Attorneys

John W. Barringer Jr.

Principal
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee
Phone:
615-742-9345
Fax:
629-895-0522
Email:
JBarringer@ManierHerod.com

John W. Barringer, Jr. is a principal with Manier & Herod, practicing in workers’ compensation defense.  John is a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he received both his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and his Juris Doctor (JD). Prior to joining Manier & Herod, John served as Assistant District Attorney of the 21st Judicial District and Lead Prosecutor for the 21st Judicial District Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.

John is a Charter Member of the National Association of Medicare Set Aside Professionals and serves on its National Legislative Committee. Over the past decade, he has developed a specialty in the new area of Medicare Set-Asides, a financial agreement that allocates a portion of a workers’ compensation settlement to pay for future medical services related to the workers’ compensation injury, illness, or disease.
John is a member of the Workers’ Compensation Defense Institute (WCDI) and is an annual presenter at the Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. As a member of the WCDI, John volunteers for Give Kids the World a non-profit organization that creates magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

John is a Past President of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and has also served as Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and as a member of the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the American Bar Association (ABA), the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, the Mid-South Workers’ Compensation Association Nashville Chapter, and Tennessee Self-Insurers’ Association.

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee

Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi
    • J.D., 1994
  • University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi
    • B.A., 1989

Published Works

  • Principal Author, Tennessee Workers’ Compensation (5th ed., 2018 forthcoming)
  • Principal Author, Tennessee Workers’ Compensation (4th ed., 2012)
  • Principal Author, Tennessee Workers’ Compensation (3rd ed., 2007)

Classes/Seminars

  • Speaker, Workers’ Compensation Institute’s Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, 2010 – 2012
  • Panel Member, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference , 2012 – Present
  • Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Law, ESIS, 2018 – Present
  • Speaker, 70th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, 2015 – Present
  • Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Law, PMA claims adjusters, 2013 – Present
  • Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Law, ESIS, 2014 – Present

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, President Emeritus, 2013 – 2014
  • Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, President, 2012 – 2013
  • Nashville Bar Association, Member
  • Tennessee Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • National Association of Medicare Set Aside Professionals, National Legislative Committee
  • Mid-South Workers’ Compensation Association Nashville Chapter, Member
  • Tennessee Self-Insurers’ Association, Member
  • National Association of Medicare Set Aside Professionals, Charter Member