|   | | Law Firm in Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
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| | Address | | 320 North Holtzclaw Avenue | | Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404 | | (Hamilton Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 423-622-4535 | | Facsimile: 423-622-4583 | | |
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(Main Office)
| Kennedy, Koontz & Farinash practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Business Reorganizations and Workouts, Bankruptcy Law, Creditors Rights, Personal Injury, Employment Law, Business and Commercial Law and Collections. | | Year Established: 1985 | Firm Profile:
Kennedy, Koontz & Farinash was founded in 1985 by Richard Kennedy and George Koontz. The law firm offers a variety of legal services emphasizing representation of financially distressed businesses, creditors and individuals, employment related law, personal injury and commercial litigation. | | Firm Size: 6 | Representative Clients:
A-1 Plumbing, L.L.C.; Athens Paper Company; Broad Street Fastlube, L.L.C.; Brower Industries, Inc.; Carlson Companies; Chattanooga Fast Lube, L.L.C.; Covenant Health Financial Services; Custom Curb, Inc.; East Ridge Fastlube, Inc.; Eureka Foundry Co.; G.E. Capitol Corp.; General Electric Co.; Highpoint Properties, LLC; North American Royalties; Southern Management Company; Radisson Hotels Intl., Inc.; First Tennessee Bank, N.A. Chattanooga; Radisson Hotels Intl. Inc.; Synair Corp.; Ten-E-C Stone Company; Wilson Veterinary Clinic, P.C.; Yellow Freight Systems. | Reference:
First Tennessee Bank, N.A. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Richard C. Kennedy (Member) born Wareham, Massachusetts, November 9, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1967); Georgetown University (J.D., 1974). Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy; Tennessee Bar Foundation; Chattanooga Bar Foundation. Member: Chattanooga (President, 1993-1994; President Elect, 1992-1993; Secretary-Treasurer, Board of Governors, 1991-1992; Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1994; Chairman, Lawyer Referral Committee, 1982-1983; Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1983-1984; Chairman, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1984-1985, 1986-1987), Tennessee (Chairman, Commercial, Bankruptcy and Banking Law Section, 1994-1995) and American Bar Associations; Mid-South Commercial Law Institute (President, 2004; Vice-President, 2003; Secretary, Board of Directors, 1998-1999; Member, Board of Directors, 1994-1999, 2001-2005); American Bankruptcy Institute. Reported Cases: In re Vincent, 68 BR 865 (1987); Chattanooga Choo-Choo Company, 98 BR 792 (1989); In re General Transportation Services, Inc., 53 BR 67 (1985); In re Ken Garner Ford Sales, Inc., 41 BR 105 (1984); In re Blanton Smith Corporation, 81 BR 440 (1987); Blanton Smith Corporation, 53 BR 5 (1985); In re Yarn Liquidation, Inc., 217 BR 544 (1997). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Reorganization; Creditors Rights and Workouts; Commercial Litigation. Email: Richard C. Kennedy | | George E. Koontz (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, October 17, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.A., 1975); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Dean's Advisory Council, 1978-1979. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure II, Constitutional Law I and Constitutional Law II. Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1985-1987. Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Also at Knoxville and South Pittsburg Office). Reported Cases: Lewis v. Food Max of TN, 1995 W.L. 328785; Byrd v. Wheland Foundry, 1994 W.L. 901459; Sims v. Williams, 1987 W.L. 20187; Dawson v. Dawson, 10 BR 680 (1981); Hogan v. Doyle, 768 S.W.2d 259 (1988); Hancock v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, 54 S.W. 3d 234 (Tenn., 2001); Bialecke v. Chattanooga Publishing Company. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Law; Health Care; Domestic Relations; Collections. Email: George E. Koontz | | Jerrold D. Farinash (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, March 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee, U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Tennessee and Western District of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Roane State Community College (A.S., with high honors, 1978); East Tennessee State University (B.S., with honors, 1980); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1982). Panel Trustee, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1990—. Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1990-1992. Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; American Bankruptcy Institute; Mid South Commercial Law Institute (Board of Directors, 2006—). (Also at Knoxville and South Pittsburg Office). Reported Cases: In re John Hicks Olds-GMC, Inc., 192 BR 911 (1996); In re: Stockburger, 192 BR 908 (1996); Hogan v. Doyle, 768 S.W.2d 259 (1988); In re Lingerfelt, 180 BR 502 (1995); In re: Don Williams Constr. Co., Inc, 143 BR 865 (1992); In re John Hicks Olds-GMC, Inc., 1994 W.L. 621531; Sneed v. County of McMinn, 1986 W.L. 11803; State of Tennessee v. Floyd, 1987 W.L. 9168; In re Tomlinson, 347 BR 639 (2006); In re Aultman Enterprises, 264 BR 485 (2001); Harriet & Henderson Yarns, Inc. v. Castle, 75 F.Supp.2d 818 (1999). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation. Email: Jerrold D. Farinash | | Richard T. Klingler (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1982, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Illinois (A.B., magna cum laude, 1975); Southern Illinois University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Member, Board of Editors and Articles Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1977-1978. Member: Chattanooga Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Reported Cases: In re Bivins, 216 BR 622 (1997); Bumpass, 196 BR 780 (1996); Rowe v. Board of Education, 938 S.W.2d 351 (1996); Rowe v. Board of Education, 1995 W.L. 635751; In re Yarn Liquidation, Inc., 217 BR 544 (1997); Bobby v. Dean, 821 F.2d 346 (1987); In re Lafollette Sheet Metal, Inc., 35 BR 634 (1983); In re Rivers, 19 BR 438 (1982); In re Nixon Machinery Co., 15 BR 131 (1981); Headrick v. American Dist. Tel. Co., 526 F. Supp. 604 (1980). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Law. Email: Richard T. Klingler | | ASSOCIATES | | Shannon Guinade Scearce (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, August 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia; 1999, Tennessee. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1993); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee, American and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. Email: Shannon Guinade Scearce | | Robert Jeffrey Wolford (Associate) born Valdosta, Georgia, August 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee; 2004, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1991); Columbus State University (B.A., 1992); Mercer University (J.D., 1999). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Alpha Phi (Vice President, 1997). Member: Tennessee, Georgia and American Bar Associations. [Sergeant, Infantry, U.S. Army, 1992-1996, Cpt.; Judge Advocate General, 20th Special Forces Group, National Guard, 2004—]. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Domestic Relations; Social Security Disability; Collections; Criminal Law. Email: Robert Jeffrey Wolford | | Jason D. Demastus (Associate) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 3, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama and Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.S., 2000); Cumberland School of Law (J.D, 2004). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Chief Justice Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board. Member: Chattanooga (Board Member, Young Lawyers Division), Tennessee, Alabama, Federal and American Bar Associations; National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Association for Justice. Reported Cases: In re Tomlinson, 347 BR 639 (2006). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Collections; Domestic Relations; Commercial Transactions; Wills and Estates; Criminal Law. Email: Jason D. Demastus | | OF COUNSEL | | John A. Walker, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Knoxville, Tennessee, June 14, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Tennessee. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1963); Columbia University (J.D., 1966). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 1965-1966. Author: "An Introduction to the Proposed Bankruptcy Act of 1973," Tennessee Law Review, Spring, 1974; "The Elusive Security Interest: Tennessee Variations on a Theme," Tennessee Law Review, Summer, 1974; "The Collection of Debts from Insolvent and Fully Mortgaged Debtors," Tennessee Law Review, Spring, 1976; "Remedies Under the Tennessee Commercial Code," Vanderbilt Law Review, Nov., 1977; "Creation, Perfection and Enforcement of Security Interests," Tennessee Law Review, Summer, 1981; "Simple Real Estate Foreclosures Made Complex: The Byzantine Tennessee Process," Tennessee Law Review, Winter, 1995. Associate Member, National Bankruptcy Conference, 1971-1980. Adjunct Professor of Law (Trusts, Negotiable Instruments, Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Debtor-Creditor Law) University of Tennessee, College of Law, 1972, 1983—. Lecturer, Tennessee Law Institute, 1973-2005. Member: Knoxville (President, 1988), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation; American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers; American College of Bankruptcy; Knoxville Bar Foundation. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. (Also practicing individually). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Arbitration; Business Law; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Probate. Email: John A. Walker, Jr. | Other Office Addresses:
Knoxville, Tennessee Office: 507 South Gay Street, Suite 1200, P.O. Box 2774. Telephone: 865-523-0700. Facsimile: 865-523-4990.
South Pittsburg, Tennessee Office: 338 S. Cedar Avenue, Suite B, P.O. Box 9. Telephone: 423-837-5430.
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