• Kristin M. Cabage
  • Member
  • 180 Market Place Boulevard
  • Knoxville,TN 37922
  • 865.523.0404 fax: 865.673.0260

Ms. Cabage joined the firm in 1999 and has been a Member of the firm's Knoxville office since 2007. Ms. Cabage has an understanding of business in both Tennessee and beyond.  She has an extensive workers' compensation practice with a specialty in occupational exposure matters.  Ms. Cabage represents employers before all Tennessee courts and administrative agencies including the Tennessee Department of Labor.

Representative Client Work

Ms. Cabage has litigation and administrative experience in the fields of employment law, workers' compensation, and insurance defense. 

Represents employers in administrative proceedings and litigation of workers' compensation claims

Specific experience in defending employers in occupational exposure claims

Succeeded in challenging the Tennessee Department of Labor's actions resulting in the modification of TDOL regulations regarding administrative standards

Creates employee handbooks and company policies

Represents employers in Title VII, retaliatory discharge, FMLA, ADA, and PDA cases with successful outcomes through key summary judgment motion practice and mediation

Bar & Court Admissions

Tennessee; US District Court of Eastern and Middle Tennessee

Professional Affiliations

Tennessee Bar Association

Knoxville Bar Association

Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM)

Community Involvement

Member West Knoxville-Farragut Chamber of Commerce (2007-present);

Advocacy Chair for the Knoxville Board of the American Diabetes Association (2003-2004)

Publications and Lectures

"Important Policies and Programs to Ensure Compliance with the Department of Homeland Security" "The Best Defense" (Jan. 2007)