City of Knoxville - City Council Nick Della Volpe

CITY COUNCIL

City Council

Nick Della Volpe - Fourth District
5216 Crestwood Drive
Knoxville, TN 37914
Home: 865-525-2880
ndellavolpe@cityofknoxville.org

Resident of Holston Hills, Knoxville since 1974

Born in Union Beach, New Jersey – but I got here as fast as I could

Active in community improvement projects for 35 years

Recipient Knoxville News Sentinel Community Cornerstone award in 1998

EDUCATION

ST. JOHNS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York
J.D. in June 1973; 7th in class of 238; Dean’s List; Law Review

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, Villanova, Pennsylvania
B.A. Degree, May 1970; Cum. Ave. 3.5 (4.0 scale); Major in English and Economics; Honors Program

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, Tennessee
2008-2009, Courses in Accounting, Business Finance, Creative Writing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

35 years General Business and Commercial Litigation

Feb. 1997 to Present WAGNER, MYERS & SANGER, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee

June 1987 to Feb. 1997 BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN & CALDWELL, Partner Knoxville, Tennessee (formerly Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf)

1973 to 1987 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Attorney, General Counsel’s Office Knoxville, Tennessee

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: Tennessee Supreme Court 1973, United States Supreme Court 1978, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1976, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Court E.D. Tennessee 1974

ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES

Tennessee Bar Association, Litigation Section, TBA Lien Law Reform Committee Knoxville Bar Association, Environmental Law Section Chairman/Director, Knoxville Public Assembly Facilities Board Former President/Director, and Library & Greenways Chair of Town Hall East, Inc. President, 2004-2005, Downtown Knoxville Civitan Club; on the Board of Directors Lecturer at Construction Seminars: “Contractors Getting Paid,” “Mold Litigation,” and “Building Codes”

INTERESTS

Community Development, Tai Chi, History, Woodworking, and Gardening

Nick Della Volpe new City Council member

Nick Della Volpe was sworn in on December 19, 2009 as the Councilman for the Fourth District.