Miller & Martin PLLC, established in 1867, is a full service law firm with almost 200 lawyers. With offices in Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville, our lawyers provide services in over 35 different areas of law for our regional, national and international clients. Miller & Martin PLLC is a member of the prestigious World Law Group, an international network of more than 46 law firms from more than 50 different Countries. This affiliation allows us to access legal services worldwide and enhance our ability to handle every aspect of our clients' business and legal needs, wherever they are needed. Miller & Martin is a member of the Employers Counsel Network (ECN), a network of law firms across the country that advise and represent employers regarding workplace issues and disputes. Miller & Martin PLLC lawyers are dedicated to having a high level of knowledge and understanding about the industries and clients that we serve. In addition, all members of Miller & Martin PLLC are committed to quality legal services that are value-oriented. We provide our clients with personal service through accessibility to all members of our firm and encouraging a partnership of teamwork, cooperation and communication that promotes client satisfaction. Miller & Martin PLLC has expanded rapidly both in number of attorneys and practice areas over the past decade to meet the needs of our clients.

Statement of Practice

General Practice, Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts.

Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Bonds and Tax Incentives; Commercial Lending; Complex Litigation and Mass Tort; Construction; E-Commerce and Technology; Entertainment; Environmental Law; ERISA and Employee Benefits; Estate Planning and Administration; Exempt Organizations; Franchising and Distribution Law; Environmental; Equine Law; Financial Institutions; Franchise Law; Government Relations; Health Care; High Growth and Emerging Companies; HIPAA; Immigration; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property; International; Investment Management; Labor Law (including NLRB, OSHA, FLSA and Contract Administration), and Employment Law (including EEO, ADEA, ADA, OFCCP and State Employment Laws); Litigation; Litigation Management; Mergers and Acquisitions and Business Transactions; Mezzanine Finance; Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices; Private Equity and Venture Capital Finance; Products Liability; Real Estate; Securities; Securities and Financial Litigation; Tax Matters; Technology and Licensing; Telecommunications and Utilities; Transportation; Venture Capital and White Collar Crime and Corporate Compliance.

Representative Clients:

Alstom Power Company
Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC
Averitt Express, Inc.
Bank of America, N.A.
Bank of Nashville
Belk, Inc.
Blount Memorial Hospital
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc., Burner Systems International, Inc.
CapStar Bank
Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc.
Chattanooga Housing Authority
Chattem, Inc.
Cleveland Tubing, Inc.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Comdata Network, Inc.
Corrections Corporation of America
Covenant Transport, Inc.
Eastman Chemical Company
East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Electric Power Board of Chattanooga
First Security Group, Inc.
Fletcher Bright Company
Freeman Webb Company
Gebr. Brasseler GmbH & Co. KG
Germania of America, Inc.
Gordon Biersch
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
Harbert Mezzanine Partners II SBIC, L.P.
Heil Environmental Industries, Ltd.
iHealth Technologies
Integrity Bank
Kauffman Tire, Inc.
Kenco Group, Inc.
Maury Regional Medical Center
Memorial Health Care Systems Foundation, Inc.
Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Olan Mills, Inc.
Piedmont Hospital, Inc.
PlayCore
Printpack Inc.
Propex, Inc.
Protective Life Insurance Company
Regions Bank
River Associates Investments, LLC
Seven States Power Corporation
Shiroki North America, Inc.
Southern Champion Tray
State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company
SunTrust Bank
Suzuki Manufacturing of America Corp.
Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, Inc.
The Dixie Group, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Unum Group
Verizon Wireless
Vigilar, Inc.
Vulcan Materials Company
Wellstone Communities LLC
Weyerhaeuser Corp.
Zurich American Insurance Group.

Address

1200 One Nashville Place
150 Fourth Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37219-2433, (Davidson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 615-244-9270
Fax: 615-256-8197

Website

http://www.millermartin.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on personnel at Chattanooga, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, see Professional Biographies at those locations)

OF COUNSEL

Alfred E. Abbey (Of Counsel) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1929; admitted to bar, 1957, Tennessee. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S.C., 1951); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1957). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Author: "Municipal Industrial Development Bonds," 19 Vanderbilt Law Review 25, December, 1965. Lecturer, Vanderbilt Law School, 1971-1973. Listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1987. Member: Nashville (Board of Directors, 1977-1980; First Vice President, 1979-1980), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. [Commander, USNR, Ret.]. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Leasing; Estate Planning; Family Limited Partnerships; Federal and State Taxation of Business Entities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law; Secured Lending; Tax Appeals; Tax Controversies; Trusts and Estates.Email: Alfred E. Abbey

David M. Bullock (Of Counsel) born Jackson, Mississippi, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Tennessee; 1970, District of Columbia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1963; J.D., 1966). Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1970-1976. Attorney, Office of The Judge Advocate General of the Army, 1981-1982. Senior Counsel and Unit Director, Environmental Crimes Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1990. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Army, JAGC, active duty, 1966-1970]. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Administrative Law.Email: David M. Bullock

Robert Brent Ballow (Of Counsel) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.S., 1982); University of Tennessee (M.B.A., 1985); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1988). Recipient: Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Business Administration, 1985; Vanderbilt Law School's Dean's Award for Outstanding Research and Writing. Adjunct Professor in First Amendment issues and Alumni Board Member (Centre College), Utah State University. Former Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, Tennessee Bar Association. Member: Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Robert Brent Ballow

Larry W. Bridgesmith (Of Counsel) born Pontiac, Michigan, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan; 1981, Tennessee. Education: Oakland University (B.A., English, 1972); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Executive Director and Associate Professor, Institute for Conflict Management, Lipscomb University. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Dispute Resolution System Design and Training; Labor and Employment Law; Mediation.Email: Larry W. Bridgesmith

Teresa K. Culver (Of Counsel) born Murray, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida; 1991, District of Columbia; 1992, Kentucky; 2005, Tennessee. Education: Murray State University (B.S.); Washington University (M.S.W.); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D.). Member: The Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Tennessee and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bioethics; Health Care; Health Care Compliance; Hospital Law; Hospital Risk Management; Labor and Employment; Mental Health Law.Email: Teresa K. Culver

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Dan H. Elrod (Member) born Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1970); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1973). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Certified Rule 31 Mediator. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Regulatory; Healthcare; Insurance; Mediation; Legislative.Email: Dan H. Elrod

Robert B. Littleton (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee; 1975, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi (Treasurer, 1970). Assistant Attorney General, 1972-1978; Deputy Attorney General, 1978-1980; Special Deputy Attorney General for Litigation, 1980-1983, State of Tennessee. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member: Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Law; Trial; Appellate Practice; State Administrative Law; Health Law.Email: Robert B. Littleton

Robert L. Trentham (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Tennessee, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Life Member, Judicial Conference of Sixth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Legal-Medical Malpractice Litigation; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation.Email: Robert L. Trentham

Noel F. Stahl (Member) born Fargo, North Dakota, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Fellow: Nashville Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Defense Research & Trial Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Harry Phillips American Inn of Court. [Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1973-1977]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Product Liability Law; Medical Malpractice.Email: Noel F. Stahl

Donald P. Paul (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Automobile Insurance Defense; Motor Carrier Defense; Product Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Hospital Liability Defense; Tort Litigation.Email: Donald P. Paul

Hugh C. Howser, Jr. (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Business Law; Construction Law; Employment Law; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Law; Commercial Litigation; General Corporate Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Hugh C. Howser, Jr.

Christopher M. Was (Member) born Hackensack, New Jersey, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Virginia; 1980, District of Columbia; 1984, Tennessee. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1970); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1973); Georgetown University Law Center (M.L.T., 1984). Member, William & Mary Law Review, 1972-1973. Trial Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, 1974-1977. Deputy Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of Energy, 1980-1983. Member, Oak Hill Board of Zoning Appeals, 1985-2001. Member: Nashville and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Care; Mergers and Acquisitions; State Administrative Law; State Tax Litigation; Tax Law.Email: Christopher M. Was

Jack F. King, Jr. (Member) born Columbus, Georgia, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif. Associate Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; General Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law.Email: Jack F. King, Jr.

William R. O'Bryan, Jr. (Member) born Lawton, Oklahoma, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee. Education: Wabash College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Chairperson, Bankruptcy Committee, Nashville Bar Association, 1989. Director, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, 1988-1996. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; National Law Bar Association. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Securities.Email: William R. O'Bryan, Jr.

T. Harold Pinkley (Member) born Shelbyville, Indiana, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee; 2004, California; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1979; J.D., with high honors, 1981). Order of the Coif. Staff Member, 1980-1981 and Student Materials Editor, 1981, Tennessee Law Review. Author: "The Tennessee Dead Man's Statute," 49 Tennessee Law Review 343, 1983; "Defending Employment Discrimination Class Actions," 44 For the Defense, No. 10, P.34 (Oct. 2002); "The Battle for the Book," 39 Tenn. Bar J. 18 (No. 7, July 2003) (with Melvin J. Malone); "Protecting Client Information via Rule 26(c), 16 Proof: The Journal of the Trial Evidence Committee 1 (Winter 2008). Law Clerk: Hon. H. Ted Milburn, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1983-1984; Hon. Frank W. Wilson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1982. Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Chair, Access to Justice Committee, 2000-2002) and American Bar Associations. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Litigation.Email: T. Harold Pinkley

H. Rowan Leathers III (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee; 1985, U.S. Tax Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Lipscomb University (B.S., cum laude, 1979); Emory University (J.D., 1982). Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee, 1985—. Assistant Attorney General, Tennessee, 1984-1988. Formerly with: International Accounting Firm, 1982-1984; Manier & Herod, P.C., 1988-2007. Member: Nashville (Past Chair, Employment Law Section, 1992-1993), Tennessee (Member, Sections on: Tax; Employment Law; Labor and Employment Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; American Employment Law Council; Defense Research Institute (Member: Employment Law Committee; Steering Committee; Chair, FMLA/Disability Law Subcommittee); Nashville Tax Bar; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (Board Member and Council Member).; Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (Past President; Past Vice-President, Board Member; Member, Nashville Chapter). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Accountants Liability; Accountants Malpractice; Complex Litigation; Federal Litigation.Email: H. Rowan Leathers III

Kathryn Reed Edge (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1946; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee. Education: George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1967); Nashville School of Law (J.D., 1983). Instructor in Banking Law, Nashville School of Law. Co-author: with Colman B. Hoffman, "State Regulation of Bank Holding Companies and the Future of Interstate Banking: A Tennessee Perspective," 51 Tenn. Law Rev. 3 (1983). Staff Counsel, 1983-1986, General Counsel and Assistant Commissioner, 1986-1990 and Deputy Commissioner, 1990-1995, Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions. Co-Chair, Tennessee Supreme Court Commission of Gender Fairness, 1994. President, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. Member, Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program Commission, 1998-2000. Chairman, Tennessee Bankers Association Lawyers Committee, 2008—. Past Chairman, Tennessee Bankers Association Government Relations Committee. Member, Board of Directors, Neighborhood Justice Center. Center for Nonprofit Management. 2003—. Past Chairman and Past Audit Committee Chairman Post-Conviction Defender Commission. Editorial Board, Tennessee Bar Journal, 2006—. Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Past Secretary/Treasurer; Past Treasurer; President, 2000-2001; Past President, 2001-2002; Co-Chairman, Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1992-1993) and American (Member: Business Law Section; Banking Law Committee; Past Chairman, Subcommittee on State Law Developments); Other Bar Associations: Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (Past President); Lawyers Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter (Past President); Tennessee Bar Foundation (Past Treasurer and Vice-Chairman; Past Member, Board of Trustees; Chairman, Grant Review Committee); Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands (President, Board of Directors); Tennessee Legal Community Foundation (Past President); Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program Commission of the Tennessee Supreme Court (Charter Member). Practice Areas: Corporate Law(10%); Financial Institutions Law(90%).Email: Kathryn Reed Edge

C. Eric Stevens (Member) born Carterville, Illinois, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Tennessee; 2008, Georgia. Education: Millikin University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1980); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1983). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employee Benefits Law; Civil Rights Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: C. Eric Stevens

William S. Walton (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Tennessee (J.D., with high honors, 1984). Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Board. Case Notes Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1983. Member: Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association. [U.S. Army JAGC, 1985-1988]. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Litigation; Hospital Litigation; Personal Injury; Business Litigation.Email: William S. Walton

C. Dale Allen (Member) born Trezevant, Tennessee, January 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin (B.S., 1980); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1983). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. [Col., Tennessee Army National Guard, Judge Advocate General's Corp]. Practice Areas: Corporate; Health Care; Legislative; Transportation.Email: C. Dale Allen

James H. Porter (Member) born Maryville, Tennessee, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); University of Virginia (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1983-1985. Author: Note, "Multimodal Transport, Containerization and Risk of Loss," 25 Virginia Journal of International Law, 1984. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: James H. Porter

Jeffrey Zager (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982; J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Higgins, Middle District of Tennessee, 1985-1987. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Pharmaceutical Products Defense; Health Care; Health Care Litigation; Health Care Liability; Hospital Liability Defense; Hospital Risk Management; Medical Malpractice Defense; Securities Litigation; Tort Defense.Email: Jeffrey Zager

Mary Neil Price (Member) born Rogersville, Tennessee, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Tennessee. Education: Newcomb College (B.A., 1982); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Listed, Rule 31 Civil and Family Mediator. Member, Straus Institute for Conflict Resolution, Pepperdine University, 2004. Director, Southeast Community Capital Corporation. Director and Past President, Nashville Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Former Director and Chairman, Financial Institutions Risk Retention Group, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, First American Corporation, 1997-2000. Associate, 1985-1992 and Partner, 1992, Dearborn & Ewing. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Lawyers Association for Women; National Association of Women Business Owners, Nashville Chapter (Director and Past-President). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Art Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Gambling; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Tax Exempt Organizations; Civil and Family Mediation.Email: Mary Neil Price

Robert M. Holland, Jr. (Member) born Roanoke, Virginia, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Real Estate Law.Email: Robert M. Holland, Jr.

Kenneth M. Bryant (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1982); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1987). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Board. Executive Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Transportation Lawyers Association; American Trucking Association; Conference of Freight Counsel. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: EFS National Bank v. Averitt Express, 164 F.Supp. 3d 994 (W.D. Tenn. 2002); Metropolitan Gov't of Nashville and Davidson County v. State Street Bank & Trust, 2006 WL 1826884 (C.A.6 Tenn., 2006); Grehan v. American Holiday Van Lines, Inc., 2006 WL 1469416 (E.D.Tenn. 2006); L.A. Enterprises, Inc. v. Roadway Exp., Inc., 2006 WL 1129389 (E.D.Tenn. 2006); Hattie S. Oliver v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc., 504 F.Supp.2d 1213 (N.D.Ala., 2007); Howard v. American Industries Services, Inc., 2002 WL 31769115, Tenn. Ct. App. 2002. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Transportation.Email: Kenneth M. Bryant

Melvin Joel Malone (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., Finance, 1985; J.D., 1989). Member, Tennessee Law Review. Law Clerk to: Hon. Julia S. Gibbons, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Tennessee, 1989-1990; Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, U.S. Circuit Judge, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1990-1991. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; General Business Law; Government Relations Law; Telecommunications; Utilities.Email: Melvin Joel Malone

W. Neal McBrayer (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Tennessee. Education: Maryville College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1989). Member, 1987-1988 and Student Articles Editor, 1988-1989, William & Mary Law Review. Co-Author: Tennessee Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Forms and Practice Manual. Twentieth Judicial Circuit Delegate, Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates. Treasurer, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute. Member: Nashville (Past-Chair, Bankruptcy Court Committee), Tennessee (Past Chair, Bankruptcy Section) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: In re Damron, 275 B.R. 266 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2002). Practice Areas: Aviation Law; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation.Email: W. Neal McBrayer

Jennifer Robinson (Member) born Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1999, Tennessee. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1990). Member: Nashville Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); Tennessee Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(100%).Email: Jennifer Robinson

R. Alston Hamilton (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: Furman University (B.A., 1988); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1992). Assistant Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1991; Staff Writer, 1992. Comment: "Tennessee's Long Awaited Adoption of Promissory Fraud: Steed Realty v. Oveisi," 59 Tennessee Law Review, Winter 1992. Member: Nashville, Chattanooga and American (Member, Business and Corporate Law Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Venture Capital; Mezzanine Financing.Email: R. Alston Hamilton

G. Brian S. Jackson (Member) born Columbia, Tennessee, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1992). Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Recipient, Associate Editor's Award. Author: Note, "The Lingering Legacy of In Loco Parentis: An Historical Survey and Proposal for Reform," 44 Vanderbilt Law Review 1135 ( 1991); "Ford v. Ford," in Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture (1998); "Ipse Dixit by Another Name: The Tennessee Supreme Court Takes Another Look at Daubert," Tennessee Bar Journal (March 2006). Co-Author: Tennessee Chapter, Product Liability Cases and the Duty to Warn (DRI, 2008); "Expert Evidence in the Sixth Circuit," in Scientific Evidence Review: Admissibility and Use of Expert Evidence in the Courtroom (2008). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Metropolitan Development v. Eaton, 216 S.W.3d 327 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006); Johnson v. Manitowoc Boom Trucks, Inc., 406 F.Supp.2d 852 (M.D. 2005); Jackson Hospital v. Jackson Madison General Hospital, 129 S.W.3d 57 (Tenn. 2003); Cleveland Surgery Center, L.P. v. Bradley Memorial Hospital (Tenn. 2000). Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Civil Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Products Liability Defense.Email: G. Brian S. Jackson

Amanda Haynes Young (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., cum laude, 1989); University of Tennessee (J.D., with high honors, 1992). Order of the Coif. Member, Harry Phillips America Inn of Court, 1996-1998. Author: "Judicial Activism: Just Do It," Memphis State Law Review, Winter 1994. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, Memphis State University, 1993-1994. Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Harry W. Wellford, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1992-1993. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Lawyers Association for Women. Fellow: Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Government Relations Law; Litigation; Health Care Law; Telecommunications Law.Email: Amanda Haynes Young

Thomas A. Swafford (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1990); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Corporate; Litigation.Email: Thomas A. Swafford

E. Todd Presnell (Member) born Morristown, Tennessee, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee; 2000, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1991); University of Memphis (J.D., 1995). Member, National Moot Court Team, 1993. Editor-In-Chief, The University of Memphis Law Review, 1994-1995. Author: "Torts — Perez v. McConkey: The Tennessee Supreme Court Abolishes Implied Assumption of Risk After the Adoption of Comparative Fault in McIntyre," 25 University of Memphis Law Review 291, 1994; "Interstate and International Depositions," For the Defense, p. 14, January 1999; "Scope of the Corporate Attorney Client Privilege," For the Defense, p. 26, January 2000; "Protecting Trade Secrets from Employee Theft," IP Litigator, May/June 2003 at p. 32; "Defending Employment Discrimination Class Actions," For The Defense, Oct. 2002, at p. 34; "A Higher Standard-Claiming Attorney-Client is Tougher for In-House Counsel," Business Law Today, Vol. 14, No. 5 May/June 2005; "Identity Theft: Protecting your Employer-Client from Liability," For The Defense, Mar. 2006, p. 8. Member, Nashville Sports Council. Member, Board of Directors, University of Memphis Law Alumni Association. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute (Chair, Marketing Subcommittee, 2002-2003). Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Employment Law Litigation; Intellectual Property; Products Liability.Email: E. Todd Presnell

Kara E. Shea (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1991); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1996). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Vanderbilt University Law Review. Member, Jessup International Moot Court Team. Author: "San Filippo v. Bongiovanni: The Public Concern Criteria and the Scope of the Modern Petition Right," 48 Vanderbilt Law Review (November 1995). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Intellectual Property.Email: Kara E. Shea

Bryant C. Witt (Member) born Franklin, Tennessee, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.S., 1991); University of Memphis (J.D., with high honors, 1996). Member, Law Review. Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inns of Court, 1997-1999. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Medical Group Management Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(15%); Health Care(80%); Securities Litigation(5%).Email: Bryant C. Witt

C. Palmer Pillans, IV (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1989); University of Tennessee (M.B.A., 1996; J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1994-1996. Clerk to the Honorable Frank Crawford, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western Section, August 1996-August 1997. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Banking Compliance; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Probate; Real Estate.Email: C. Palmer Pillans, IV

David L. Johnson (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th, 8th and Federal Circuits. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1993); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1997). Associate Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Author: 49 Vand. L. R., 753 (1996). ABA/YLD CLE Coordinator, 2006-2007. Member, Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American (YLD Liaison, Labor and Employment Law, 2008-2010) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Gibson v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 513 F. Supp.2d 950 (E.D. Tenn. 2007); Green v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 383 F. Supp.2d 980 (M.D. Tenn. 2005); Metropolitan Dev. & Housing Agency v. Eaton, 216 S.W.3d 327 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006); Owens v. Tennessee Rural Health Improvement Ass'n, 213 S.W.3d 283 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006); Smith v. Tennessee Farmers Life Reassurance Co., 210 S.W.3d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006); Methodist Healthcare-Jackson Hosp. v. Jackson-Madison County General Hosp. Dist., 129 S.W.3d 57 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003); Trinity Indus., Inc. v. McKinnon Bridge Co., Inc.,147 S.W.3d 225 (Tenn. Ct .App. 2003); Buchholz v. Tennessee Farmers Life Reassurance Co.145 S.W.3d 80 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003); State v. Wilson, 92 S.W.3d 391 (Tenn. 2002); Trinity Indus., Inc. v. McKinnon Bridge Co., Inc., 77 S.W.3d 159 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001); Reeves-Sain Medical, Inc. v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, 40 S.W.3d 503 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000); Harris v. Chern, 33 S.W.3d 741 (Tenn. 2000); Cleveland Surgery Center, L.P. v. Bradley County Memorial Hosp., 30 S.W.3d 278 (Tenn. 2000); American Justice Ins. Reciprocal v. Hutchison, 15 S.W.3d 811 (Tenn. 2000). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation.Email: David L. Johnson

Taylor B. Mayes (Member) born Denver, Colorado, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1995); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1998). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Medical Malpractice; General Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Regulatory Matters.Email: Taylor B. Mayes

J. Christopher Anderson (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1998). Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, 1998-2002. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: J. Christopher Anderson

Lance P. Bridgesmith (Member) born Rochester, Michigan, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee. Education: Abilene Christian University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Pepperdine University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Broker-Dealer; Corporate; Health Care; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities.Email: Lance P. Bridgesmith

Camille Webb Steward (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee. Education: Fisk University (B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration, 1996); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2000). Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1998-2000. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Napier Looby Bar Association; Lawyers Association for Women. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation.Email: Camille Webb Steward

ASSOCIATES

Charlnette A. Richard (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Spelman College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1998). Co-Author: "Protecting Client Information via Rule 26(c)," Proof: The Journal of the Trial Evidence Committee 16:2 (ABA Section of Litigation Winter 2008) and reprinted in Litigation Update (ABA Section of Litigation March 2008). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Harry Phillips American Inn of Court, D.R.I., L.A.W.; Napier-Looby Bar Association; National Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Labor and Employment; Health Care.Email: Charlnette A. Richard

James A. Beakes III (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 18, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia; 2005, Tennessee. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1997); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2002). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: American Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Nashville Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Transportation; Medical Malpractice.

Kevin C. Baltz (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.S., cum laude, 2000); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Phi Kappa Phi. Academic All-American. Recipient, Dayle May Award. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Litigation; Securities.Email: Kevin C. Baltz

Stephanie S. Pierce (Associate) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee and Georgia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.B.A., 2000); University of Tennessee (J.D., 2003). Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Care.Email: Stephanie S. Pierce

Sean C. Kirk (Associate) born Marietta, Georgia, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2009, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1999); University of Tennessee, College of Law (J.D., 2003). Dean's Citation for Extraordinary Contributions to the University of Tennessee College of Law. Student Materials Editor, The Tennessee Law Review. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Conference of Freight Counsel; Transportation Lawyers Association; Turnaround Management Association. Reported Cases: Estate of Green v. Carthage Gen. Hosp., Inc., 246 S.W.3d 582 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Litigation; Commercial Law.Email: Sean C. Kirk

Tara L. Ferguson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California; 2005, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 2001); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Past President and Vice President, Pepperdine Student Bar Association . Member: Pepperdine Law Review; National Association of Law Judges Journal; Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Law Clerk for the Honorable James D. Todd, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; Publication: July 2006, Tennessee Bar Journal: "How to Keep Supervisors from Being Held Individually Liable for Discrimination or Sexual Harassment". Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Law Association for Women, Nashville Chapter (L.A.W.). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Tara L. Ferguson

Elizabeth W. Sims (Associate) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: College of Wooster (B.A.); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Nonprofit Corporations.Email: Elizabeth W. Sims

Travis B. Swearingen (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, July 19, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., summa cum laude, 2003); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2006). Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Medical Malpractice Defense; Litigation.Email: Travis B. Swearingen

Adam G. Smith (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Member, Golden Key National Honor Society; Member Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society; Recognized as Middle Tennessee State University Outstanding Management Junior and Outstanding Management Senior. Author: "Memo to the Partner: Proposed Anti-Dilution Provision," 8 TRANS. TENN. J. BUS L. 433, 2007; Case Commentary, 6 TRANS. TENN. J. BUS L. 233, 2005; Case Commentary, 6 TRANS. TENN. J. BUS. L. 493, 2005. Member: American Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; Nashville Bar Association; Estate Planning Council of Middle Tennessee. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning.Email: Adam G. Smith

Brett H. Knight (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Nashville (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Harry Phillips American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation.Email: Brett H. Knight

Sara L. Tally (Associate) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., 2003); University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Regulatory Law.Email: Sara L. Tally

Robyn L. Owens (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2008, Tennessee. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 2005); Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Robyn L. Owens

Clint C. Cromwell (Associate) born Jackson, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2008, Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 2004); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Dean's List. Listed in SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2003-2004. Member, Men's Golf Team, Letterman. Member: Tennessee Bar Association.Email: Clint C. Cromwell