"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

Nashville Music Row
901 18th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212, (Davidson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 615-341-0068
Fax: 615-341-0596

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

Linda Edell Howard (Partner in Charge, Nashville Music Row Office) born Long Branch, New Jersey, March 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey; 1989, New York; 1994, Tennessee. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Listed The Best Lawyers in America, Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property Law. Listed in Nashville Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" in Entertainment Law in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007; Chambers USA Directory, Media and Entertainment. Judicial Clerkship, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1985-1986. Associate: Budd Larner Kent Gross Pucillo Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade; Carro Spanbock Kaster & Cuiffo. V.P., Operations, PolyGram Music Publishing Group. Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP, 1994- 1999. Member: Country Music Association; Leadership Music; Advisory Committee for Recording Industry Managers; Attorneys for the AFTRA Royalty Artist Coalition. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law and New Media; Intellectual Property and Technology; E-Commerce.Email: Linda Edell Howard

Lynn Morrow (Partner) born Anaheim, California, February 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, California; 1994, Tennessee. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1982); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1985); University of Exeter, England (LL.M., 1989). Member, United States Tennis Association. Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law and Practice, Winter 2001. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property Law. Member: Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (Chair, Entertainment and Sports Section, 2006-2008); State Bar of California; Gospel Music Association; Country Music Association, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; Copyright Society of the South. Practice Areas: Entertainment and New Media; Intellectual Property and Technology.Email: Lynn Morrow

SPECIAL COUNSEL

F. Casey Del Casino (Special Counsel) born New York, N.Y., May 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1989, New York, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Ithaca College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1988). Recipient, Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition Award, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1988. Author: "The Potential Harm of Musical Parody: Toward an Enlightened Fair Use Calculus," 6 University of Miami Entertainment and Sports Law Review 35, 1989. Co-Author: "Drafting Multimedia Production Agreements," Multimedia Deals in the Music Industry, International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, 1996. Member: Copyright Society of the South, 1989; Copyright Society of the U.S.A., 1998; Leadership Music, 1994. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Entertainment Law. Member: Nashville, Tennessee, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Copyright Law; Entertainment Law.Email: F. Casey Del Casino

Lydia A. Jones (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1991, Massachusetts; 1992, New York; 1996, Arizona; 2008, Tennessee. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1988); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1991); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1992). Internet/E-Commerce Practice Team Leader. Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, 1996-1998 (Associate); 1998-2005 (Partner). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Information Technology Law. Practice Areas: Internet/E-Commerce.Email: Lydia A. Jones

ASSOCIATE

John Ouellette (Associate) born Methuen, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.M., 1994); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Entertainment and New Media.Email: John Ouellette

Firm is a Member of the State Capital Law Firm Group. (Member firms of the State Capital Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law).