MEMBERS OF FIRM
Byron R. Trauger (Member) born Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Tennessee. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971); University College, Oxford, England; Yale University (J.D., 1977). Rhodes Scholar. Co-author: "Computer Agreements," Vol. 13, Tennessee Practice Series, 1993-1995. Law Clerk to the late Hon. Frank W. Wilson, U.S. Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1977-1979. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1979-1981. Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1995 and Chairman, 1993-1995, Coventry Corporation. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Tennessee Bar Foundation; Nashville Bar Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Government Relations; Healthcare Law.Email: Byron R. Trauger
Anne Sumpter Arney (Member) born Alexandria, Virginia, July 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1982). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association; Tennessee Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Healthcare Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law.Email: Anne Sumpter Arney
Robert D. Tuke (Member) born Rochester, New York, December 5, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Tennessee. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1969); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1975-1976. Patrick Wilson Scholar. Author: "Disclosure by Insurers of Municipal Securities," 29 Vanderbilt Law Review 1017; Ch. 34 "Mergers, Acquisitions and Sales of Assets," Ch. 42 "Adoptions" in MacLean, Tennessee Practice (West Pub. 1992-2003); "Complying With the Proxy Rules," Nuts and Bolts of Securities Law (Practicing Law Institute, 1995-2003). Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law. Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward-White 1995-2003). Listed in Who's Who in American Law (Marquis Publishers, 1995-2003). Member: Nashville, Tennessee (Member, Sections on: Health Care; Corporate; Family Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business, Health, Communication, International Law) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; The Tennessee Academy of Hospital Attorneys; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (President-Elect). [Lt.- Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1969-1973]. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Public Finance; Communications Financing; Adoptions.Email: Robert D. Tuke
Kathryn A. Stephenson (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, June 17, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A., 1980); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., with highest honors, 1988). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, National Moot Court Team. Member, Harry Phillips American Inns of Court, 1994-1996. Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Lawyers Association for Women (Past President). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Probate and Trust Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Kathryn A. Stephenson
ASSOCIATES
Paul W. Ambrosius (Associate) born December 24, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2000, Tennessee. Education: The University of Chicago (A.B., general and departmental honors, 1993); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1997). James Weber Linn Scholar. Managing Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 1996-1997. Author: "The End of Welfare As We Know It and The Establishment Clause," 28 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 135 (1996). Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Paul W. Ambrosius
Walter Justin Adams (Associate) born Goshen, Indiana, January 23, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Tennessee. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1998); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member: Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations; Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law.Email: Walter Justin Adams
OF COUNSEL
Robert S. Brandt (Of Counsel) born Norris, Tennessee, May 25, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Tennessee. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (B.A., 1963); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1966). Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, 1966-1970. Delegate, Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1971. Judge, Chancery Court, State of Tennessee, 1976-1996; Presiding Judge, Nashville, 1982-1983. Member: Tennessee Judicial Council, 1988-1991; Adjunct Faculty, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1976. President, Tennessee Judicial Conference, 1991-1992. Member: Nashville and Tennessee (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1992) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Litigation; Governmental Law.Email: Robert S. Brandt