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| | Address | | 1212 North Eastman Road, P.O. Box 3740 | | Kingsport, Tennessee 37664 | | (Hawkins & Sullivan Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 423-378-8800 | | Telecopier: 423-378-8801 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.hsdlaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Hunter, Smith and Davis, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
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. | | Year Established: 1916 | Firm Profile:
Hunter, Smith and Davis, LLP was established in 1916. The mission of the firm throughout the years has been to provide quality legal services to its corporate and individual clients in and beyond the environs of Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Two fully staffed offices--in Kingsport and Johnson City--are dedicated to the continuation of the firm's mission. | | Firm Size: 55 | Representative Clients:
Bristol Motor Speedway; State Farm Insurance Cos.; AGC Industries, Inc.; Ball Corp.; Land-O-Sun Dairies, Inc.; Regions Bank; First Community Bank; First Tennessee Bank, N.A.; Erie Insurance Group; Bank of Tennessee; Tri-Cities Regional Airport Tennessee-Virginia; Wellmont Health Systems (Bristol Regional Medical Center/Holston Valley Medical Center/Lonesome Pine Hospital); American Electric Power; Cincinnati Insurance Companies; AIG Insurance (American International Group); Domtar; ; State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Co.; Farmer's Insurance Co.; Kmart Corp.; Volkswagen; St. Paul Fire & Marine; Champion Chevrolet Cadillac, LLC; Cardiovascular Associates, PC; Pulmonary Associates of Kingsport; CNA Insurance. |
APPROVED ATTORNEY FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. |
Other Office Locations of Hunter, Smith and Davis, LLP
Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | S. Morris Hadden (Partner) born Murray, Kentucky, October 10, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1961; J.D.,1964). Phi Delta Phi. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1964-1967. Special Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1996. Member: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel; Tennessee Association of Defense Lawyers; Federation of Insurance Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage. Email: S. Morris Hadden | | William C. Bovender (Partner) born Hickory, North Carolina, August 31, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Employment; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: William C. Bovender | | William C. Argabrite (Partner) born Johnson City, Tennessee, September 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S., 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1978). Notes and Comments Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1977-1978. Practice Areas: Banking; Creditors Rights; Corporate Transactions; Real Estate; Municipal Finance. Email: William C. Argabrite | | Jimmie Carpenter Miller (Partner) born Morristown, Tennessee, November 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., with highest honors, 1979; J.D., with honors, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Instructor, Research and Writing, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1981. American Academy of Health Care; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jimmie Carpenter Miller | | Mark S. Dessauer (Partner) born Sylacauga, Alabama, November 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Mortar Board. Practice Areas: Banking; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mark S. Dessauer | | Gregory K. Haden (Partner) born Charlottesville, Virginia, February 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1980; J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Raven Society. Member, Commission on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1992—. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Gregory K. Haden | | Michael L. Forrester (Partner) born Pulaski, Tennessee, June 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., with high honors, 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: ERISA Litigation; Employment; Workers' Compensation; Insurance Coverage and Interpretation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael L. Forrester | | Stephen M. Darden (Partner) (Johnson City Office). | | Edward Jennings Webb, Jr. (Partner) (Johnson City Office). | | James N. L. Humphreys (Partner) born Abingdon, Virginia, July 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, Tennessee; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., with honors in Economics, magna cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Moot Court Competition (Quarter Finalist; 2d Place Brief). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: James N. L. Humphreys | | Suzanne Sweet Cook (Partner) (Johnson City Office). | | Michael S. Lattier (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, August 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Montana; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, Tennessee; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; 1999, Florida; 2001, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Member: The Florida Bar; Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. | | Scott T. Powers (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, October 1, 1966; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1989); University of Tennessee Knoxville (M.B.A., 1998; J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Formation; Commercial Law. Email: Scott T. Powers | | Laura A. Steel (Partner) born Blountville, Tennessee, May 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., cum laude, 1996; J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law. Email: Laura A. Steel | | Christopher D. Owens (Partner) (Johnson City Office). | | Leslie Tentler Ridings (Partner) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, September 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1998). Member, Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers' Compensation. Email: Leslie Tentler Ridings | | Chad Whitfield (Partner) (Johnson City Office). | | 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). 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) born Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee. Education: College of Charleston (B.S.); University of Memphis (J.D.). Practice Areas: Health Care(50%); Medical Malpractice(50%). Email: Meredith Bates Humbert | | Teresa Mahan Lesnak (Associate) born Johnson City, Tennessee, February 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1990, New Jersey; 1991, District of Columbia and Virginia. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1988). Order of the Barristers. Member: International Law Moot Court Teams, 1987, 1988; Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Public International Law. Member: Kingsport, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Teresa Mahan Lesnak | | Matthew H. Wimberley (Associate) born October 8, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Tennessee; 2003, Virginia. Education: Lipscomb University (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 1999); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2002). Senior Research Editor, Tennessee Journal of Business Law. Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review. Member: Virginia State Bar; Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banks and Banking; Corporate Law. Email: Matthew H. Wimberley | | Lilian R. Abboud (Associate) (Johnson City Office). | | Senitria A. Goodman (Associate) born Virginia Beach, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee. Education: Old Dominion University (B.A., 2002); Appalachian School of Law (J.D., 2005). First Place, Best Advocate, American Bar Association Competition, Washington, D.C. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Corporate Litigation. Email: Senitria A. Goodman | | R. Lee McVey, II (Associate) (Johnson City Office). | | COUNSEL | | Michael A. Eastridge (Counsel) born Bristol, Tennessee, February 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee; 2005, Georgia. Education: Emory University (A.A., 1983; B.A., 1985); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (M.S., 1987; J.D., 1994). Pi Lambda Theta. Outstanding Achievement in Legislation. Teacher Certificate, Tennessee, 1987-1992. Member: Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; International Human Rights. | | Thomas R. Wilson (Counsel) born Knoxville, Tennessee, November 24, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1954; J.D., 1959). (Also Practicing Individually). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Johnson City, Tennessee Office: 100 Med Tech Parkway, Suite 110, 37604. Telephone: 423-283-6300. Telecopier: 423-283-6301.
| All Attorneys are members of the local, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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