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.