Tricia Herzfeld

Representative cases include:

• Numerous high dollar confidential settlements for survivors of sexual assault, sexual violence, and harassment.
• Lipscomb v. Metro Nashville, No. 22-0501-1 (Chancery Court for Davidson County, Tenn. 2022): Obtained a preliminary injunction to preserve the constitutional rights of a local firefighter who was unlawfully disciplined for engaging in free speech, culminating in a $450,000 settlement.
• Effler v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 614 S.W.3d 681 (Tenn. 2020), in which the Tennessee Supreme Court held that drug dependent babies can sue drug companies as drug dealers under Tennessee’s Drug Dealer Liability Act.
• Dunaway v. Purdue Pharma, et al., 391 F. Supp. 3d 802 (M.D. Tenn 2019), in which the district court granted expedited remand of an action against drug companies and others under Tennessee’s Drug Dealer Liability Act.
• Abriq v. Hall, et al., 295 F. Supp. 3d 874 (M. D. Tenn. 2018), a landmark lawsuit filed to protect immigration detainees in Nashville.
• The Sullivan Baby Doe case (originally filed as Staubus v Purdue Pharma, et al., No. C-41916, (Sullivan Co. Circuit Court 2017)) against U.S. opioid producers Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., resulting in a $35 million settlement agreement, which was the largest per capita settlement with Endo.
• Arnold v. Cornerstone Church of Nashville, Inc., et al., No. 16C1131 (Davidson Co. Circuit Court 2016), in which Ms. Herzfeld represented a sexual assault survivor, obtained sanctions against the church for discovery misconduct, and which resolved in a confidential settlement.
• Doe v. CCA, 3:15-cv-00068 (M.D. Tenn. 2016), filed to protect women from unconstitutional, invasive, strip searches in a Tennessee prison.
• Akridge v. Finnegan, No. 3:13-cv-588 (M.D. Tenn. 2013), concerning racially motivated civil rights violations by the Metro Nashville Police Department.
• Juana Villegas v. Metro Nashville, No. 11-6031 (6th Cir. 2012) in which Ms. Herzfeld filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of an immigrant woman forced to give birth in shackles.
• Escobar v. Gaines, 3:11-cv-994 (M.D. Tenn. 2011), on behalf of immigrants who were unlawfully arrested in their homes, resulting in a $310,000 settlement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Nashville Police Department, a confidential monetary settlement with additional defendants, and seven years of deferred action status for the noncitizen plaintiffs.
• Occupy Nashville v. Haslam, No. 3:11-cv-01037 (M.D. Tenn. 2011), filed on behalf of Occupy Nashville protestors to protect their First Amendment rights, including a temporary injunction preserving their right to protest.