Brigham A. Dixson
Mr. Dixson is a Member of the firm. He is admitted to practice law in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He focuses his practice on complex civil litigation matters and has significant experience defending health care providers in health care liability actions, government investigations, and professional licensure actions. Mr. Dixson is also a regular presenter for medicolegal training courses for health care providers, including EMS personnel and physicians.
Outside of his health care practice, Mr. Dixson represents select plaintiffs for personal injury matters arising outside the health care setting, and both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and real estate litigation matters.
Prior to joining North, Pursell & Ramos, P.L.C., Mr. Dixson completed a two-year clerkship for the Honorable P.K. Holmes, III, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, and subsequently practiced federal employment litigation in Nashville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School. Prior to law school, Mr. Dixson graduated from Cumberland University, obtaining a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Business Administration.
Bar Admissions:
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Education:
Vanderbilt Law School, Juris Doctor
Cumberland University, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration
Honors & Awards:
Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2023)
Publications & Presentations:
Medical-Legal Issues for New Physicians, University of Tennessee Emergency Medicine Residency Program (2022)
Shariful Syed, M.D., Brigham A. Dixson, Esq., M.B.A., Eduardo Constantino, M.D., and Judith Regan, M.D., J.D., The Law and Practice of Off-Label Prescribing and Physician Promotion, J. Am. Acad. Psych. & Law (March 2021; online Nov./Dec. 2020)
The Clinical Collaborative: The Law and Liability of Providers in Suicidal Patients, Webinar, MAXIMUS, Inc. (February 17, 2021)
The Law and Practice of Off-Label Prescribing and Physician Promotion, Didactic, Oklahoma State University Psychiatry, Video Webinar (January 2021)
Medical-Legal Issues in Critical Care Transport, Ascension Saint Thomas EMS Critical Care Transport Certification Program (Annual presenter since Spring 2019)
Topics in Physician Liability for Patient Suicide, VISN 19 Federal Psychiatrists, Video Webinar (December 2020)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
High Hopes Development Center – Advisory Board