"Stay out front or be left behind." It's aggressive but it's the way we practice law at Adams and Reese.

We are a diverse law firm with more than 300 attorneys in offices throughout the South Central United States including New Orleans, Houston, Nashville, Mobile, Memphis, Jackson, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, and an office in Washington, D.C.

We take a progressive approach to the professional services we provide our clients, as well as the way we manage our firm internally. Our primary commitment is to provide our clients with the highest quality legal service in the most prompt, cost effective and efficient manner possible. After more than 50 years experience working with local, regional, national and international corporations, agencies, municipalities, universities and individuals, Adams and Reese is strongly grounded in legal knowledge and practical experience.

Adams and Reese provides many services in the legal arena, including representation in litigation and transactional matters and general client counseling. We welcome the opportunity to acquaint you with our many practice areas that may meet your needs for legal representation, now and in the future:

Litigation Practice Group: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Advocacy; Business Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Environmental and Toxic Tort; Health Care; Marine and Energy; Pharmaceutical/Products Liability; Torts and Insurance.

Special Business Services Practice Group: Energy and Environmental; ERISA and Employee Benefits; Governmental Relations; Health Care; Intellectual Property/Technology; Labor and Employment; Entertainment and New Media.

Transactions and Corporate Advisory Services Practice Group: Banking and Finance; Commercial Restructuring and Bankruptcy; Corporate, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions; Public Finance; Real Estate; Tax; Wealth Management.

Statement of Practice

Administrative Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulations, Appellate Advocacy, Banking, Bankruptcy, Biomedical, Casualty, Class Action Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Finance, Construction Law, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Education, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Gaming, General Business, General Litigation, Governmental Relations, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Maritime, Probate, Medical Defense, Mergers and Acquisitions, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Technology, Telecommunications, Toxic Tort, Transportation, Utilities.

Address

Fifth Third Center
424 Church Street, Suite 2800
Nashville, TN 37219, (Davidson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 615-259-1450
Telefax: 615-259-1470

Website

http://www.adamsandreese.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, Houston, Texas and Washington, D.C.).

PARTNERS

Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr. (Partner) born Ft. Benning, Georgia, July 6, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, TN; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: U.S. Military Academy (B.S., 1966); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif. Patrick Wilson Merit Scholar. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law; Banking Law. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1972-1973. Lecturer in Law, Corporations, Financial Institutions and Corporate Strategy, Vanderbilt School of Law, 1974-1984. Served as Adjunct Professor at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt, 1974-2008. Legislative Assistant, State Campaign Director, Campaign Chairman, U.S. Senator Howard Baker, 1971-1978. Chairman, Tennessee Reagan-Bush Committee, 1984. Presidential Board Appointee, Federal National Mortgage Association, 1985-1989. Federal Land Commissioner, 1990—. Past Chairman, Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, St. Thomas Hospital Board, Nashville Rotary Club and Middle Tennessee Salvation Army. Board Member, Tennessee Housing Development Authority, 1997-2001. Nashville Chamber of Commerce (3 terms). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation; Nashville Bar Foundation. [U.S. Army, 1962-1970]. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Governmental Relations; Health Care; Aviation Law; Economic Development; Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.

D. Reed Houk (Partner) born Lewisburg, Tennessee, August 10, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., magna cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Listed in: Chambers USA Directory as a Leader in the field of Real Estate; The Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law; Real Estate Law. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Nashville (Member, Real Estate Law Committee), Tennessee (Member, Commercial, Bankruptcy and Banking Law Section; Chairman, Real Estate Law Section, 1997-1998) and American (Member: Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Banking and Finance.Email: D. Reed Houk

Cynthia Mitchell Barnett (Partner) born Kingsport, Tennessee, January 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, TN. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1979); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Public Finance and Municipal Law; Economic Development.Email: Cynthia Mitchell Barnett

Reber M. Boult (Partner) born San Diego, California, October 27, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1988, Tennessee. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1982); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1985). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property Law. Member: International Trademark Association (Emerging Issues Subcommittee, Issues and Policy Committee). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology; International Law; Entertainment and New Media.Email: Reber M. Boult

Guilford F. Thornton, Jr. (Partner) born Brownsville, Tennessee, April 3, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee. Education: St. John's College, Oxford University Vanderbilt (B.S., 1984); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1990). Vanderbilt Bar Association Scholar. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Government Relations Law; Insurance Law. Listed in "Power 100" in Business TN. Assistant to the Republican Leader, Tennessee House of Representatives, 1983. Assistant to the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy-Paris, 1985-1987. Member, Davidson County Election Commission, 1995-2004. Board Member and Former President, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee, 1996-2007. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Association. Member: Nashville (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1996; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1995-1996; Board of Directors, 2005—) and Tennessee (Chairman, Legislative Committee, 2001-2002; House of Delegates, 2002-2005) Bar Associations Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Administrative Law.Email: Guilford F. Thornton, Jr.

Martin S. Brown, Jr. (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, March 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1992). Law Clerk to Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1992-1993. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Tax; Estate Planning.Email: Martin S. Brown, Jr.

Charles W. Cook, III (Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, April 22, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1987); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1990). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy and Reorganization; Banking and Finance.Email: Charles W. Cook, III

Joe M. Goodman (Partner) born Columbia, Tennessee, July 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Tennessee; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1997, Kentucky. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., magna cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1974); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates. Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law; Trusts and Estates; Top 100 Most Exclusive Wealth Advisors, Worth Magazine, 2006; Top 100 Attorneys, Worth Magazine, 2006. Recipient, Certificate in Family Advising, Family Firm Institute. Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1975. Co-Author, Book, Business Succession Planning and Beyond, American Bar Association and Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, 1997. Author, Books: Family Business Successorship and Continuity, Family Business Resources, Inc., 1995; Estate Planning For Family Business Owners, Southeastern Family Business Institute, 1999; Rich Widows Live Forever, Legacy Publications, 2004. Author, Articles: "A Life and Death Choice on Life Insurance," Family Business Magazine, Summer, 1994; "The Right Kind of Attorney," Family Business Magazine, Spring, 1995; "Marketing Estate Planning Services to the Small Business Client," The Practical Lawyer, January, 1996; "The Art of the Buy-Sell Agreement," The Practical Lawyer, September, 1996; "Screwy Snapshots of How Companies Work," Family Business Magazine, Autumn, 1998; "Defining the New Professional: The Family Business Counselor," Family Business Review Magazine, December, 1998; "Diversify Your Holdings to Protect Your Wealth" and "Creating an Organization Chart for Your Business," The Family Business Policies and Procedures Handbook, 2006; "Succession: The Inevitable Often is the Last Consideration," Nashville Business Journal, June 2-8, 2006. Member: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Family Firm Institute; Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants; Attorneys For Family-Held Enterprises. Fellow: Family Firm Institute. Practice Areas: Tax; Estate Planning; Family Business Consulting.Email: Joe M. Goodman

Daniel P. Smith (Partner) born Jackson, Tennessee, February 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Public Finance and Municipal Law; Tax; Health Care; International Law; Estate Planning.Email: Daniel P. Smith

Fred Russell Harwell (Partner) born Columbus, Georgia, March 7, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Property I, Contracts I and Contracts II. Member: Alabama Law Review, 1988-1989; Journal of the Legal Profession, 1988-1989. Speaker, Fundamentals of Real Estate Development (SES) (2006). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Banking and Finance; Landlord Tenant.Email: Fred Russell Harwell

Joel T. Galanter (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 11, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., Economics, magna cum laude, 1992); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Authorities Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1995-1996. Member: Nashville (Member, Committee on Ethics and Professionalism), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Technology and Telecommunications; Intellectual Property; Entertainment and New Media.Email: Joel T. Galanter

Paul D. Krivacka (Partner) born Okinawa, Japan, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee; 1994, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Austin Peay State University (B.A., 1989); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1991); Middle Tennessee State University (M.B.A., 2002). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Moot Court Board. Sea Grant. Author: "Tort Liability of Public Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning for Accidents Occurring During School Athletic Events," 68 ALR 5th 663; "Use of Peremptory Challenges to Exclude Persons from Criminal Jury Based on Religious Affiliation-Post-Batson State Cases," 63 ALR 5th 375; "Method of Calculating Attorneys' Fees Awarded in Common-Fund or Common-Benefit Cases-State Cases," 56 ALR 5th 107. Metropolitan Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994-2001. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Institute for Professionals in Taxation; Tennessee Chamber of Commerce (Member, Industry Tax Committee). Practice Areas: Aviation; Governmental Relations; Litigation; Procurement; State and Local Tax; Property Tax; Insurance Tax and Regulation; Construction Law; Economic Development; Energy and Environmental; Education Law; Public Finance; Administrative Law; Land Use.Email: Paul D. Krivacka

Brad A. Lampley (Partner) born Louisville, Kentucky, December 17, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1996; J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Dispute Resolution; Class Action; Construction and Real Estate.Email: Brad A. Lampley

Charles F. Gay, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. (Not admitted in Tennessee). Education: University of Miami; Tulane University (B.A., 1973); Loyola University, New Orleans School of Law (J.D., 1976). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation. Member: Louisiana State (Chair, Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee, 1994-1999; Chair, Special Committee on Malpractice, 1999-2003) and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotechnology Committee, 1993-1996); Defense Research Institute; International Society of Barristers. American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Law; Professional Liability Law; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Pharmaceutical Products Liability; Health Care Litigation.Email: Charles F. Gay, Jr.

Kolin B. Holladay (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: David Lipscomb University (B.A., 1994); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2001; M.B.A., 2001). Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities.Email: Kolin B. Holladay

Margaret R.T. Myers (Partner) born Washington, D.C., October 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with honors, 1992); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Management Counseling; Litigation; ERISA.Email: Margaret R.T. Myers

C. Timothy Gary (Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: Belmont University (B.S., 1988); Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University (M.B.A., 2006); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1992). Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Contracts; Government Relations; Insurance; Health Care.Email: C. Timothy Gary

ASSOCIATES

Haverly Rauen MacArthur (Associate) born December 17, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1999); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology; Entertainment Law and New Media.Email: Haverly Rauen MacArthur

David Callahan (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 16, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 2003); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts; Conservatorships; Guardianships; Estate Planning.Email: David Callahan

Vivek Chandra (Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, December 31, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 2002); St. Louis University (M.H.A., 2007; J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Health Care.Email: Vivek Chandra

Rachel Ross (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, December 31, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Tennessee. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 2005); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2008).Email: Rachel Ross

Edward H. L. Playfair (Associate) born Sydney, Australia, December 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 2007, Supreme Court of England and Wales as a Solicitor; 2009, Tennessee. Education: University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom (Classics, 1995); University of the West of England (Diploma of Legal Practice, 2005; Graduate Diploma in Law, 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Corporate, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Edward H. L. Playfair

Lori Schwartzmiller (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2008, West Virginia; 2009, Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in Tennessee). Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 2004); West Virginia University (J.D., 2007); New York University (LL.M., 2008). Member: West Virginia State Bar.Email: Lori Schwartzmiller

Patrick W. Norton (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2009, Tennessee. Education: Belmont University (B.B.A., 2006); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2009).Email: Patrick W. Norton

SPECIAL COUNSEL

Thomas L. (Larry) Stewart (Special Counsel) born Nashville, Tennessee, March 25, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee; 1975, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1971); Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1973). Patrick Wilson Merit Scholar. President, Mid South Commercial Law Institute, 1997-1998. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance and Municipal Law; Bankruptcy and Reorganization; Litigation.Email: Thomas L. (Larry) Stewart

John L. Chambers (Special Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, Tennessee. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1957); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1960). Member, State of Tennessee Franchise and Excise Tax Study Committee, 1975. Member: Nashville (Secretary-Treasurer, 1969-1970), Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society. [Lt. Comdr., U.S.N.R., active duty, 1960-1963]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Reorganizations; Environmental Law; Litigation; Commercial Dispute Resolution; Construction and Real Estate.Email: John L. Chambers

William R. Bruce (Special Counsel) born Portsmouth, Virginia, July 13, 1935; admitted to bar, 1959, Virginia; 1960, Tennessee; 1964, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1956; LL.B., 1959). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Government Relations Law. Author: "Professional Responsibilities of Lobbyists," 23 University of Memphis Law Review, Spring 1993. Member: Nashville, Memphis, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation, Tennessee Bar Foundation, Nashville Bar Foundation and (formerly) American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Member: Tennessee House of Representatives, 1966-1968; Tennessee State Senate, 1968-1972. Senate Democratic Majority Leader, 1969-1970. Chairman, Senate Committee on Calendar and Rules, 1971-1972. Commissioner, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 1994-1995. Member: Tennessee Judicial Council, 1998-2005 (Vice Chair, 2003-2005); Board of Directors, Tennessee Housing Development Agency, 1998-2005 (Vice Chair 2004-2005). Lecturer at Law, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1972-1979. Board Member, Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation, 1995— (Chair, 2002-2003). Chair, The Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board of The City of Memphis, Tennessee, 1984-1987. [Capt., U.S. Army Reserve, 1957-1968]. Practice Areas: Finance; Telecommunications Law; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Public Finance and Municipal Law; Governmental Relations; Banking and Finance; Insurance.Email: William R. Bruce

Anne L. Russell (Special Counsel) born Nashville, Tennessee, July 8, 1947; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1969); University of Tennessee (M.S. 1972; Ph.D., 1975); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 1984). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Cooper's Inn Honor Society. Recipient, Moot Court Award; United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Award, 2007; Leadership Nashville, 1999; Chamber of Commerce and Nashville Symphony Leadership Award, Sept., 2000; Nashville Business 100 Leadership Award, 2000. Distinguished Alumni, Nashville School of Law, 2008. Named Master of the Bench, Harry Phillips Inns of Court, 2008. Author: "A Pragmatic Approach to Drafting an Affirmative Action Plan," San Francisco Journal of Law, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall, 1997; "Career and Conflict: Life Choices for Women," Prentice-Hall, 1984; "Antenuptial Agreements in Tennessee," Nashville Bar Journal, June 2008 and July 2008. Instructor, Wills and Estates, Nashville School of Law, 1995—. Board Member, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, 1996-1997; Campaign Chair, 2001. Certified, Civil Mediation. Named Nashville Business Journal "Woman of Influence" in 2008. Appointed by the Governor of Tennessee to Tennessee Judicial Council, 2001, 2005. Member: Nashville (Member, 1996— and Chair, 2000, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; Member, 1986— and Chair, 1994, Fee Dispute Committee; Member, Probate Committee, 1988—) and Tennessee (Member, 1998— and Chair, 2000, Legal Education and the Bar Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Probate; Wills and Estates; Antenuptial Agreements; Tax.Email: Anne L. Russell

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