Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers

Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers is known for criminal defense, personal injury, workers’ compensation, asbestos litigation, and labor law representation in Chattanooga and throughout Tennessee. Founded by Jerry H. Summers in 1969, the firm has built a long record of serving individuals, families, workers, and labor organizations. Its attorneys combine thorough preparation, practical advice, and determined advocacy when clients face criminal charges, serious injuries, workplace claims, or complex civil disputes across Tennessee courts.

Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers handles DUI, drug crimes, assault, homicide, federal charges, juvenile matters, probation and parole issues, expungements, license suspensions, sex crimes, violent offenses, and white collar cases. Its civil practice includes car, truck, motorcycle, aviation, and construction accidents, wrongful death, brain and spinal cord injuries, product liability, nursing home abuse, mesothelioma, asbestos exposure, workers’ compensation, labor union matters, and other serious injury claims across Tennessee.

Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers drives successful outcomes through personalized legal solutions, thorough preparation, and deep trial experience. The firm reviews police reports, medical records, employment documents, witness statements, expert evidence, insurance issues, accident facts, criminal allegations, workplace conditions, and damages before developing strategy. This preparation supports negotiations, motions, hearings, settlement discussions, trial, and appeals while helping clients understand their rights, potential risks, and available paths forward in demanding legal matters from start to finish.

Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers reflects industry recognition through more than 140 years of combined attorney experience, reported verdicts and settlements, and a longstanding reputation for integrity and effectiveness. The firm reports multimillion-dollar recoveries in wrongful death, catastrophic injury, asbestos, and other civil matters, along with trial results in workers’ compensation and injury cases. It serves clients in Chattanooga, Athens, Cleveland, Collegedale, Dalton, Dayton, East Ridge, Jasper, Knoxville, Lenoir City, Red Bank, Oak Ridge, Soddy-Daisy, South Pittsburg, and other Tennessee communities throughout the state.