Talk to the lawyer whose name is on the door.
Big firms put a name on a billboard and hand your case to someone you’ll never meet. When you hire Robert Bates, you get Robert Bates, from the first phone call to the courtroom.
No call center. No handoffs. No dabbling.
Your case stays with me.
No associates, no case managers passing you around. The lawyer you meet is the lawyer who works your case and tries it.
My cell is on this page.
(423) 765-1215. Call it or text it, anytime. Every client gets it, and I answer it.
I don’t dabble.
I’m an injury law specialist. No DUIs, no divorces, no criminal cases, and never insurance companies.
I live here.
My office is on Wilcox Drive in Kingsport. I see my clients at the grocery store, at church and at the ball fields, and I couldn’t live with myself if I did one of them wrong.
“Painters paint. It’s what they do.”
I grew up the son of a cattle farmer. I learned the value of hard work and what it’s like to be the little man. That’s why I fight, and I see my own family in the people I represent.
I don’t handle divorces or criminal cases, and I don’t represent insurance companies. When an adjuster sees my name on a claim, they know I’ll take it to a jury if that’s what it takes.
More about Robert
Injury cases are all we do.
From our office on Wilcox Drive in Kingsport, we take cases across Northeast Tennessee.
Car Wrecks
Rear-end, head-on and T-bone crashes, plus claims against uninsured and underinsured drivers.
Car wreck cases →Truck Wrecks
Trucking companies send a response team to the scene. We move just as fast to save the evidence.
Truck wreck cases →Motorcycle Wrecks
Riders get blamed first. We use the scene, the data and the witnesses to show what happened.
Motorcycle cases →Medical Malpractice
Surgical errors, missed diagnoses and birth injuries, handled under Tennessee’s strict filing rules.
Malpractice cases →Slip & Fall
Stores, parking lots and rental property that should have been kept safe.
Premises cases →Wrongful Death
When a wreck or a medical mistake takes someone you love.
Wrongful death cases →“I don’t know if there is anybody to represent her better than you.”Jury foreman, November 2018 trial
I’ll put my results up against any injury lawyer in East Tennessee.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is different.
Wrecked on Interstate 26? Start here.
I-26 ties Kingsport, Johnson City and Erwin together, and it is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the region. Johnson City police started a whole campaign, A Safer 26 in ’24, to cut the crashes. Tractor trailers, sun glare, construction zones and mountain weather all cause wrecks on it.
I-26 wreck guide- I-81 interchangeKingsport
- Gray and Eastern Star RdSun glare and merge traffic
- Boones Creek RdNorth Johnson City
- North Roan StHeavy local traffic onto the interstate
- State of Franklin RdJohnson City
- Unicoi and ErwinTruck traffic to the Carolinas
- Sam’s GapMountain grade at the state line
Three steps. No cost to you.
You talk to Robert.
Not an intake center. Tell him what happened and he’ll tell you, straight, whether you have a case. 99 out of 100 clients hire him without leaving the house. You sign on your phone.
We go to work.
Police reports, photos, medical records, witnesses. You focus on getting better. We handle the insurance company.
You take home more than his fee.
No fee unless we win, and Robert’s clients take home more than his fee. If the numbers are tight, he cuts his fee to make sure of it.
In our clients’ words.
He took so much stress off me. Easy to talk to and he makes sure you understand each step of your case.Balthis, Google review
He even visited with my mother while she was still in the hospital. Robert and his team are kind, courteous and professional.Anthony, Google review
Robert Bates is always available by texts and really there for you. He took the weight and the stress off me which let me work on recovery.Evelyn, Google review
I’m not one of those lawyers who hands you off to someone else.
I don’t ask you to call me only to never call you back. I don’t practice “happy law.” I’ve never had a client who wanted to be hurt, and I don’t take that trust for granted.
I discount my fees for police and military, and I represent the police union.
Hurt in a wreck? Don’t wait. Call Bates.
Free consultation. No fee unless we win. Weekends by appointment.