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Walter E. Schuler graduated magna cum laude from The University of Memphis in 1993 with a B.B.A. in International Business. He received his law degree, cum laude, with a Certificate in Health Law with Honors from Saint Louis University in 1996, where he served on the Law Journal Editorial Board, receiving the award for best student article and other honors. Walt has represented individuals and entities in matters related to health law, business law, corporate law, contracts, civil litigation, and state and federal regulation. He has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Tennessee...

Mr. Wright was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He attended Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977); the University of Tennessee (J.D., 1980). He was honored with the Order of the Coif and served on the Tennessee Law Review. Mr. Wright's father was a lawyer so he grew up working in his Dad's office. He is admitted to the United Supreme Court Bar as well as all Tennessee State and Federal Courts. He is also admitted before the Sixth Circuit and Fourth Circuit Bar as well as the U.S. Court of Claims. ...

I am a partner and executive committee member. I view my job very simply: to make money for clients whenever possible and to protect their interests at every turn. My transactional work includes serving as outside general counsel to closely-held businesses and their principals; representing private equity funds and others in their M&A activities; and structuring new businesses, business lines, joint ventures, and other significant commercial relationships. I regularly advise clients on a wide range of topics including fiduciary duties, corporate structuring issues (between shareholders, members, joint ventures, etc.), credit negotiations, general contract issues, succession planning, employee matters, and...

Matthew R. Muenzen is the attorney at Muenzen Law, PLLC and has been practicing law since 2008. Prior to starting Muenzen Law, PLLC and tnjuvenilelaw.com, Mr. Muenzen worked in city government and at the law firm of Freeman & Fuson located in Nashville.

Additionally, Mr. Muenzen was previously employed by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services for nine years. He left the Department as the Special Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner and Director of Community Partnerships in the Office of Child Safety. He previously served as Regional General Counsel and Supervising Attorney in Davidson County and as Assistant General Counsel in...

Resume: Member of Coordinated School Health Advisory Council Director and Vice President of Erin Rotary Foundation, Inc. Member Erin Rotary Club Past President of Erin Rotary Club Past President of Houston County Lions Club Mason Member of Erin United Methodist Church Vice Chairman of Church Council Finance Committee Chairman Member Tennessee Bar Association Member American Bar Association Graduate of Houston County High School B.S. 1971 Austin Peay State University Doctor of Jurisprudence University of Tennessee College of Law, 1974 Licensed to practice law in Tennessee 1975 Private...

Tom Coupé works for the Juvenile Court of Memphis & Shelby County as an Administrator over the Child Welfare Division of the Court and also serves as a Juvenile Magistrate. Tom was involved in the creation and negotiation of the Department of Justice's Memorandum of Agreement with Juvenile Court, and he formerly served as the Community Outreach point of contact created by the Agreement. He has served in several other capacities within the court, including overseeing the Judge's Action Center and Office of Noncustodial Parent, which assist the public with making navigating the court system easier for pro se clients. Tom graduated...

Amanda Crowell has been a practicing attorney since 1992. She graduated in 1989 with high honors from the University of Tennessee where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1992.

Amanda began her career as Assistant General Counsel for the State of Tennessee where she prosecuted health care professionals before their respective licensing boards.

Amanda has been in private practice in Lebanon, Tennessee since 1998, formerly with the law firm of Lee & Lee Attorneys, P.C. She practices primarily in the area of family law, representing clients...

Early in his career, Don became a part of legal history when he served as counsel at the trial and appellate levels in the famous “snail darter” case (Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, 437 U.S. 153 [1978]), litigated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The litigation resulted in a successful review by the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to practicing law in Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, Don has also taught law and served in senior administrative positions at the University of Puget Sound, University of Michigan, and University of Tennessee law schools.

Since joining GTH in 1982, Don’s practice...

Assistant Director Music Business, Colorado State University Principal, Music City Counsel & Brand X Management Adjunct Professor, Belmont University A member of both the California and Tennessee State Bars, Eric Griffin owns and operates Music City Counsel, a boutique law office based in Nashville. MCC acts as both legal counsel and business consultant to a wide variety of clients. In addition to having a healthy transactional law practice that focuses on entertainment related transactions, the office assists developing businesses in their birth, planning, or ongoing operations. Areas covered by the firm include incorporation, 501(c)(3) compliance, drafting of business plans, branding...

Kevin E. Childress received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from Austin Peay State University in 1991 and received his law degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1994. While in law school he was selected to be a member of the moot court debate team. Attorney Childress began his legal career as a Public Defender. He entered private practice in 1997 as a general practitioner with the late J.C. McLin. Upon McLin being appointed as a Judge in 2000, Attorney Childress established his own practice. However, Attorney Childress continued to work with Judge McLin on community development issues which included...

Gale Allison has four decades of experience as an estate and tax lawyer and estate and trust litigator. She is also an estate dispute mediator and conflict coach. She limits her practice to matters of estates, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship, estate and business succession planning, charitable planning, trust and estate administration, estate-related tax matters, and litigating or settling disputes of those practice areas. She has successfully represented Trustees and Personal Representatives against Beneficiary claims and likewise Beneficiaries in their claims against Trustees and Personal Representatives through litigation and mediation. She was an Assistant General Counsel for...

David Sanford is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and B.A. from Vassar College. David has recovered more than one billion dollars for individual clients and the United States government since 2004.

David represents C-suite executives and non-managerial hourly employees throughout the US. He has served as lead counsel in more than 50 class actions and numerous qui tam cases around the country...

Profile: Mycol Scott is one of the firm’s “homegrown” transactional attorneys and has been with the firm since he graduated law school and passed the Tennessee Bar Exam in 2019. Since then, he has focused on developing his law practice in the general areas listed above. Mycol grew up in the Bearden area and is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee (’16, G’19). Being a person who subscribes to the “don’t fix it if it’s not broken” mentality, Mycol continues to reside in the Bearden area with his wife Hannah, a kindergarten teacher, and their two dogs. When Mycol is...

Adam is the founder of Woods Law Firm, PLLC, a Brandon, Mississippi law firm that serves clients throughout Mississippi and Tennessee. He is licensed to practice before all state courts in both Mississippi and Tennessee and has represented people from all walks of life, zealously advocating for his clients in numerous areas of the law, including personal injury, contract negotiation, real estate, consumer and commercial law, wills and estates, and family law.

Adam graduated college from Mississippi State University with a Bachelors in Business Administration. While completing his degree, he negotiated numerous contracts for events held on campus,...

Kyle is a founding partner of Williams Teusink, a law firm providing legal counsel and advocacy to clients navigating litigation and transactions concerning real estate, commercial, governmental, and corporate issues. In his real estate practice, Mr. Williams represents buyers, sellers, and other stakeholders in residential and commercial property and development issues. As a “dirt lawyer,” Kyle is focused on: • Land use and development • Zoning, permitting, and licensing • Construction • General real estate matters Kyle frequently represents: • Individual property owner • Nonprofits • Neighborhoods • Homeowner and condominium associations • Real estate builders and developers • Real estate agents and brokers • Other real estate professionals Outside of the office, he serves by appointment of the Superior Court of...

James B. Wilson, Jr. is a Winston-Salem native and graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1981. He then went on to attend North Carolina State University where he received a B.A. in Criminal Justice in 1987. After Wilson graduated from N.C. State, he received his Juris Doctorate in 1991 from the University of Tennessee where he was a founding member of the Sports Lawyers Association and, an editor for the Tennessee Law Review.

Wilson worked for Blue Chips Sports management of Boston and helped to develop the Minor League Football System in the late 1980’s. In the...

Sydney represents clients in Arkansas, New York, and Tennessee in the areas of Sports and Entertainment law, Intellectual Property, Business Law, Trademarks, and Estate Planning. Sydney attended law school at the University of Arkansas, where she graduated cum laude with her J.D. in 2023. While in school, Sydney worked for two years in school in the Arkansas Razorback Athletic Department under the Associate General Counsel for Athletics where she gained experience working with contract review and negotiation; compliance and Title 9 issues; intellectual property; Freedom of Information Act requests; and Name, Image, and Likeness policies and procedures. Sydney wrote and...

Vincent Peppe is a media and technology attorney.  Vincent has over 30 years’ experience handling complex entertainment, media, intellectual property, and technology transactions and disputes.  In the media industry, he has represented authors, literary estates, screenwriters, production companies, recording artists, songwriters, record labels, music publishers, and music festivals.  In the business world, he has represented entrepreneurs, startup and growth stage companies, technology firms, and investors.  Vincent has held positions as Director & Counsel for Internet & New Media at SESAC, the music performing rights organization, and as General Counsel and Director of Licensing at Naxos, the world's leading classical music...

Ruth Bunn primarily practices in the area of family law. She earned her undergraduate degree from Tennessee Tech University in 2008 where she graduated in the top ten percent of her class. She earned her law degree in 2013 from Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia, graduating in the top third of her class. Before joining the State of Tennessee, Ruth had a solo practice in Cookeville, Tennessee focusing on family law including divorce, child custody, adoptions, modification of support, and juvenile justice. She previously worked at Rocco & Griffin as associate counsel and Karnes Legal Services...

Daniel J. Taylor, a resident of Jackson, Tennessee, concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of state and federal criminal defense law in West Tennessee. He is a partner at the law firm of Spragins, Barnett & Cobb. He is certified as a Criminal Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. He has been continued to be recertified every five years since 2000. He is also qualified pursuant to the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court to serve as lead counsel in capital (death penalty)...

Jonathan Tinsley is an attorney who focuses in probate law, estate planning, criminal litigation, civil litigation, and various other areas of the law. All of his cases are important to him regardless of the size of the case or the individuals involved.

Jonathan has made filings as lead counsel with the Supreme Court of Tennessee, as well as handled cases in General Sessions Court, Probate Court, Family Court, Circuit Court, Chancery Court, Criminal Court, and the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. Jonathan has successfully represented and/or counseled corporate executives of publically traded companies, politicians, municipalities, law enforcement...

I am Massachusetts native, but have spent most of my life living in Tennessee. While in Tennessee, I attended Belmont University College of Law in Nashville where I interned with local lawyers and coached Moot Court. After receiving my Juris Doctorate, I decided to return home to my roots in New England and became licensed to practice law in the State of New Hampshire.

I have a passion for bringing a client-focused approach to law and always strive to be available day or night, 7 days a week. Though I maintain an office in Manchester, I have clients all across...

I have handled a wide range of cases, from murder to traffic tickets and everything in between. I completed my undergraduate studies in philosophy and religion in 2005. Between 2005 and 2010, I explored wine making in Oregon, my home state, before engaging in a legal battle against the EPA in Tennessee in 2011, which led to the issuance of the first emissions permit for a human crematory in the United States—it's a long story. I began my legal education at the University of Maine School of Law in 2013. During my final year, I served as a student attorney and...