Attorney Lance K. Baker In The News

Videos

• WBIR Channel 10 NBC, February 12, 2026

  Former West High School football coach alleges libel, defamation in lawsuit against superintendent, KCS

• WATE 6 NEWS On Your Side, February 12, 2026

  Former West High coach sues Knox County Schools alleging libel after being let go

• WBIR Channel 10 NBC, March 6, 2025

  Knoxville woman who suffered deep bite from KCSO K-9 faces 6-count indictment

• WBIR Channel 10 NBC, January 9, 2025

  Man dies in hospital after assault arrest; lawyer says he was hit 'multiple times' by jail staff

• WBIR Channel 10 NBC, November 20, 2024

  10Investigates: KCSO K-9 bite leaves woman with scars, hundreds of thousands in medical bills

Articles

• Oak Ridge bus driver cleared of 2023 aggravated assault charge
• A 10News investigation exposes what’s happening inside Tennessee's troubled jail system
• 10Investigates | Behind the Bars: Inside Tennessee's troubled jail system
• 2025 Top Attorneys, Cityview Magazine (Criminal Defense, Civil Rights/Constitutional Law, Personal Injury, Antitrust
• Class Action-Plaintiff, Consumer Protection-Plaintiff, DUI Defense, Personal Injury-Motorcycle Accident-Plaintiff) -- View Magazine Ad Here
• INCIDENT INVOLVING DAVID BATTS (PDF) - The Baker Law Firm, January 9, 2025
• Family of Ben Lane, seeking answers four years after his death, sues Nashville police (PDF) - The Tennessean, December 20, 2024
• KCSO K-9 bite leaves woman with scars, hundreds of thousands in medical bills - NBC 10Investigates, November 20, 2024
• Former inmate sues Cocke County over jail conditions, says he was left for 12 hours after being beaten
• Ex-inmate files $1.5M suit against Cocke County
• 6th Circuit upholds decision to strip Knoxville cop of immunity in shooting
• Grainger County settles suit over “sex shows” in jail
• Knox County DA prevents release of police video showing Robert Bailey’s death in custody
• Mother Files Lawsuit Against Scott County Sheriff For 2016 Jailhouse Death Of Her Son
• Former Hamblen County inmate files $5M Civil Rights Violation Lawsuit Over Beating By Fellow Inmate
• Knox County And KCSO Face $5M Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill Inmate
• Brutalized inmate reaches settlement with Knox County
• Cocke County sheriff and jailers face class-action lawsuit, accused of failing to protect “hundreds” of assaulted inmates
• Knoxville Man Faces Charges After Human Torso Found In His Car
• Knox County Medical Examiner Report Says Robert Bailey Died of Drug Overdose in Police Custody
• Claiborne County couple allege deputy, officer beat their son, knocked him unconscious after ATV chase
• Transparency does not end at purchasing the body cameras’ | Attorney discusses body-worn camera effectiveness
• ‘Dirty jail floor’: Parents target Morristown police, Hamblen County jail in 2020 OD death of son
• Family sues Hamblen County deputy, county, sheriff over 19-year-old’s fatal pre-dawn shooting
• City reaches $150K settlement with man who said KPD officer broke his arm
• Knoxville man alleges KPD officer broke his arm during 2019 traffic stop
• Excessive force lawsuit filed against KPD officers seeks $4 million in damages
• Sheriff’s office stonewalling jail beating victim’s lawyers?
• Lawsuit by former Hamblen County jail inmate headed toward settlement
• Lance K. Baker honored in 2019 as one of Knoxville’s top DUI defense attorneys by Cityview magazine
• Attorneys threaten court action if records related to KPD fatal shooting are not turned over
• Federal court affirms that sheriff’s employee can be sued in excessive force suit
• Gatlinburg 2016 Wildfire Losses Prompt Lawsuit Against National Park Service