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Address
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 1100
Nashville, Tennessee 37238 (Davidson Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.9
out of 5
(Main Office) Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC is a 26 attorney firm with a long-standing dedication to achieving professional excellence, responding to client needs, and providing tailored solutions for clients. Gullett Sanford provides its clients with a team of lawyers who collaborate across legal disciplines to serve a wide array of needs. The Firm has succeeded for more than 60 years because it has remained committed to its approach, its team members, and its values. Approach. Gullett Sanford is small enough to respond personally and efficiently to each client. At the same time, the firm is large enough to handle matters for Fortune 500 companies. Team. The firm's success is the result of the professionalism of its lawyers. Firm members are skilled and are responsive to their clients. They understand business matters and are experienced in legal issues faced by a number of industries. Values. Professionalism, integrity, and flexibility are important values to the firm. Gullett Sanford lawyers respond promptly and thoroughly to their clients' needs and provide pragmatic solutions to difficult issues. Statement of PracticeLitigation, Business and Commercial Transactions, Wills and Estates, Real Property Transactions, Government Relations, Alcohol Beverage Regulation, Commercial Leasing and Landlord/Tenant, Commercial Lending, Banking and Consumer Financial Services, Construction, Employment, Government, Healthcare, Hospitality and Service, Insurance, Manufacturing, Probate and Estates, Railroads, Real Estate, Retail, Securities, Business, Technology, Transportation. Year Established: 1942
Firm Size: 28
Address315 Deaderick Street, Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37238, (Davidson Co.)
PhonePhone: 615-244-4994
Telecopy: 615-256-6339
Website
http://www.gsrm.net
Gareth S. Aden (Member) born Durham, North Carolina, December 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Tennessee. Education: Washington & Lee University and Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1966); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1969). Master, Harry Phillips Inn of Court. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007. Vice Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. Member: Nashville (First Vice President, 1976-1977; Member, Board of Directors, 1997-1999; President, 2000) and Tennessee Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Transportation; Construction and Commercial Litigation.Email: Gareth S. Aden
G. Rhea Bucy (Member) born Paris, Tennessee, November 29, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Member, Board of Directors, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, 1982-1994. Member: Nashville (Director, 2003-2005), Tennessee (Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section, 2001-2002; Director, 2000-2004) and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Creditor's Rights Law; Commercial Law.Email: G. Rhea Bucy
Christopher W. Cardwell (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, May 24, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois; 1998, Missouri; 1999, Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Sixth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1994); Washington University (J.D., 1997). Executive Notes and Topics Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1996-1997. Co-Author with William A. Brasher: "Tactics for Identifying and Apportioning Damages in FELA Actions," presented at OCCU. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights; Litigation.Email: Christopher W. Cardwell
George V. Crawford, Jr. (Member) born Miami, Florida, May 22, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, Tennessee; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1962; J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author, "How to Proceed in Business," Tennessee Edition, published by SGJ Publishing Company, 1979. Law Clerk to Associate Justice A.B. Humphreys, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1967-1968. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Law Firm Committee, Business Section; Member: Standing Committee for Professional Utilization and Career Development; Chairman, 1990-1991) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Practice Areas: General Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Securities Law.Email: George V. Crawford, Jr.
A. Scott Derrick (Member) born Panama City, Florida, October 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., with high honors, 1976; J.D., 1979). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: A. Scott Derrick
Thomas H. Forrester (Member) born Pulaski, Tennessee, June 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee. Education: Martin Jr. College (A.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Tennessee (B.A., with high honors, 1981; J.D., 1984). Listed: The Best Lawyers in America; Nashville Business Journal "Best of the Bar"; Mid-South Super Lawyers. Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Member, Sections on: Commercial Law; Creditor's Rights; Bankruptcy) and American Bar Associations; Mid- South Commercial Law Institute (Member and Secretary, Board of Directors, 1992-1998; Member, 2003); American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Creditor's Rights Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Thomas H. Forrester
Mary Taylor Gallagher (Member) born Kingsport, Tennessee, August 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Tennessee (J.D., with honors, 2001). Member: Wagner Moot Court, Moot Court Board. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Mary Taylor Gallagher
M. Taylor Harris, Jr. (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, April 6, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee. Education: Carson-Newman College (B.A., 1969); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1972). Member, Vanderbilt University Law Review, 1970-1972. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Fellow of Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Realtor Association Law; Real Estate and Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights Law.Email: M. Taylor Harris, Jr.
Dan L. Haskell (Member) born Lawrence, Kansas, March 10, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1972); University of Memphis (J.D., 1975). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Chairman, Government Relations Committee) Bar Associations; American Corporate Counsel Association (Tennessee Chapter President, 1991-1992); Nashville Chamber of Commerce (Chair, Issues Committee, 1991-1992; 2000-2001; Board of Governors, 2002-2005); Nashville Business Coalition (Member, Board of Directors, 2002; Governor's Appointee, Independent Tax Structure Study Commission). Practice Areas: Government Relations(33%); Employment Law(33%); Alcoholic Beverage Control.Email: Dan L. Haskell
Andra J. Hedrick (Member) born Franklin, Indiana, November 29, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1995); University of Memphis (J.D., 1998). Member, University of Memphis Law Review. Nashville Estate Planning Council. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts; Estate Planning; Probate.Email: Andra J. Hedrick
Linda Whitlow Knight (Member) born Jackson, Tennessee, February 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama; 1981, Tennessee. Education: Sweet Briar College; Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Cumberland Law Review, 1974-1976. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Awards in Real Property, Corporations, Civil Procedure, Estates and Trusts, Uniform Commercial Code, Domestic Relations. Associate Justice, Cumberland Moot Court Board; Winner, 1975 Appellate Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk to Justice Frank F. Drowota, III, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1981-1982. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Law; General Corporate Law.Email: Linda Whitlow Knight
Joel M. Leeman (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, September 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Tennessee and U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. [Capt., Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army, 1969-1973]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Joel M. Leeman
Allen D. Lentz (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, September 29, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Law; Secured Transactions; Real Estate Law.Email: Allen D. Lentz
Joseph Martin, Jr. (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, November 2, 1928; admitted to bar, 1954, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1950; LL.B., 1954). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Life Member, Judicial Conference for the Sixth Circuit. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law.Email: Joseph Martin, Jr.
Jack W. Robinson, Jr. (Member) born Lebanon, Tennessee, June 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1981); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1985). Co-Author: "Tennessee Forms," 4 Vols. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Law; Commercial Litigation; Telecommunications Law.Email: Jack W. Robinson, Jr.
Jack Wright Robinson, Sr. (Member) born Carthage, Tennessee, January 8, 1934; admitted to bar, 1963, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1955); George Washington University (J.D., 1963). Order of the Coif. Co-Author: "Pritchard on Wills and Estates in Tennessee," 4th, 5th, and 6th Eds., 3 Vols. Life Member, Judicial Conference for the Sixth Circuit. Member: Nashville (President, 1982), Tennessee (General Counsel, 1989-1994) and American Bar Associations; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Foundations. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Commercial Law.Email: Jack Wright Robinson, Sr.
Wesley D. Turner (Member) born Springfield, Illinois, August 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin and University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1974); Memphis State University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board. Memphis State University Law Review. Instructor, Mortgage Law, Nashville School of Law. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Secured Transactions; General Commercial Law.Email: Wesley D. Turner
Phillip P. Welty (Member) born Hastings, Nebraska, May 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., magna cum laude, 1996; J.D., 1999). First Place, 1999 Ray H. Jenkins Trial Competition. Moot Court Board. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Consumer Finance Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law.Email: Phillip P. Welty
Mark H. Westlake (Member) born Sycamore, Illinois, March 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; 1978, Tennessee. Education: Wittenberg University (B.A., 1973); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Author: "The Tax Reform Act of 1984 Changes Federal Tax Consequences in Domestic Relations Situations," 20 Tennessee Bar Journal 9, November, 1984. Instructor, Income Estate and Gift Taxation, Nashville School of Law, 1983. Member: Nashville (Treasurer, 1998; Chairman Tax Committee, 1999-2000; Board of Directors, 2001-2003; Pro Bona Program Board of Directors, 2002), Tennessee (Special Tax Counsel, 2002-2003; Treasurer, 2004) and American (Member, Tax Section, Court Procedure Committee, 1985; Chairman, Publications Subcommittee, 1987-1989; Legislation Subcommittee, 1989-1991; Teaching Taxation Committee, 1989) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Probate Law; Business Law; Commercial Transactions.Email: Mark H. Westlake
——————————Matthew C. Hardin (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, December 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1994); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (M.S., 1996; J.D., 2001). Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Tau Delta; Phi Delta Phi (President, 1999-2000); Mortar Board. Vice President, Student Bar Association, 2000-2001. Member, Health Law Committee-NBA and Medico/Legal Committee-NBA. Board of Directors, Rhodes College, Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Matthew C. Hardin
Deaver Hiatt Collins (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama; 2008, Georgia; 2009, Tennessee. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 2000); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation.Email: Deaver Hiatt Collins
Robert J. Hazard (Associate) admitted to bar, 2009, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Nashville (B.A., Economics, summa cum laude); Middle Tennessee State University (M.B.A., Finance); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D.). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Business Law; Taxation.Email: Robert J. Hazard
Tom Russell (Associate) born September 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Kentucky. (Not admitted in Tennessee). Education: DePauw University; Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Tom Russell
Matthew J. Scanlan (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, September 24, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Wittenberg University (B.A., 1996); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Government Relations; Alcoholic Beverage Law; Business Regulation; Business Transactions; Health Care; Health Care Licensing; Health Care Regulation; Labor and Employment; Transportation.Email: Matthew J. Scanlan
Marcy Shelton (Associate) born Manchester, Tennessee, June 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Member, University of Tennessee Law Review. Member: Davidson County, Williamson County and Tennessee (Member, House of Delegates) Bar Associations; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Secured Transactions.Email: Marcy Shelton
OF COUNSELTrevor W. Howell (Of Counsel) born Mobile, Alabama, June 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Samford University (B.S., 1974); Mississippi College (M.B.A., 1978); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1979-1980. Faculty, Nashville School of Law, Labor and Employment Law, 1989. Member, Planning Commission, City of Oak Hill, Tennessee. Member: Nashville (Chairman, Employment and Civil Rights Committee, 1995) and Tennessee (Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law; Mediation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Trevor W. Howell
John D. Lentz (Of Counsel) born Nashville, Tennessee, January 7, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Entertainment Law; Commercial Transactions; Telecommunications Law.Email: John D. Lentz
Sullivan (Lee) F. Marsden (Of Counsel) born Palo Alto, California, December 4, 1949; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee. Education: Foothill J.C., (A.A., Business Administration, 1977); University of Santa Clara (B.S., Accounting, 1979); Loyola University; Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1988). Certified Public Accountant: California, 1982, Tennessee, 1985. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Federal Income Tax; State Income Tax; Estate and Gift Taxation; Tax Planning; IRS Representation; Estate Planning; Corporate; Bankruptcy Law.Email: Sullivan (Lee) F. Marsden
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