2nd Floor – Eastman Credit Union Building
2021 Meadowview Lane
Kingsport, TN  37660

 

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 88
Kingsport, TN  37662-0088

 

Phone Number

(423) 723-0400 (main)

 

Hours of Operation

Monday-Friday

8:00am-5:00pm

(423) 723-0400

Russell (Russ) W. Adkins

Shareholder

 

Russ Adkins

Russ Adkins’ practice includes business, probate and contract litigation, personal injury litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants, medical malpractice defense, and workers’ compensation. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and was recertified in 2022. He is also listed with the Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution as a Rule 31 Mediator. Adkins has over 30 years of experience handling complex cases in state and federal courts. 

He has successfully tried jury and non-jury cases of many varieties, including medical malpractice, will contests, premises liability, personal injury, and employment and noncompete agreements.

Professional Activities & Honors
  • Listed in Mid-south Super Lawyers 2014-present
  • Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by National Board of Trial Advocacy
  • Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator
  • Kingsport Bar Association (Past President)
  • Petworks Animal Services, Inc. (Current President)
  • Kingsport Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Past Chair)
  • Rotary Club of Kingsport (Past President)
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport (Past President)
  • Greater Kingsport Family YMCA (Past President)
  • Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce (Past Board of Directors)
  • Past Executive Counsel, Tennessee Bar Association Tort & Insurance Practice Section
Representative Published Cases & Publications
  • Linkous v. Lane, 276 S.W.3d 917 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2008)
  • Sampson v. Wellmont Health System, 228 S.W.3d 124 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007)
  • Frye v. Blue Ridge Neuroscience Center, P.C., 70 S.W.3d 710 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2002)
  • Fain v. O’Connell, 909 S.W.2d 790 (Tenn. 1995)
  • Cross v. McCurry, 859 S.W.2d 349 (Tenn.Ct.App. 1992)
  • Baumrucker SJ, Adkins RW, Stolick M, VandeKieft G, Schmidt LS, Mingle P. Surrogates with conflicting interests: who makes the decision? Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2012 Sep;29(6):497-500. doi: 10.1177/1049909112451104. Epub 2012 Jul 9. PMID: 22777406.
  • Baumrucker S, Schmidt L, Stolick M, Adkins R, Carter G, Oertli K, Ethics Roundtable: Can Health Care Mandate Drug Rehabilitation as a Precondition for Treatment? Home Health Care Management & Practice 25(2) 84-89 (April 2013).
  • Baumrucker SJ, Oerlti RK, Stolick M, McCall-Burton M, Schmidt LS, Adkins RW, Vandekieft G. Whose “Best Interests” Are at Stake? Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2013 Jul 17. PubMed PMID: 23869028.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Hutchinson L, Stolick M, Carter GT, Oertli RK, Schmidt LS, Adkins RW.  “Life Support After Brain Death.” Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Apr 11. PubMed PMID: 24728203.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Hutchinson L, Oertli RK, Stolick M, Adkins RW, VandeKieft G. “The Partial Code Blue.”  Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Jul 11. PubMed PMID: 25015067.
  • Baumrucker SJ, York P, Stolick M, VandeKieft G, Hutchinson L, Adkins RW, Rashid S, Winiger D. “Autonomy and Withdrawal of Treatment in a Patient With Depression.” Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Carter GT, Stolick M, York P, Hutchinson L, Winiger D, Adkins RW. “Critically III Patient Leaving Against Medical Advice.” Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Stolick M, Hutchinson L, Eastridge A, Devereux L, Adkins RW, Carter GT. Death or Damnation: Surrogacy and Religious Beliefs. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Aug;36(8):740-745. doi: 10.1177/1049909118823189. Epub 2019 Jan 16. PMID: 30650983.
  •  Baumrucker SJ, Carter GT, McCall-Burton M, Stolick M, Oertli KA, Schmidt LS, Adkins RW. Suicide and Self-Determination. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Sep;33(8):807-12. doi: 10.1177/1049909115577933. Epub 2015 Mar 23. PMID: 25804216.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Macmillan PJ, Stolick M, Adkins RW, Carter GT, York P. Ethics Roundtable: “Cost and the Non-Adherent Patient”. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Mar;35(3):555-559. doi: 10.1177/1049909117697710. Epub 2017 Mar 13. PMID: 28285541.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Carter GT, Stolick M, York P, Hutchinson L, Winiger D, Adkins RW. Critically Ill Patient Leaving Against Medical Advice. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Nov;35(11):1461-1466. doi: 10.1177/1049909118767664. Epub 2018 Apr 5. PMID: 29621891.
  • Baumrucker SJ, York P, Stolick M, VandeKieft G, Hutchinson L, Adkins RW, Rashid S, Winiger D. Autonomy and Withdrawal of Treatment in a Patient With Depression. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jun;35(6):908-914. doi: 10.1177/1049909117735308. Epub 2017 Oct 15. PMID: 29034689.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Stolick M, Hutchinson L, VandeKieft G, Cullop A, Meade EF, Adkins RW. Decision-Making on a Deadline: Tracheostomy, Nutrition, and Autonomy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Oct;35(10):1355-1361. doi: 10.1177/1049909118760782. Epub 2018 Mar 8. PMID: 29514482.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Carter GT, Adkins RW, Stolick M, McCall-Burton M, Schmidt LS, Oertli RK. The deathbed confession. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Aug;31(5):576-80. doi: 10.1177/1049909113495708. Epub 2013 Aug 8. PMID: 23928075.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Easterday J, Stolick M, McCall-Burton M, Adkins RW, Winiger D, Cook C. Ethics Roundtable : Parental Autonomy and the Minor Patient. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017 Apr;34(3):287-292. doi: 10.1177/1049909115608812. Epub 2016 Jul 11. PMID: 26475460.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Schmidt LS, Stolick M, Adkins RW, Oertli RK, McCall-Burton M, VandeKieft G. The allegedly abusive surrogate. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2015 Feb;32(1):112-6. doi: 10.1177/1049909113507125. Epub 2013 Oct 4. PMID: 24097837.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Oertli RK, Stolick M, McCall-Burton M, Schmidt LS, Adkins RW, VandeKieft G. Whose “best interests” are at stake? Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Sep;31(6):685-91. doi: 10.1177/1049909113495709. Epub 2013 Jul 17. PMID: 23869028.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Vogel WH, Stolick RM, Adkins RW, Holland H, VandeKieft G, Eastridge A. A Mother in Jeopardy: The Ethics of Pregnancy and Chemotherapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Jan;37(1):72-78. doi: 10.1177/1049909119846861. Epub 2019 Apr 28. PMID: 31030526.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Hutchinson L, Oertli RK, Stolick M, Adkins RW, VandeKieft G. The partial code blue. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2015 Dec;32(8):890-4. doi: 10.1177/1049909114540790. Epub 2014 Jul 11. PMID: 25015067.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Hutchinson L, Stolick M, Carter GT, Oertli K, Schmidt LS, Adkins RW. Life Support After Brain Death. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2015 Sep;32(6):672-8. doi: 10.1177/1049909114528065. Epub 2014 Apr 11. PMID: 24728203.
  • Baumrucker SJ, Vogel WH, Stolick RM, Adkins RW, Holland H, VandeKieft G, Eastridge A. A Mother in Jeopardy: The Ethics of Pregnancy and Chemotherapy. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2020, Vol. 37(1): 72-78.   
Professional Affiliations
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Tennessee Bar Association 
  • Kentucky Bar Association

Phone: (423) 723-0400

Address: 2021 Meadowview Lane, 2nd Floor, Kingsport, TN 37662

Hours: Monday – Friday

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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