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Address
900 South Gay Street
Riverview Tower, Suite 2300
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 (Knox Co.)
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4.8
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) The firm was begun in the mid-1970s, focusing principally on federal and state taxation. Tax remains a substantial focus of the practice, with four of the attorneys holding advanced degrees in the area. Commercial, banking, construction, personal injury and tort liability, and bankruptcy law also account for much of the firm's practice, as does the entire range of litigation services necessary to fully represent clients in these fields. Statement of PracticeFederal and State Taxation, Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts, Corporate, Limited Liability Company, Business Entities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Exchanges, Banking, Health Law, Construction, Administrative, Banking, Commercial Loans, Bankruptcy, Commercial Contracts, Trusts, Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Employment, Probate and Estate Planning, Tort Liability, Transactions, Arbitration, Mediation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Unsafe Products. Year Established: 1976
Firm Size: 15
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Address900 South Gay Street
Riverview Tower, Suite 2300
Knoxville, TN 37902, (Knox Co.)
PhonePhone: 865-525-5300
Telecopy: 865-637-6761
Websitehttp://www.tennlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:15 AM - 05:15 PM
Tuesday: 08:15 AM - 05:15 PM
Wednesday: 08:15 AM - 05:15 PM
Thursday: 08:15 AM - 05:15 PM
Friday: 08:15 AM - 05:15 PM
Firm/Affiliate OfficesPigeon Forge, Tennessee: 2430 Teaster Lane Suite 210 37863. Telephone: 865-525-5300.
Mack A. Gentry (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, July 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court; 1983, U.S. Claims Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2001, Colorado. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1976). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Delta Phi (Vice President, 1966). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Bills and Notes. Member, Board of Trustees, 1982 and President, 1989, Tennessee Federal Tax Institute, Inc. Member: Knoxville (Chairman, Tax Section, 1978-1979) and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Limited Liability Company Law; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Family Wealth Transfer; Corporate Law.Email: Mack A. Gentry
James S. Tipton, Jr. (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, December 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1974, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Claims Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1969); Duke University (J.D., 1972). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Real Property, Urban Problems. Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Property; Probate and Estate Planning; Business Law; Corporate Law.Email: James S. Tipton, Jr.
W. Morris Kizer (Member) born Milan, Tennessee, October 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1972); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1975). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Member, American Inns of Court Hamilton S. Burnett Chapter. Case Notes Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1974, Author: Case Note, "41 Tennessee Law Review 383". Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1996-2000. Director, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, 1988-1995. Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator. Law Director, City of Knoxville, 2004-2008. Knoxville Bar Foundation, Board of Governors, 2008. Member: Knoxville (Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1993) and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Construction Law; Litigation; Real Estate; Employment Law; Bankruptcy Law; Mediation ; Municipal Law; Tort Law.Email: W. Morris Kizer
Timothy M. McLemore (Member) born Thomaston, Georgia, August 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court. Education: Carson Newman College (B.A., 1983); University of Tennessee (J.D., with high honors, 1986); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1991). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Antitrust. Graduate Editor, (NYU) Tax Law Review. Editorial Board, Tennessee Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: Note, "Liability of Social Hosts for the Subsequent Negligent Acts of Their Alcohol Impaired Guests," 52 Tennessee Law Review 145 (Fall, 1984). Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1988-2001. Frequent lecturer at seminars and professional education programs on taxation, entities, and real estate. Member, American Inns of Court, 1989-1991. Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Real Estate and Development; Corporate Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Trusts and Estates; Affordable Housing; Financing Transactions; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Timothy M. McLemore
Maurice K. Guinn (Member) born Johnson City, Tennessee, May 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1974); Memphis State University (J.D., 1977). Associate Comments Editor, Memphis State Law Review, 1976-1977. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Law Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1982-1987. Member, Chapter 7 Trustee Panel, Eastern District of Tennessee. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations. [With U.S. Army, 1972-1974]. Reported Cases: Guinn v. Lines (In Re Trans-Lines West, Inc.), 203 B.R. 653 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1996). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Law; Litigation.Email: Maurice K. Guinn
Bradley H. Hodge (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, August 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., with highest honors, 1986; J.D., with high honors, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts, Constitutional Law and Wills, Trusts and Future Interests. Law Clerk: Honorable John Y. Powers, U.S. Magistrate, Eastern District of Tennessee; Honorable James H. Jarvis, Chief U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee. Member, Board of Commissioners, Tennessee Human Rights Commission, 1999. Member: Knoxville (Co-Chair, Fee Dispute Committee, 1999-2001), Anderson County and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Corporate; Business; Commercial Loans; Commercial Transactions; Probate; Tort Liability; Litigation.Email: Bradley H. Hodge
E. Jerome Melson (Member) born Sweetwater, Tennessee, June 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., with highest honors, 1985; J.D., with honors, 1988). Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, John W. Green Scholarship; Chancellor's Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise. Barrister, Master of the Bench, Hamilton S. Burnett Chapter, American Inns of Court. City Attorney: Town of Madisonville, 1988-1990, 2002; City of Lake City, 1991-2003, 2004; Town of Vonore, 2004. County Attorney, Industrial Development Board of Monroe County, 2005. Lecturer: "Insurance Litigation in Tennessee," CLE, 1993; "Trying the Soft Tissue Injury Case in Tennessee," CLE, 1996, 1997. (Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization) (Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Corporate; Real Estate; Medical Malpractice; Governmental Law.Email: E. Jerome Melson
Danny P. Dyer (Member) born Lexington, Tennessee, September 28, 1961; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2001, Kentucky; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1991; J.D., 1994). Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business; Commercial; Employment; Construction; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.Email: Danny P. Dyer
Teresa M. Rankin (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, May 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Austin Peay State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); University of Tennessee (J.D., with honors, 1998); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi. Certified Public Accountant, 1990. Lecturer: "Like Kind Real Estate Exchanges in Tennessee," CLE, 2003, 2004; "Partnerships, LLCs & LLPs: Organization & Operation in Tennessee," CLE, 2003, 2004; "Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements," CLE, 2004; "Revised Tennessee and Limited Liability Company Act," 2005. Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate; Trusts and Estates; Partnerships; Real Estate; Probate.Email: Teresa M. Rankin
John G. Brock (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, April 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Torchbearer; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Transactions; Corporate Governance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Internet Law; Real Estate; Securities; Litigation.Email: John G. Brock
Brian D. Blind (Member) born Port Jefferson, New York, July 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995; J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member: Knoxville, Tennessee and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Affordable Housing; Real Estate; Banking; Commercial Transactions; Corporate.Email: Brian D. Blind
——————————Tyler C. Huskey (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, December 16, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1994); University of Memphis (J.D., with high honors, 2001). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, Deans Award for Academic Excellence in Property, Civil Procedure, Land Use Planning and Remedies. Staff Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1999-2001. Law Clerk, Honorable David R. Farmer, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western Section. Resident, Sevier County Office. Member: Knox County, Sevier County and Tennessee Bar Associations. (Resident, Pigeon Forge Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Bankruptcy; Banking Law.Email: Tyler C. Huskey
Joel David Roettger (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, February 13, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., summa cum laude, 1996; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Lecturer: "The Complete Trust Workshop," CLE, 2002-2007; "Trusts in Tennessee from a Non-Tax Perspective," CLE, 2005; "Probate Practice: The Essential Basics," CLE, 2007. Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Knoxville Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Probate; Trusts; Nonprofit Tax Law; Taxation.Email: Joel David Roettger
Michael P. Sayne (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, October 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1996; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Alpha Delta. Order of the Barristers. Recipient, Advocates Prize, 1999. Member, Editorial Board, "Young Lawyer". Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law. Member, Winning Team, Ray Jenkins Trial Competition, 2000. Trial Team Coach, Seymour, Tennessee. Resident: Sevier; Knox County Offices. Member: Sevier County, Knoxville, Tennessee and American (Member, Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; Hamilton Burnett Inns of Court (Team Leader, 2003-2004); Defense Research Institute. (Resident, Pigeon Forge Office). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Tort Litigation; Workers Compensation; Premises Liability Litigation; Directors and Officers Litigation.Email: Michael P. Sayne
OF COUNSELFrank B. Bird (Of Counsel) born Athens, Tennessee, March 12, 1917; admitted to bar, 1941, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (J.D., 1941). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate; Civil Litigation.Email: Frank B. Bird
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