550 West Main Street, Suite 500 | Knoxville, TN 37902 | Office 865.546.9321 | Fax 865.637.5249

Debra L. Fulton

CIPP/US, CIPM

Having practiced law for more than 35 years, Debbie is a knowledgeable, hands-on professional for whom direct client involvement is essential. Her passion, knowledge, and extensive experience aid in giving her the ability to quickly assess her clients’ needs and offer them sound, practical advice while aggressively defending them and their interests.

Debbie focuses her practice in the areas of workers’ compensation, arbitration and mediation for health care, general civil litigation, toxic exposure litigation, products liability, personal injury litigation, privacy, insurance, appellate and mediation. Debbie also is currently expanding her practice to include alternative dispute resolution of health care conflicts.

During her career, Debbie has appeared before state and federal trial courts throughout East Tennessee, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Tennessee Supreme Court and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on various civil matters, and has practiced extensively before the Tennessee Department of Labor in workers’ compensation matters. She also:

The East Tennessee native, who has been with Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP since 1987, and became a partner in 1989, has lived in the Knoxville area since returning to attend law school. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, followed by her Doctor of Jurisprudence, in 1981, from the University Of Tennessee College Of Law.

    EDUCATION

      • B.S. Tennessee Technological University, 1978
      • J.D. University of Tennessee, 1981

      Practice Areas

        LITIGATION, TRIAL & APPELLATE

        Arbitration & Mediation

        GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION

        insurance

        PERSONAL-INJURY LITIGATION

        PRODUCTS LIABILITY

        TOXIC EXPOSURE LITIGATION

        WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

        SMALL BUSINESS

        LOCAL COUNSEL

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