Statement of Practice

Corporate and Business, Employment and Labor, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Health Care, Tax Exempt Financing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking, Creditors Rights, and Bankruptcy, Commercial Real Estate, Workers Compensation, Public Utility, Eminent Domain, Products Liability, Mediation and Arbitration, Immigration and Estate Planning.

Representative Clients:

General Shale Products Corporation
State Farm Insurance Cos.
Weyerhaeuser
AmSouth National Bank
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
Allstate Insurance
GEICO
AFG Industries, Inc.
Ball Corp.
American Greetings Corp.
Land-O-Sun Dairies, Inc.
Lloyd's of London
PepsiCo, Inc.
First Tennessee Bank, N.A.
Erie Insurance Group
Bank of Tennessee
Tri-Cities Regional Airport Tennessee-Virginia
Hurd Corp.
SunTrust Bank, N.A.
Wellmont Health System (Bristol Regional Medical Center/Holston Valley Medical Center/Lonesome Pine Hospital)
American Electric Power
Sprint/United Telephone - Southeast, Inc.
Cincinnati Insurance Companies
AIG Insurance (American International Group)
Quebecor Printing, Inc.
SAFECO, Inc.
State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co.
Farmer's Insurance Co.
Kmart Corp.
Volkswagen
St. Paul Fire & Marine.

Clients

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation.

Address

100 Med Tech Parkway
Suite 110
Johnson City, TN 37604, (Carter, Sullivan & Washington Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 423-283-6300
Telecopier: 423-283-6301

Website

http://www.hsdlaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

S. Morris Hadden (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

William C. Bovender (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

William C. Argabrite (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Jimmie Carpenter Miller (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Mark S. Dessauer (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Gregory K. Haden (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Michael L. Forrester (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Stephen M. Darden (Partner) born Johnson City, Tennessee, January 27, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1982; J.D., 1985). Member, University of Tennessee Law Review, 1983-1985. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law.Email: Stephen M. Darden

Edward Jennings Webb, Jr. (Partner) born Bristol, Virginia, July 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.S., 1983); University of Mississippi (M.A., 1985); Memphis State University (J.D., 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient: Corpus Juris Secundum Award; West Publishing Company Hornbook Award; American Jurisprudence Awards: Contracts; Civil Procedure I; Civil Procedure II; Torts; Professional Responsibility; Business Litigation; Decedent's Estates; Evidence; Property. Editor-In-Chief, Memphis State University Law Review, 1987-1988. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Edward Jennings Webb, Jr.

James N. L. Humphreys (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Suzanne Sweet Cook (Partner) born Roanoke, Virginia, August 8, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee; 1996, Virginia. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1990; M.S., 1992; J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation.

Michael S. Lattier (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Scott T. Powers (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Laura A. Steel (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Christopher D. Owens (Partner) born Lynchburg, Virginia, March 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 2001, Virginia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Chemistry, 1995); University of North Dakota (J.D., with distinction, 1999). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, North Dakota Law Review. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Creditors Rights; Asset Protection.Email: Christopher D. Owens

Leslie Tentler Ridings (Partner) (Kingsport Office).

Chad Whitfield (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida; 1997, Tennessee; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.A., 1993); St. Thomas University (J.D., 1996). Academic All-American Nominee, Southern Conference All Academic Team. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Taxation; Business Transactions; Closely Held Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: Chad Whitfield

ASSOCIATES

Nathan Bays (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee; 2008, North Carolina. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2004) Wake Forest University (J.D., 2007). (Resident at Kingsport Office). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking(15%); Corporate Commercial Law(15%); Real Estate(20%); Business Law(20%); Health Care(10%); Contracts(20%).Email: Nathan Bays

Meredith Bates Humbert (Associate) (Kingsport Office).

Teresa Mahan Lesnak (Associate) (Kingsport Office).

Matthew H. Wimberley (Associate) (Kingsport Office).

R. Lee McVey, II (Associate) born Bristol, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee and Virginia. Education: James Madison University (B.M., 2001); Regent University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Executive Editor, Regent University Law Review, 2004-2005. Member: Virginia State Bar; Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: R. Lee McVey, II

COUNSEL

Thomas R. Wilson (Counsel) (Also Practicing Individually, Kingsport).

All Attorneys are members of the local, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.