About me
Jack W. Derryberry is the Legal Director at Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), Tennessee's federally mandated Protection & Advocacy Network. DRT's mission is to protect the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities and does so by providing legal advocacy services to people with disabilities across the state. Jack received his B.A. in history at Duke University in 1969 and his J.D. at the University of Tennessee in 1972. His practice has consisted of class action litigation on behalf of persons with disabilities, social security disability matters, special education law, TennCare appeals, health care certificates of need and more. He provided legal services pursuant to John L. v. Adams at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center and New Visions Youth Development Center for the Department of Children's Services from 1992-2007. Before joining DRT, Jack worked as a partner in the firm Derryberry & Derryberry in Nashville, Tennessee.
