MEMBERS OF FIRM
John H. Harris, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Tennessee. Education: Tulane University; University of Tennessee (J.D., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Tennessee Law Review, 1960-1961. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Government Relations.Email: John H. Harris, Jr.
Max Shelton (Member) born Calhoun, Tennessee, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1961; J.D., 1963). Practice Areas: Hospital Law; Health Care; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Medical Staff Credentialing; Regulatory Law; Health Care Litigation.Email: Max Shelton
Philip G. Kaminsky (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1935; admitted to bar, 1959, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1957; LL.B., 1959). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Industrial Development; Governmental Tax Incentive Programs.Email: Philip G. Kaminsky
Allen S. Blair (Member) born Houston, Texas, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Tennessee. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1967); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1970). Certified by and member of Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Comm. Mediator in general civil cases. Certified Mediator under mediation program of U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Practice Areas: Mediation; Arbitration; Labor Relations; Commercial Law; Municipal Law; Employee Benefit Law.Email: Allen S. Blair
William W. Dunlap, Jr. (Member) born Santa Monica, California, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 1968); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1971). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Civil Trials; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Domestic Relations; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: William W. Dunlap, Jr.
Elijah Noel, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Economics, 1969; J.D., 1972). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Employment Law; Government Relations.Email: Elijah Noel, Jr.
M. Anderson Cobb, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1972). President, Omicron Delta Kappa, 1969-1970; Delta Theta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, University of Memphis Law Review, 1972. Practice Areas: Commercial Lending; Commercial Real Estate; Medical Staff Credentialing.Email: M. Anderson Cobb, Jr.
John L. Ryder (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wabash College (A.B., 1971); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1974). (Certified Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Government Relations.Email: John L. Ryder
James D. Wilson (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee. Education: Hanover College (B.A., 1970); University of Memphis (J.D., 1974). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Products Liability; Health Care Litigation; Risk Management.Email: James D. Wilson
Susan M. Callison (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1944; admitted to bar, 1975, Tennessee; 1979, Florida. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1965); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1974); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 1979). Member, Tennessee Law Review. Formerly with Bogatin Law Firm, PLLC. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Probate and Property) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Tennessee Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration; Professional Practices; Family Business Counseling; Taxation; Pension Benefits.Email: Susan M. Callison
James L. Kirby (Member) born Ripley, Tennessee, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee. Education: Union University (B.S., 1971); University of Memphis (J.D., 1976). Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Personal Injury; Hospital Law; Construction Law; Business Litigation; Health Care Litigation.Email: James L. Kirby
Michael E. Goldstein (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1975-1976. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Probate Law; Wills, Trusts and Estates.Email: Michael E. Goldstein
George T. Wheeler, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1974); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Hospital Law; Health Care Litigation; Civil Litigation; Business Law; Insurance Defense; Intellectual Property; Physician Practices.Email: George T. Wheeler, Jr.
Edward J. McKenney, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee. Education: Memphis State University (B.B.A., 1974; J.D., 1976). Phi Alpha Delta. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Employment Law; Employee Benefit Law; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.Email: Edward J. McKenney, Jr.
James R. Newsom III (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1976); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1978, 1979. Certified by Supreme Court of Tennessee Alternative Dispute Resolution Comm as a Rule 31 Mediator in general civil cases. Certified Mediator under mediation program of U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: James R. Newsom III
Jonathan E. Scharff (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Missouri; 1991, Illinois; 1994, Tennessee. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1984); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Debtor and Creditor Rights.Email: Jonathan E. Scharff
A. Neal Graham (Member) born Pontotoc, Mississippi, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi; 1982, Texas; 1984, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., Accountancy, cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1980 ); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Taxation; Partnership Taxation; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Business Law.Email: A. Neal Graham
John Kevin Walsh (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1977); University of Tennessee, College of Law at Knoxville (J.D., 1980). Certified by Supreme Court of Tennessee Alternative Dispute Resolution Comm. Mediator in general civil cases. Certified Mediator under mediation program of U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Land Use; Zoning Law; Probate; Estate Administration; Business Immigration; Environmental Law.Email: John Kevin Walsh
Charles C. Drennon, III (Member) born Dugway, Utah, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Tennessee. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., cum laude, 1978); University of Memphis (J.D., 1981). Beta Gamma Sigma. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Charles C. Drennon, III
Steven N. Douglass (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1977); University of Memphis (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Steven N. Douglass
Tabitha Francisco McNabb (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1982); University of Tennessee (J.D., with honors, 1985). Phi Alpha Delta. Wilkins Scholar, University of the South. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Litigation; Insurance Defense; Risk Management.Email: Tabitha Francisco McNabb
Barbara B. Lapides (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1944; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee. Education: Wellesley College; University of Memphis (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1985). Articles Editor, Law Review, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Real Estate and Business Transactions; Municipal Law; Probate; Estate Planning.Email: Barbara B. Lapides
G. Rice Byars, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1985); University of Memphis (J.D., 1988); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1989). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Memphis State Law Review, 1987-1988. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Tax Law; Asset Protection; Trust Law.Email: G. Rice Byars, Jr.
Brett A. Hughes (Member) born Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., with honors, 1993); Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Criminal Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation.Email: Brett A. Hughes
Christopher S. Campbell (Member) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., 1994); University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Common Carrier Defense; Premises Liability Defense.Email: Christopher S. Campbell
Allison T. Gilbert (Member) born Washington, D.C., 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1994); University of Memphis (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Industrial Real Estate Law; Corporate Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Finance; Land Use; Zoning Law; Commercial Loans.Email: Allison T. Gilbert
Jeffrey L. Griffin (Member) born Warsaw, Indiana, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Insurance Defense; Nursing Home Negligence; Commercial and Business Litigation.Email: Jeffrey L. Griffin
Susan B. Fentress (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 28, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Wisconsin; 1984, Illinois; 2004, Tennessee; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1980); Marquette University (J.D., 1983). Staff Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1982-1983. Member: Tennessee and Illinois State Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Chairperson, Committee on Biotechnology, 1988); American Intellectual Property Association (Member, Intellectual Property in the Far East Committee); American Chemical Society. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Regulatory Law; Business Transactions.Email: Susan B. Fentress
J. Matthew Kirby (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: Union University (B.A., 1998); University of Memphis (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Professional Liability; Workers Compensation.Email: J. Matthew Kirby
ASSOCIATES
Michelle H. Joss (Associate) born Eugene, Oregon, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1990); University of Houston (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Michelle H. Joss
E. Nicole Trail (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: Memphis State University (B.A., 1992); University of Memphis (J.D., 1996). Member, University of Memphis Law Review; Moot Court Board. Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Employee Benefits.Email: E. Nicole Trail
Ann Ellington Duncan (Associate) born Kingsport, Tennessee, 1953; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., with honors, 1975); Vanderbilt University (M.B.A., 1983); University of Memphis (J.D., 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1977. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Business Transactions; Commercial Transactions.Email: Ann Ellington Duncan
Milton D. Hobbs, Jr. (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 11, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama. Education: University of Mississippi (B.Acct., 1997; M. Taxation, 1998); University of Georgia (J.D., 2001). Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. (Resident, Oxford, Mississippi Office). Transactions: $254,000,000 Private Offering for a newly-formed Heatlhcare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT); $150,000,000 worth of Acquisitions of various healthcare facilities for REIT. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Corporate Law; Entertainment Law; Health Care; Intellectual Property; Tax Law; Estate Planning.Email: Milton D. Hobbs, Jr.
Melanie R. Dunlap (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 1999); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Bankruptcy; Domestic Relations; Product Liability.Email: Melanie R. Dunlap
Ashley Austin Martin (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.A., 2000); University of Memphis (J.D., 2003). Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; General Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Ashley Austin Martin
William P. Moss, III (Associate) born Jackson, Tennessee, August 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1997); University of Memphis (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Transactions; Banking Law; Residential Real Estate; Business Law.Email: William P. Moss, III
Kannon C. Conway (Associate) born Houston, Texas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (B.S., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Memphis (J.D., 2004). Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Kannon C. Conway
Tricia M. Y. Tweel (Associate) born Joliet, Illinois, 1970; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee. Education: East Tennessee State University (B.S., Criminal Justice, 1992); University of Memphis (J.D., 2005). Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate.Email: Tricia M. Y. Tweel
Margaret J. Young (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., Journalism, 2003; J.D., 2005). Member: Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Margaret J. Young
Laura S. Martin (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, November 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1994); University of Memphis (M.H.A., 2000; J.D., 2007). Member: Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Laura S. Martin
William C. Roberts (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: Freed-Hardeman University (B.A., 2003); University of Memphis (J.D., 2007); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2008). Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Planning.Email: William C. Roberts
OF COUNSEL
James B. Jalenak (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1966, Tennessee. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1961; J.D., 1964). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Estate Planning.Email: James B. Jalenak
Michael F. Rafferty (Of Counsel) born Sikeston, Missouri, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee; 1985, Arkansas; 1990, Mississippi. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1978); Tulane University (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Appeals.Email: Michael F. Rafferty