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OUR MISSION:

To provide lawyers and their support staff with a highly confidential, innovative, expeditious, sensible, fair and cost effective means for acquiring and sharing the evidence needed to bring their respective clients' legal actions to resolution.

We make justice more manageable... ^™

WHAT WE DO:

Records Acquisition Services, Inc. (RAS) is a completely neutral, third-party litigation support service that may be established in a legal action as an automatic cost- and information-sharing mechanism through which any and all parties to the action may choose to retrieve, store and share copies of a wide variety of discoverable items,including,
but certainly not limited to, the following:

Medical clinical records
Medical billing records
Radiographic images
Employment records
School records
Social Security records
Federal and state tax records

COMPANY PROFILE

RAS was founded in May 2004 by John B. Barber, a native Tennessean with over seven years of experience in civil litigation as an insurance defense paralegal. A graduate of both Belmont University (BA - religion and philosophy) and Baylor University (MA - political science), John's professional life has been dedicated to making the process of litigation as seamless as possible for trial lawyers - most recently as a paralegal with Arnett, Draper and Hagood of Knoxville. During his time with Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, P.C., the second largest medical malpractice insurance defense firm in the state of Michigan, John developed a particular specialty in the procurement of medical information for discovery purposes by being actively involved in that firm's efforts to modify their records acquisition and expert retention protocols to comply with the newly-enacted federal privacy rules (HIPAA Privacy Rules). With John as its Chief Executive Officer, Records Acquisition Services, Inc. is uniquely positioned to offer a professional service that truly makes the pursuit of justice more manageable for its advocates.

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Address:
706 Walnut Street, Suite 501
P.O. Box 908
Knoxville, TN 37901-0908

Phone:
(865) 546-4727 (Knoxville)
(615) 301-1708 (Nashville)
(901) 405-4584 (Memphis)
(888) 981-1706 (Toll Free)

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(865) 546-4728

Email: info@rastn.com
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The immediate online availability of records is invaluable, especially in medical malpractice cases. It provides a very cost effective way to share information with other lawyers and consultants who are not local.

- Leslie A. Muse, .
Brewer & Terry, P.C.
Morristown, Tennessee
RAS provides an opportunity for Tennessee lawyers to practice law outside the box! I am particularly impressed with its ability to deliver sets of procured documents online as PDF files.

- William M. Kunkel, CFO
Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.
Knoxville, Tennessee
From a defense perspective, the RAS Alternative is a great way for codefendants to pool their investigative resources since one defendant is automatically apprised what all other codefendants are discovering.

- Nita S. Gorman, Paralegal
Chair of the East Tennessee Chapter - TPA
Knoxville, Tennessee
RAS allows our staff to better manage their workflow. Having documents delivered online in PDF format allows us to make better use of our internal file management software.

- Jonathan Schochor, Esq.
Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A.
Baltimore, Maryland
Establishing a neutral, third party conduit and repository in a lawsuit through which all counsel of record can retrieve records and automatically engage in cost sharing is ideal.

- Rockforde D. King, Esq.
Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, P.C.
Knoxville, Tennessee
RAS offers a service that streamlines the process of records gathering, making litigation more cost effective. From a claims management perspective, I like what RAS is doing.

- Ed D'Apice
Senior Claims Adjuster
Kentucky National Insurance Company
The RAS Alternative is a great way to eliminate duplication and to make sure that all counsel literally stay on the
same page. Also, it prevents my clients' medical providers from being burdened with duplicated requests for records!

- Thomas S. Scott, Esq.
Ball & Scott
Knoxville, Tennessee
RAS provides a records procurement solution that is both fair and cost effective - for the court, for all involved lawyers and, most importantly, for the clients.
Darryl Lowe, Esq.
Lowe & Yeager, LLP
Knoxville, Tennessee
RAS offers a unique service that is both efficient and cost effective. Its service is beneficial to both plaintiff and defense attorneys and is the ideal solution to obtain records.

- Paul T. Gillenwater, Esq. (1932- 2005)
Gillenwater, Nichol & Associates
Knoxville, Tennessee
From the perspective of a paralegal who primarily does medical malpractice defense, RAS has certainly enhanced the value of my time by allowing me to focus on more potently billable tasks than following up with record custodians.

- Sara D. Overbay, Co-Vice Chair
Tennessee Paralegal Association, East TN Chapter
RAS provides a common sense solution to that necessary element of discovery that is more often than not the source of unnecessary conflict

- Richard K. Evans, Esq.
Law Office of Richard K. Evans
Kingston, Tennessee
"RAS offers far more than simply a records procurement service, it provides a comprehensive records discovery process that is more fair, cost-effective and efficient than other, more traditional processes."

- John B. Barber. CEO
Records Acquisition Services, Inc.
www.rastn.com
"With RAS' virtual file cabinet, records discovery is as open as when the parties meet to depose a witness; that is, evidence is elicited in a transparent, equally accessible and real time manner that is fair to all involved lawyers."

- Jeffrey M. Ward, Esq.
Milligan & Coleman
Greeneville, Tennessee
"RAS allows all counsel of record and their witnesses to literally read from the same page at depositions. This, in my view, is certainly the best way RAS makes justice
(if not just my job) more manageable."

- Dawn Holt, ACP, Paralegal to Gregory F. Coleman, Esq.
Coleman & Edwards, P.C.
Knoxville, Tennessee
"RAS is faster than greased lightening! I appreciate what you do!"
- Barbara Carter, Paralegal
Baker, O'Kane, Atkins & Thompson
Knoxville, Tennessee "Using RAS to gather our clients' records has certainly alleviated an administrative burden from our personal injury practice. I recommend RAS without reservation!"

- Liberti S. Snider, Esq.
The Norton Law Firm, PC
Shelbyville, Tennessee
"These rules shall be construed and administered to
secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination
of every action."

- Rule 1
Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure &
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
"John Barber and RAS have the know-how when it comes to tracking down difficult records and getting reluctant providers to supply copies of treatment bills. I'm more than satisfied with RAS as our records procurement solution, I'm impressed."

- G. Keith Alley, Esq.
Holbrook Peterson Smith PLLC
Knoxville, Tennessee
What a great service! Records are quickly produced to me in a format that is easy to access -- and I don't have to worry about producing the records to other parties since they are equally accesible to all parties through the secure RAS website. In short, RAS rocks!"

- Jennifer T. Ross, Paralegal
Walker, Tipps & Malone
Nashville, Tennessee
Our firm recently began using RAS on a routine basis. Without a doubt, RAS offers the most useful tool for accomplishing records discovery I have ever experienced. It took what was once my biggest 'clerical' task and made it a snap. With RAS, everyone wins."

- Kati M. Wheatley, ACP
Trammell, Adkins & Ward, PC
Knoxville, Tennessee
I recently began using RAS on medical malpractice cases. We all know the burdens of document production but this is truly a time and money saving program, especially when multiple parties are involved. I will use them on all but the simplest cases from this point forward."

- Michael G. McLaren, Esq.
Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, PC
Memphis, Tennessee
"We have found RAS to be a great resource for managing records discovery. Because records are maintained and shared online in a digitized format by a neutral, third party, we can rest assured that we have access to the same information as all other counsel of record."

- Marty Phillips, Esq. - Lisa Vinson & Becky Moore, Paralegals
ainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, PLC
Jackson, Tennessee
Having used RAS for a couple of years on numerous cases, I have found that our paralegal work-load has not decreased at all; in fact, the net effect of RAS has been to create a more sophisticated paralegal, one that has less busy-work and is freed to accomplish more substantive tasks."

- Jimmie C. Miller, Esq.
Hunter, Smith & Davis
Kingsport, Tennessee