Jimmy F. Rodgers, Jr.

Jimmy F. Rodgers, Jr. is an attorney with nearly three decades of legal experience, focusing almost exclusively on product liability and union-side labor law. His work involves representing injured people, workers, and labor unions in serious matters, including toxic exposure claims, contract disputes, arbitration, and complex litigation against large corporations.

Jimmy earned a B.A. with high honors from the University of Tennessee in May 1991, double majoring in Economics and Political Science. He earned his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in May 1994. He also completed the Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations.

Jimmy handles product liability cases involving mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. His work includes reviewing medical diagnoses and exposure evidence before pursuing claims. He represents clients through litigation, administrative trusts, and federal workers’ compensation, and he may work with out-of-state firms when a case requires wider support.

Jimmy also represents labor unions and blue-collar workers in Tennessee and neighboring states. His union-side labor work includes contract negotiations, arbitration, and matters before federal and state agencies. His litigation experience has included cases that helped shape legal precedent involving labor law, personal injury, and class action matters.

Jimmy was admitted to practice in Tennessee in 1994, District Court Eastern District of Tennessee in 1995, Court of Appeals 6th Circuit in 1995, and District Court Western District of Tennessee in 2015. His memberships include the AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, and Chattanooga Bar Association.

Jimmy has received several professional honors. He was named to the Mid-South Super Lawyers list from 2012 through 2015 and again from 2020 through 2025. Recognition covered Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products and Class Action/Mass Torts. He was also a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 member in 2016 and 2017.

Jimmy F. Rodgers, Jr. has represented clients in reported cases involving railroads, pension funds, industrial companies, labor organizations, and transportation authorities. His representative matters include litigation in Tennessee appellate courts and federal court. He also has experience with labor arbitration decisions involving unions, employers, benefits, and workplace-related disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers
• Member, AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance (2006 to present)
• Member, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (1995 to present)
• Member, American Association for Justice (1996 to 2021, 2023)
• Member, Chattanooga Bar Association (1995 to present)
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association (1997 to 2012)
• Member, Federal Bar Association (2004 to 2012)
• Member, Justices Brock/Cooper American Inn of Court, Barrister and now Master (Sep, 2013 to present)

Licensed State

• Tennessee

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)