Member
Mr. Branstetter was elected representative in the General Assembly of Tennessee in 1950 where he sponsored and passed a bill allowing women to serve on juries. Appointed in 1957 to the Charter Commission and again in 1962, he successfully drafted a charter to combine city and county governments. Mr. Branstetter has also been a past member of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, the Civil Liberties Union, and the Tennessee Environmental Council. He is a member of the Mayor's Efficiency in Government Commission and is active in numerous Democratic Party activities. Mr. Branstetter has been married to his wife Charlotte for over 60 years. They have four children, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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PRACTICE AREAS
Personal Injury; Public Utility Law;
Regulated Industries; Municipal Law;
Labor Law; Employment Law;
Administrative Law; Civil Litigation
BORN
Morgan County, Tennessee,
December 15, 1920
ADMISSIONS
Tennessee, 1949
EDUCATION
Lincoln Memorial University and George Washington University (B.A., 1946)
Oxford University, England
Vanderbilt University, (J.D., 1949)
AFFILIATIONS
Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi
Member, Board of Editors, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1949
Member, Tennessee Legislature,
1951-1953
Member, Nashville, Tennessee (President,
Junior Section, 1952-1953) and American
Bar Associations;
Nashville and Tennessee Bar Foundations;
Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers, Tennessee Trial Lawyers;
American Board of Trial Advocates;
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
CONTACT
615.254.8801 (phone)
615.250.3937 (fax)
CDB@branstetterlaw.com
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