International Relations, ‘99; Wake Forest University, J.D., ‘04
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 2004; Admitted to Georgia Bar, 2006
- Awards: 2011 recipient of the Pro Bono Excellence Award from Legal Aid of East Tennessee and the Chattanooga Bar Association
- Memberships: Tennessee Bar Association; Chattanooga Bar Association; Georgia Bar Association; Southeast Tennessee Legal Association for Women, President 2010, President-elect 2009; Chair, Annual Fundraising Campaign; Legal Aid of Tennessee; Brock-Cooper Inns of Court, 2004-2006; Member of the Tennessee Bar Association Access to Justice Committee.
Kathryn M. Russell – 1976
Associate
kmr@lutheranderson.com
- Concentration: General Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Family Law
- Education: Florida State University, B.A. English Literature, ’97; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, B.A. Spanish, ’99; University of Tennessee at Knoxville, M.B.A. Finance & Operations Concentration, 03; University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 04
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee and Georgia Bar, 2006
- Memberships: Admitted to U.S. District Bankruptcy Court; Federal Eastern Division of Tennessee, 2005; Federal Northern District of Georgia, 2005; Member of the Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Georgia and American Bar Associations; President of the Southeast Tennessee Legal Association for Women, 2009-2010.
Andrew D. Watts – 1978
Associate
adw@lutheranderson.com
- Concentrations: General Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense
- Education: University of Tennessee, B.S. Business Administration (2000); Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D. (2005)
- Licenses: Admitted to Tennessee Bar (2005), Admitted to Georgia Bar (2011), U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- Professional Memberships: Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
- Prior Experience: Assistant District Attorney General in the Tenth Judicial District (Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, and Polk Counties): 2005-2006; Assistant District Attorney General in the Fifth Judicial District (Blount County): 2006-2010; Solo Practice 2010-2011. Prior to attending law school, worked in the trucking industry in operations management.
Luther-Anderson, PLLP
1110 Market Street
Suite 500
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
Telephone: (423) 756-5034