(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Administrative, Alcoholic Beverage Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Mediation, Asset Securitization, Banks, Banking Regulation, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Bond Finance, Business Law, Business Litigation, Casualty Defense, Certificate of Need Applications, Civil Litigation, College and University Law, Commercial Banking, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Loans, Commercial Transactions, Conservatorships and Guardianships, Copyright Prosecution and Counseling, Corporate Banking Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Corporate Transactions and Financings, Creditors Rights, Debtor and Creditor, Election, Campaign and Political Law, Employee Benefits, Employment Immigration, Entertainment and Sports Law, Entrepreneurial Business Law, Environmental Law, ERISA, Estate Planning, Executive Compensation, Financial Institutions Law, Foreclosures, Franchise Law, Government Relations, Health Care, Hospital Law, Information Technology Transactions, Intellectual Property Licensing and Transfer, Intellectual Property Litigation, International Business Transactions, Internet and E-Commerce, Labor and Employment, Limited Liability Company Law, Loan Workouts, Local Government, Media Law, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Municipal Bond Financing, Municipal Law, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Privacy Law, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Publishing and Communications, Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance, Regulatory Law, Securities, State and Local Taxation, Superfund, Syndications, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances, Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Taxation Law, Tort and Personal Injury, Trade Secrets and Information Management, Trademark Prosecution and Counseling, Uniform Commercial Code, Utility Law, Venture Capital, Wills and Estate, and Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Representative Clients:

AGC Flat Glass North America
Ardent Health Services, LLC
Automotive Remarketing Group, Inc./America's Auto Auction, Inc.
Avenue Bank
The Bank of Nashville
Beacon Technologies, Inc.
Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC
CapStar Bank
Carmax Auto Finance
Centennial Pediatrics, P.C.
Century Furniture LLC
Certified Angus Beef LLC
Citizens Tri-County Bank
Comdata Corporation
Community First Bank & Trust
Cotton States Mutual Insurance Co.
Crossroads Surgery Center, LLC
Cumberland University
Dover Motorsports/Nashville SuperSpeedway
Entrepreneurial Marketing, Inc.
Ethanol Grain Processors, LLC
First Community Bank
First Tennessee Bank N.A.
Fisk University
Formula One Management, Ltd.
Free Will Bible Baptist College
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Furniture Brands International
GBT Realty Corporation
Gigi's Franchising, LLC
GreenBank
Gresham Smith & Partners
HALO Properties
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc.
Hearthwood Properties
INSOUTH Bank
The J. Peterman Company LLC
KraftCPAs PLLC
Mac's Tire Recyclers, Inc.
Main Street Media
MAPCO Express, Inc.
Mastrapasqua Asset Management
Meharry Medical College
MicroDose Life Sciences, LLC
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Nashville Electric Service (Administrative Judicial Panel)
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
North American Galvanizing
Phoenix Bass Boats
Regions Bank
River Valley Credit Union
Saks Incorporated
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
Southern Lease Management Group LLC
Stansell Electric Company, Inc.
Summit Medical Associates, PC
SunTrust Bank
Surgical Resource, Inc.
Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund
Tennessee Restaurant Association Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Trust
Tennessee Trucking Association Self-Insurance Group Trust
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration
Toot's Franchising, Inc.
U.S. Bank
ValueVision Media (ShopNBC)
The Wackenhut Corporation
Zambooie, Inc.

Address

Nashville City Center
511 Union Street, Suite 1600
Nashville, TN 37219, (Davidson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 615-238-6300
Fax: 615-238-6301

Website

http://www.bonelaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF THE FIRM

Charles W. Bone (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, September 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1967); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1970). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Banking Law; Banking Regulation; Government Relations; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Venture Capital; Administrative Law.Email: Charles W. Bone

Sam J. McAllester III (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 24, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1970). Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Creditors Rights; Real Estate; Uniform Commercial Code; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor; Secured Transactions; Bank Foreclosures; Real Estate Foreclosure.Email: Sam J. McAllester III

William R. Wright (Member) born Benton, Kentucky, January 2, 1940; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1964); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 1971). (Resident, Hendersonville Office). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Local Government Law; Government Relations; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: William R. Wright

C. Michael Norton (Member) born Ripley, Mississippi, March 23, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1970); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1974). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; State and Local Taxation; Securities; Banks and Banking; Bond Finance; Municipal Law; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: C. Michael Norton

Jack F. Stringham II (Member) born Cookeville, Tennessee, September 4, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1974). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Banking Regulation; Commercial Banking; Commercial Loans; Limited Liability Company Law; Real Estate Finance; Corporate Law.Email: Jack F. Stringham II

Keith C. Dennen (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, December 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Health Care; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Business Organization; Nonprofit Corporations; Estate Planning; Probate; State Government Law; Local Government Law.Email: Keith C. Dennen

J. Terry Mann (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, January 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Kentucky; 1991, Georgia; 1999, Texas; 2001, Tennessee. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1983); University of Louisville (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Taxation; Corporate Law.Email: J. Terry Mann

Paul W. Kruse (Member) born Seaford, Delaware, February 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee; 1996, District of Columbia; 2002, Virginia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Trademarks; Internet Law; Intellectual Property; Corporate Law; Business Law; Franchise Law; Business Litigation.Email: Paul W. Kruse

George J. Phillips (Member) born Gallatin, Tennessee, November 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1984); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1989). (Resident, Hendersonville Office). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Communications Law; Litigation; Governmental Defense; Civil Rights Defense; Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: George J. Phillips

Lewis E. Bell, Jr. (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, February 7, 1953; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama; 1991, Tennessee; 1993, Virginia. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1976); University of Tennessee (M.B.A., 1978); Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., 1990); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1995). Practice Areas: Taxation; Real Estate Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Municipal Law; Bond Finance; Commercial Loans.Email: Lewis E. Bell, Jr.

William Tompkins Cheek, III (Member) born Murfreesboro, Tennessee, December 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Alcoholic Beverages; Business Law; Commercial Bankruptcy; Real Estate.Email: William Tompkins Cheek, III

Sharon O. Jacobs (Member) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee; 1992, Missouri. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1984); University of Missouri (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Government.Email: Sharon O. Jacobs

Anne Clayton Martin (Member) born Danville, Kentucky, July 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1989); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Anne Clayton Martin

Stacey A. Garrett (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, October 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: College and University Law; Corporate Law; Immigration Law; Health Care; Administrative Law; Government Affairs.Email: Stacey A. Garrett

Susan R. High-McAuley (Member) born Gallatin, Tennessee, November 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin (B.S., 1990); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1993). (Resident, Hendersonville Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Products Liability; Employment Law; Casualty Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice.Email: Susan R. High-McAuley

C. David Briley (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, January 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1997, Tennessee. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1987); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1995). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Government Relations.Email: C. David Briley

William J. Haynes, III (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, April 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee. Education: The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1992); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: William J. Haynes, III

Trace Blankenship (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, May 26, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1989); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Securities; Corporate Governance; Venture Capital.Email: Trace Blankenship

Stephen J. Zralek (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, June 13, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee. Education: Xavier University (B.A., 1994); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Copyright Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Trade Secrets; Business Litigation; Executive Employment Law; Election and Campaign Finance; E-Commerce; Internet Law.Email: Stephen J. Zralek

David M. Anthony (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 1996); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Creditor Bankruptcy; Litigation; Foreclosures; Uniform Commercial Code; Creditors Rights; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Banking; Real Estate.Email: David M. Anthony

Marshall T. Cook (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, May 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee. Education: Carson-Newman College (B.A., 1996); Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., 1999). (Resident, Hendersonville Office). Practice Areas: Small Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Premises Liability.Email: Marshall T. Cook

James A. Crumlin, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Business Law; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Entertainment Law.Email: James A. Crumlin, Jr.

Andrea P. Perry (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, June 3, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., 1996); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law; Entertainment Law; Business Law; Sports Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations.Email: Andrea P. Perry

Charles Robert Bone (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, March 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1996); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation; Government; Torts; Personal Injury.Email: Charles Robert Bone

Robert D. Pinson (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, December 7, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee; 2006, Kentucky. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1998); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2003); University of Florida (LL.M., 2005). Practice Areas: Business Law; Tax Law; Alcoholic Beverage Law; Privacy Law.Email: Robert D. Pinson

Christopher J. Raybeck (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, December 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 2000; J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Real Estate; Business Formation; Alcoholic Beverage Law; Regulatory Law.Email: Christopher J. Raybeck

Lane Summers Moorman (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, October 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.M., 1997); University of Memphis (M.M., 2004; J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate Law.Email: Lane Summers Moorman

Johnny C. Garrett, IV (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, August 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 2001); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 2006). (Resident, Hendersonville Office). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Civil Litigation; Contract Disputes; Estate Planning; Domestic Relations Law.Email: Johnny C. Garrett, IV

C. Tucker Herndon (Member) born Ripley, Tennessee, May 8, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.S., 2004); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Creditors Rights; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Foreclosure; Bank Foreclosures; Alcoholic Beverages; Business Law.Email: C. Tucker Herndon

OF COUNSEL

John P. Branham (Of Counsel) born Lebanon, Tennessee, November 12, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1966); Tulane University (J.D., 1968). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: John P. Branham