Faculty Profile: David Raybin

David RaybinRaybin & Weissman PC
Previous Courses Taught (29)
  • Criminal Law Forum 2024
  • Court of Criminal Appeals Boot Camp
  • How To Communicate With Your Client on the Web, On the Phone, and in Person
  • Criminal Law Forum 2020
  • Litigation and Appellate: Oral Argument Preparation Panel
  • Criminal Law Basics 2019
  • MindCraft for Legal Writing: Tips on Writing for the Right Audience
  • Local Govt: Ethics of Dealing with Media and Social Media
  • Litigation and Appellate Forum 2018
  • Winning the Appeal at the Trial Level
  • Tennessee Supreme Court Academy
  • MindCraft: Creating and Building Better Legal Writing
  • Local Government Forum 2017
  • Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Academy
  • Criminal Law: Learning from Experience
  • Handling a Criminal Case - Tiptoeing Through the Mine Fields
  • White Collar Crime: Protecting Client Confidentiality in the Digital Age
  • Keeping Clients with Better Communication Skills
  • How to Win An Appeal While in Trial
  • Keeping Your White Collar Clean:
  • Keep Your Clients with Better Communication Skills 2011
  • How to Win An Appeal While You Are Still in Trial 2011
  • Scanning & Digital Techniques for Appellate Records
  • Keep Your Clients with Better Communication Skills
  • How to Communicate with Prospective and Existing Clients
  • How to Win An Appeal While You Are Still in Trial
  • Tennessee Supreme Court Boot Camp
  • General Practice Summit
  • How to Communicate with Your Client on the Web, the Phone and in Person
Biography

David Raybin has practiced criminal and federal civil rights law in Nashville for fifty years.  For over twenty-five years David has represented Nashville police officers through the Fraternal Order of Police. David Raybin served on the Tennessee Sentencing Commission for nine years. He was twice awarded the Justice Joe Henry Award for outstanding legal writing by the Tennessee Bar Association and received the Norman Award from the Nashville Bar Association. He is also the author of the three-volume treatise Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure. David Raybin is a 1973 Order of the Coif graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law. After graduation he served as an Assistant State Attorney General for three years. Then he was hired by Tom Shriver to serve as an Assistant District Attorney for seven years. After his service with the government, David joined what was then Hollins Wagster and Yarbrough. Following the reorganization of the firm, David is now the senior partner of Hollins Raybin and Weissman. David Raybin is married and has two children, one of whom - Ben Raybin - practices with the firm.