Faculty Profile: Walter Schuler

Walt Schuler is an attorney with extensive experience in health law, business and corporate law, contracts, civil litigation, and regulatory matters. He earned his B.B.A. in International Business, magna cum laude, from The University of Memphis in 1993, and his J.D., cum laude, from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1996, where he also received a Certificate in Health Law with Honors. In law school, Walt served on the Law Journal Editorial Board, receiving the award for best student article and other honors.

Walt has represented clients in state and federal courts and has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Tennessee Court of Appeals and numerous state and federal trial courts. He is admitted to practice before the Tennessee Supreme Court (1996), Tennessee Court of Appeals (2006), U.S. District Courts for the Western (1996) and Middle (2021) Districts of Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1998), and the U.S. Supreme Court (2003).

Walt serves in leadership roles within the Tennessee Bar Association, including the House of Delegates (2013–present) and the Executive Council of its Health Law Section since 2008 (Chair, 2012–13). He is also active in the Memphis Bar Association and is a founding Board member of its Health Law Section (Chair, 2013-14), as well as the American Health Law Association, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Walt has served on the Advisory Committee to the Institute of Health Law and Policy at The University of Memphis School of Law and the Health Care Fraud Working Group of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee. He has presented at numerous seminars and has authored and co-authored numerous publications on a variety of health law topics.
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