MEMBERS OF FIRM
J. Michael Franks (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Co-Author: "Documents and Agreements Related to the Indemnity Agreement," The Surety's Indemnity Agreement-Law & Practice, 2d ed. 103, 2008; Tennessee Chapter, Payment Bond Manual, 3d ed., American Bar Association, 2006; "Arbitration and the Contract Surety: Inclusion and Preclusion," Tort and Insurance Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4, Summer 1997; "Fifty State Public Construction Contracting," Chapter 44, Wiley Law Publications, Tennessee, 1995; "Prepetition Planning for Contract Sureties," The Construction Lawyer, August 1995; "Specific Performance of the Indemnity Agreement," The Construction Lawyer, April 1992; "Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law," Chapter 43, Wiley Law Publications, Tennessee, 1992; "A Defense of Established Landmarks: Claims of Construction Sureties to Contract Funds Under Chapter 11," Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Fall 1989; "Entitlement to Contract Funds Among Competing Surety, Lender, Contractor and the Internal Revenue Service," The Construction Lawyer, November 1989. Member, National Bond Claims Association. Director, Surety Claims Institute, 1994. Director, Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Association, 1990-2000. Director, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, 1985-1993. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member: Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, 1980; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1984) Bar Associations. Nashville Bar Association. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety Law; Construction Law.Email: J. Michael Franks
Terry L. Hill (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, December 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee; 1978, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977). Listed in: The Best Service Professionals in the U.S., 2006 Edition; The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2006 Editions. Associate Editor, University of Tennessee Law Review, 1977. Editor, "Tennessee Workers Compensation, A Practical Guide," 2007; Member, Workers Compensation Advisory Committee to Tennessee Legislature, 1984. Member, Comparative Fault Advisory Committee to Tennessee State Legislature, 1985-1986. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1987; Middle Tennessee, Vice President, 1987-1988; Secretary-Treasurer, 1988-1989; President Elect, 1989-1990; President, 1990-1991); Southern Association of Workers Compensation Administrators; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Chair, Workers' Compensation Committee, 1991-1995); Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association (Vice President, 1998); Defense Research Institute; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Tennessee Self-Insured Association (Executive Director, 2006). Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Medical Law.Email: Terry L. Hill
Tommy C. Estes (Member) born Jackson, Tennessee, January 15, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1973); Memphis State University (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta; Beta Alpha Psi. Author: "The New Installment Sales Act," Tennessee Bar Journal, February, 1981. Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1976. Field Agent, Internal Revenue Service, 1973-1979. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Nashville Estate Planning Council (President, 1994-1995). American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Corporate; Business Law; Health Care Law.Email: Tommy C. Estes
John M. Gillum (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, November 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., Finance, with high honors, 1980; J.D., 1982). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member: Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Chair, 1998-2001; Fidelity and Surety Trial Practice Program Chair, 2000-2002); Defense Research Institute; Surety Claims Institute; Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Association (Director, 2006-2008); National Bond Claims Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Fidelity and Surety Law; Insurance Litigation.Email: John M. Gillum
Sam H. Poteet, Jr. (Member) born Greensboro, North Carolina, August 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee; 1984, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Tennessee Technological University (B.S., 1979); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1982). Phi Alpha Delta (Officer, 1982). Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1986. Member: Nashville (Member, Tax and Estate Planning Council, 1988), Tennessee (Member, Tax Committee, 1983) and American (Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Speaker, ABA Midwestern meeting; Program Chair, Fidelity Program Mid-Winter Meeting, 2002) Bar Associations; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Speaker, AICPA and TN Construction Industry Conference); Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants; Surety Claims Institute; National Bond Claims Association (Member and Officer); Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Association (Director). Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety; Taxation; Corporate; Business Law; Accounting Malpractice; Commercial Litigation.Email: Sam H. Poteet, Jr.
David J. Deming (Member) born Carbondale, Illinois, July 23, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1982); Washington University (J.D., 1985). Principal Author: A Practical Guide to Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law. Member: Nashville (Chair, Medico-Legal Committee, 1994), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (Middle Tennessee Vice President, 1991-1996; Board of Directors, 2000-2003, 2006-2007; Secretary-Treasurer, 2003-2004; President Elect, 2004-2005; President, 2005-2006); Southern Association of Workers' Compensation Administrators; The Defense Research Institute; Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Insurance Litigation.Email: David J. Deming
Mary Paty Lynn LeVan (Member) born Charlottesville, Virginia; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986). Co-author: "The Essential Songwriter's Handbook," Nashville Songwriter's Association International, 1994; "Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law," Chapter 43, Wiley Law Publications, Tennessee, 1999. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Tort and Insurance) Bar Associations; Surety Claims Institute; Nashville Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Surety Law; Corporate; Business Law; Real Estate; Trademark; Commercial Lending.Email: Mary Paty Lynn LeVan
Thomas T. Pennington (Member) born New York, N.Y., June 9, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Tennessee. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1978); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1981). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Surety Law.
John E. Quinn (Member) born Belleville, Illinois, April 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and Eighth Circuits. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., distinction in Political Science, 1983); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on Litigation, Tort and Insurance) Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Vice-Chair, Commercial Litigation Section, 2005; State Representative for Tennessee, 2006). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Employment Litigation; Accountants Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Real Estate Malpractice.Email: John E. Quinn
T. Richard Travis (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, June 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee; 1984, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Tennessee Technological University (B.S., 1979); Duke University (J.D., 1982). Trust Division President, Tennessee Bankers Association, 1993. President, Nashville Estate Planning Council, 1996-1997. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Section on Real Estate, Probate and Trust law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Planning; Business Succession Planning; Probate and Trust; Federal and State Taxation; Corporate.Email: T. Richard Travis
Fred C. Statum, III (Member) born Shelbyville, Tennessee, November 24, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with honors, 1986; J.D., 1990). Member: Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety Defense Litigation; Professional Negligence; Insurance Defense Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Fred C. Statum, III
James H. Tucker, Jr. (Member) born Queens, New York, December 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee. Education: Tennessee State University (B.S., with high distinction, 1987); Vanderbilt University (M.Div., 1993; J.D., 1993). Law Clerk to: Hon. Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr., Chancellor, Chancery Court-of-Davidson County, Part 1, 1993-1994; Hon. John T. Nixon, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1994-1995. Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, 1995-1996. Member: Nashville, Napier-Looby, Tennessee, National and American Bar Associations; Harry Phillips Inns of Court; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (Vice President, Middle Tennessee Chapter, 2003-2007); Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association (Vice President, 2001; President, 2002); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers' Compensation.Email: James H. Tucker, Jr.
Sarah Hardison Reisner (Member) born Houston, Texas, September 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991) Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; University of Tennessee (J.D., 1996). Member, Moot Court Board; Constitutional Law Moot Court Team. Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1995-1996. Co-author: "Constitutional Law-First-Amendment Overbreadth Doctrine-Older Minors and Adults' Access Rights to Constitutionally Protected Material," Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 2. winter 1995. Teaching assistant, Advanced Appellate Advocacy, 1995. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2006-2008); Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Civil Litigation.Email: Sarah Hardison Reisner
John W. Barringer, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, February 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1994). Recipient, Edward DeHart Memorial Scholarship. Lead Counsel: 21st Judicial District DUI Task Force, 1995; 21st Judicial District Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, 1995-1997. Charter Member, National Association for Medicare Set Aside Professionals. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Medicare and Medicaid.Email: John W. Barringer, Jr.
Jeffrey S. Price (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, January 3, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Gardner Webb University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); University of Tennessee, Knoxville (J.D., summa cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Member; Tennessee Law Review; Author: "Recent Developments in Fidelity and Surety Law," Tort & Ins. Law J., Vol. 36, No. 2 (2001), Vol. 37, No. 2 (2002) and Vol. 38, No. 2 (2003); "Financial Benefit Requirement (Including Discussion of Employee Salary, Commissions and Fee Exclusion)," Fid. L. J., Vol. VII (2001); Contributor: "Annotated Financial Bond," 2d ed., American Bar Association, 2004; "The Law of Motor Vehicle Bonds," American Bar Association, 2006. Lecturer and Author: "Take It or Leave It? The Surety's Right of Recession," presented at International Association of Defense Counsel Conference, New York, 2005. Co-Author: Tennessee Chapter, "Payment Bond Manual," 3d ed., American Bar Association, 2006. Lecturer and Co-Author, "The Public Officials Bond - A Statutory Obligation Requiring Faithful Performance, Fidelity and Flexibility," published XII Fid. L. J. 151, presented at Fidelity Law Association Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2006. Contributor: "Loan Loss Coverage Under Financial Institution Bonds," Chapter 7, American Bar Association, 2008. Coordinator, Fidelity Program: The Butterfly Effect: How Fidelity & Surety Claims Handlers' Responses Shape Perceptions, ABA Mid-Winter Conference, New York, NY. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety.Email: Jeffrey S. Price
Michael Lee Haynie (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, June 1, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida (inactive) and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1996, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., 1994). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Mid-South Workers Compensation Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Litigation.Email: Michael Lee Haynie
Michael E. Collins (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, October 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2001, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1989); Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993); Vanderbilt University (M.B.A., 2000). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Article Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1992-1993. Author: "Pin-Ups in the Workplace: Balancing Title VII Mandates with the Right of Free Speech," 23 Cumb. L. Rev. 629 (1993); "FAA Regulations May Govern Whether Aircraft Is Property of the Estate Post-Repossession," ABI Journal, October 2002. Assistant U.S. Trustee, Northern District of New York and Middle District of Tennessee, 1993-2000. Trustee, Central New York Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1996; Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Member: Dallas, Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association; Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Surety Law.Email: Michael E. Collins
Scott C. Williams (Partner) born Decatur, Alabama, December 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1995); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Estate; Surety Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Scott C. Williams
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Laurenn S. Disspayne (Associate) born Maryville, Tennessee, August 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee; 1994, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1989); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1992). Member and Staff Writer, Tennessee Law Review, 1990-1992. Judicial Clerk to The Honorable Robert S. Brandt, The Honorable C. Allen High and The Honorable Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr., Chancellors, Twelfth Judicial District of Tennessee, 1992-1994. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation.Email: Laurenn S. Disspayne
David M. Drobny (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, November 4, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee. Education: Mississippi College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2001). Third Year Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 2000-2001. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Mid South Workers' Compensation Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Litigation.Email: David M. Drobny
Heather E. Hardt (Associate) born San Antonio, Texas; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Mid-South Worker's Compensation Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation.Email: Heather E. Hardt
Matthew Salada (Associate) born Doylestown, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee; 2001, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: West Chester University (B.A., 1995); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1999). Member: National Trial Team, Appellate Moot Court Board; Trial Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law.
Rebecca B. Howald (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2006, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Drama, 1997); The Juilliard School; Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Editor-in-Chief, Bankruptcy Developments Journal (2003); Author, "Eliminating Statutory Vagueness: Rule 11 of the FRCP as a Model for Removing the 'Good Faith' Fulcrum from Section 707(a) of the Bankruptcy Code," 19 Bankr. Dev. J. 399 (Spring 2003); Associate Editor, Fidelity Law Journal, Vol. IX (October 2005); Lecturer and Author: "Fifty State Survey: Discovery, Notice, Proof of Loss, Suit Limitations and the Role of Prejudice in Analyzing Coverage Under a Fidelity Policy or Bond," presented at Surety Claims Institute, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, 2007; Co-Author: "The Public Officials Bond - A Statutory Obligation Requiring Faithful Performance, Fidelity and Flexibility," XII Fid. L. J. 151, 2006. Coordinator, Fidelity Program: The Butterfly Effect: How Fidelity & Surety Claims Handlers' Responses Shape Perceptions, ABA Mid-Winter Conference, New York, NY. Member: Nashville, Tennessee, Texas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety; Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights; Civil Litigation.Email: Rebecca B. Howald
Colin McCaffrey (Associate) born Cleveland, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., Religious Studies, 2001); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Mid-South Workers' Compensation Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Litigation.Email: Colin McCaffrey
Jarrod W. Stone (Associate) born Henderson, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee; 2005, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2001); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Order of Barristers. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety; Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation.Email: Jarrod W. Stone
Justin D. Wear (Associate) born Springfield, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2004, Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Tennessee (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Author, University of Tennessee Law Review, Volume 70, Number 3. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety; Civil Litigation.Email: Justin D. Wear
Duane Willis (Associate) born Augusta, Maine, September 3, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Maryland (A.A., cum laude, 1992); Austin Peay State University (B.S., cum laude, 1995); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1998). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Mid-South Worker's Compensation Association; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Black Lung; Civil Litigation; Government Tort Liability; Insurance Litigation; Workers Compensation.
Patricia C. Till (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Germany; 2002, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. (Not admitted in Tennessee). Education: University of Giessen, Germany (J.D., 1996); University of Giessen, Germany, Dr. iur. (Ph.D., magna cum laude 2000); Wayne State University (LL.M., 2002). Author: "Tax Optimization in Cross-Border Matters," Handbuch der Internationalen Steuerplanung (International Tax Planning Handbook), July, 2000; "Decisions of the European Court of Justice and the EU Treaty Influence Company Taxation," Corporate Finance Magazine, July, 2000; "Zwischenstaatliche Amts- und Rechtshilfe, Kapitalertragsteuer im Europäischen Vergleich" (Withholding Tax and Enforcement Within Certain European Countries), February, 2000. Member: Oakland County, Michigan and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of German Lawyers in Stuttgart. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; International Law; Fidelity and Surety; Commercial Litigation.
Neesha N. Shah Hetcher (Associate) born Wise, Virginia, September 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Tennessee; 2008, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Samford University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); American University College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Nashville and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Tennessee. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; Surety and Fidelity Law; Civil Litigation.