(Main Office)

Ashley, Ashley & Arnold was founded in 1903. It has grown from a local general practice to also providing a broad range of multistate legal services. The firm is dedicated to continuing development of professional proficiency in providing legal services and involvement in governmental affairs.

Statement of Practice

General and Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Government and Construction Contract Law. Probate, Corporate, Real Estate, Negligence, Insurance, Contract and Environmental Law.

Representative Clients:

Tim Castellaw Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
First Citizens National Bank
First Tennessee Bank
Health, Educational and Facilities Board of Dyer County
ERMCO
Lauderdale County Bank
First South Bank
Tennessee Automatic Association Self Insurance Pool.

Clients

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CLIENTS: Bertucci Contracting Corp.
Chancellor & Sons, Inc.
Circle, Inc.
Clifco, Inc.
Dumey Excavation, Inc.
Ford Construction Co.
Fordice Construction Co.
Hill Brothers Construction Co., Inc.
Inland Dredging Company
Jensen Construction Co.
LaForge & Budd Construction Co., Inc.
Luhr Bros., Inc.
Maharrey-Houston Construction Co., Inc.
Patton-Tully Transportation Co.
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel. Inc.
Regency Construction, Inc.
Souter Construction Company, Inc.
4H Construction Corp.

Address

322 Church Avenue P.O. Box H
Dyersburg, TN 38024, (Dyer Co.)

Phone

Phone: 731-285-5074
Telecopier: 731-285-5089

MEMBERS OF FIRM

S. Leo Arnold (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee and U.S. Claims Court. Education: University of Mississippi; Union University (B.S., 1979); Memphis State University (J.D., 1981). Member, Memphis State University Law Review, 1980-1981. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts and Secured Transactions. Author: "Federal Income Taxation - Illegal Price Adjustments Are Exclusions From Gross Income and Thus Not Affected By I.R.C. §162 (c) (2)," 11 Memphis State University Law Review, 622, 1982. Member: Dyer County, Tennessee and American (Member, Public Contract Law Section and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; Federal Circuit Bar Association; Society of American Military Engineers; Western Dredging Association. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; Construction Law; Civil Trial Practice; Real Estate.Email: S. Leo Arnold

Marianna Williams (Member) born Maryville, Ohio, June 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1985, U.S. Claims Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1976); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Delta. Member and Chairman, 2001-2003, Tennessee Commission Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. Member: Dyer County (Past Member; President, 1986) and Tennessee Bar Associations; Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (President, 1996); National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Member). Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Commercial Litigation; Creditors Bankruptcy.Email: Marianna Williams

Charles V. Moore, Jr. (Member) born Dyersburg, Tennessee, June 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee; 1983, Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1979); Memphis State University (J.D., 1982). Delta Theta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Memphis State University, 1988-1989. Former General Sessions, Juvenile and Probate Judge, Dyer County, Tennessee, 1994-2006. President, Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference, 2004-2005. Member: Dyer County, Tennessee (Member, Taxation Law Section), Arkansas and American (Member, Taxation Law Section) Bar Associations; National College of Probate Judges. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Probate; Fiduciary Law; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate.Email: Charles V. Moore, Jr.

Carol Anne Austin (Member) born Humboldt, Tennessee, February 25, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., Business, 1979); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1983). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Recipient: Environmental Law Award; American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Business Law, David Lipscomb College, 1984-1985. Formerly with Palmer, Hayes and Austin. Member: Dyer County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Government Contracts; Construction Law.Email: Carol Anne Austin

ASSOCIATE

Matthew Wayne Willis (Associate) born Hayti, Missouri, May 15, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee; 2006, Missouri. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., Political Science, 2002); University of Georgia (J.D., 2005). Order of Barristers. Member, Mock Trial Board, 2003-2005. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury.

OF COUNSEL

Randolph A. Ashley, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Dyersburg, Tennessee, November 18, 1927; admitted to bar, 1953, Tennessee; 1961, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rhodes College, Southwestern (B.A., 1950); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1952). Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, 1974-1976. Member, Construction Contract Disputes Panel, American Arbitration Association. Member: Tennessee (Vice-President, 1970-1971) and American (Member, Litigation and Public Contract Sections and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; Construction Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate; Probate Law.Email: Randolph A. Ashley, Jr.