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With over 20 years of experience in the Chattanooga criminal law system, trial lawyer Mary Sullivan Moore has litigated hundreds of cases and helped countless defendants protect their rights and their futures against criminal charges.. Ms. Moore brings eight years of experience as a Hamilton County prosecutor to her solo practice. A Chattanooga native, Ms. Moore graduated from The University of Mississippi School of Law in 1994, and earned her Master of Laws from Tulane University Law School in 1995. She has also taught law as an adjunct professor at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ms. Moore formerly served as a special child abuse prosecutor, and also practiced civil law at Brewer Krause and at Luther-Anderson, PLLP.. Ms. Moore is a member of the Chattanooga Bar Association, and received a BV Distinguished* rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a peer-review rating site. She has significant nonprofit experience, having worked in various capacities for the Southeast Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women (SETLAW), is a member of the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce and has been on the Board of Directors for the Northside Learning Center, the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute and for Chattanooga's Kids on the Block. She has been a Kiwanian of Chattanooga, and continues to support and volunteer for the Children's Advocacy Center of Chattanooga.. Mary Sullivan Moore has lived in Chattanooga the majority of her life, where her family roots here go back three generations.

With an emphasis on administering decedents' estates and trusts, I handle matters related to estate planning, probate and trust representation.

While working as a state attorney with the child support office, Chattanooga divorce attorney Rachel Hodges saw that most people need a guide to understand how the judicial system works. Ms. Hodges strives to help each of her clients manage the process most effectively and strives to present the best case possible regardless of the issue at hand.. “Every client deserves an attorney who is knowledgeable, well prepared, efficient and punctual,” Ms. Hodges said. “I strive to provide those things for those I represent.”. Ms. Hodges has seen a variety of cases during her career and understands the complexities of working with family and domestic law.. “No one wants to encounter the marital and family issues that bring them to an attorney’s office,” Ms. Hodges said, “but I hope to make the process less stressful and to provide clients with the support and advocacy they need and deserve in reaching a resolution of their case.”

While Bryan Hoss concentrates his practice in the areas of federal criminal defense in Tennessee & Georgia and state court criminal cases in Tennessee and Georgia. Bryan appears frequently in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnatti, Ohio for our appellate clients.. Mr. Hoss also represents civil clients including those who have been seriously injured or wrongfully terminated from their job. Whether an injury is from a car wreck, a trucking accident or e-coli poisoning, or whether the client has been retaliated or discriminated against based upon their age, sex or gender, Mr. Hoss has the experience and skills to bring about a successful resolution to any civil claim.. Mr. Hoss also represents law enforcement officers of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Police Benevolent Association who have been either disciplined by their Department or find themselves named as a Defendant in a civil rights case. Over the last ten (15) years, you will find that Mr. Hoss has been dispatched to multiple shooting scenes and has successfully defended those police officers who were defending the good citizens of Hamilton County.. Any good trial lawyer must have experience on the appellate level. Mr. Hoss routinely represents clients in both civil and criminal cases pending appeal before the Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has routinely argued cases on behalf of his clients and has the experience to prepare your case for any appeal.. Prior to law school, Mr. Hoss worked in the Hamilton County District Attorney’s office assisting various prosecutors with major felony cases. He worked on over a dozen homicide trials in the Hamilton County courts including the infamous Signal Mountain Murder case. After graduating with a law degree from the University of Memphis, he joined Davis & Wallace, P.C. in 2001. Within a few short months, Mr. Hoss tried jury trials in both Hamilton County Criminal Court and in the United States District Court in Chattanooga. And, he has been trying cases ever since. Bryan Hoss has represented hundreds of individuals charged with criminal offenses in Tennessee, Georgia and across the Southeast. He has been lead counsel in Federal Courts across Tennessee, Georgia and New York. He has tried cases in all of those courts including a multi-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.. Mr. Hoss is a partner of Davis & Hoss, PC He is currently licensed in Tennessee, Georgia as well as Federal Courts across Tennessee and Georgia.. Education:. After attending The McCallie School, Mr. Hoss graduated in 1997 from Denison University in Granville, Ohio with two degrees, a B.A. in English and a B.A. in History. After taking a year off to work in the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office, he received his J.D. from the University of Memphis. Mr. Hoss teaches Criminal Law as an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.. Honors and Awards:. While at the University of Memphis, Mr. Hoss received the award of Merit for Outstanding Trial Advocacy at the National Trial Competition in 2001. He also received the Professor Joe A. Moore Award for his outstanding achievements emphasizing oral advocacy and was a member of the Moot Court Board. Presently, Mr. Hoss is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

When you need a sharp lawyer and average won't cut it, call me.. Phone consultations are free. With 27 years of practice, I can solve your legal problems. I represent clients in Federal, State, and administrative courts. My practive focuses on personal injury, criminal defense and divorce.

When you have been injured in any type accident you need the best attorney with the most experiance you can find. I have over 29 years of extensive experiance handling all types of injury cases from auto wrecks to medical malpractice injuries, slip and falls, premisses liability cases to boating and ATV accidents and more. I have litigated just about any type injury case you can think of and have had great success across the board. Call me now to set up your free evaluation..

Tricia, the daughter of a Vanderbilt law professor, grew up in Shelbyville (Bedford County), Tennessee and Nashville.. TS - 05She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in 1977. She obtained a Master’s degree from Vanderbilt in 1982.. She graduated from University of Tennessee School of Law in 1987.. She has been in private practice since 1988, concentrating in personal injury, medical malpractice, and worker’s compensation law.. She is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Georgia. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Chattanooga Bar Association, Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association (Past President), Tennessee Association of Justice. Why did she want to become a lawyer? I believe we need to leave the world a little better off than when we found it. I knew as an attorney I would have one of the most direct and effective way to help people. For everyday folks, lawyers are the buffer between pain and justice and I think that is important work.

Stuart F. James is the managing member of James, Goins & Carpenter PC. The firm is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee with offices in Nashville, TN. The firm handles truck accident cases, automobile accident cases, insurance claims, and complex litigation issues. The firm handles cases in the States of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Mr. James is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Stevie Phillips is one of Chattanooga's only female criminal defense attorneys practicing in state and federal court. She handles criminal cases in state court ranging from DUI to the death penalty.  Stevie also represents clients who are being investigated at the federal level for drug crimes as well as white collar crimes.  She also handles employment discrimination matters, including employees who seek to recover because they have been discriminated against based on age, sex, race, religion, or national origin.

Steve Barham is a member of the firm's Litigation Section, focusing his practice on complex business litigation, including disputes between billing companies and physician groups, consumer financial services disputes, creditors' rights claims in both the commercial and consumer settings. In addition, he handles bankruptcy matters, including preference action defense, class action defense and products liability cases in which plaintiffs have claimed injuries, such as physical impairment, brain injuries and death. Steve's practice also includes Medicare audit appeals and general litigation.

Sole Practitioner, Bachelor of Science, University of Tennessee, graduated cum laude in 1999, Advanced Family Mediation Training with specialization in Domestic Violence issues, 2002.  Graduated Nashville School of Law, 2005.  Admitted by Tennessee Supreme Court to the practice of Law, 2006.  Member of American Bar Association, 2006.  Sole Practitioner since 2006. Areas of Practice are family law, criminal defense, estate planning, general practice.

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Scott Ray assists clients with trademark and other intellectual property matters.  He also practices a wide range of other business law related areas, such as anti-trust law and the formation of business organizations.  He has gained significant experience in litigation and negotiation through his work as a public defender.  Mr. Scott Ray has proved to be a successful litigator, winning most of his jury trials as a public defender.  His education has focused on business.  He completed the business track at the University of Tennessee College of Law, and majored in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance at Brigham Young University.

Savannah May is an attorney at Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C., where she assists clients with adoptions, divorces, child custody and support proceedings, orders of protection, and civil litigation in Tennessee state and federal courts.

Recognized as a leading trial attorney in the mid-south, Ronald J. Berke began his law career nearly 40 years ago. He is a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has tried a myriad of cases in the state and federal courts and the state and federal appellate courts.. Ronnie applies his years of experience in cases ranging from car accidents and products liability to commercial litigation. He has also been able to apply his knowledge as an instrument-rated pilot to cases involving aviation matters.. Ronnie received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1970. He is admitted to practice at all levels of the Courts of Tennessee, the 6th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.. He is regularly sought after as a guest lecturer at organizations such as the American Association for Justice, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association and the Tennessee Association for Justice. He is also involved with numerous business organizations.. Ronnie has been awarded the Tennessee Supreme Court Service Award, the Bancroft-Whitney Publishing Company American Jurisprudence Award and is listed in the National Registry of Who’s Who. Ronnie has been elected a Mid-South Super Lawyer the last two years. He is a former member of the Tennessee Judicial Selection Committee and is past president of both the Tennessee Association for Justice and the Melvin Belli Society.

Rebecca J. Stern spent eighteen years presiding over Division Two of Hamilton County Criminal Court before retiring in 2015. While on the bench, she founded the Hamilton County Drug Court which has been successfully rebuilding families for over ten years.. Prior to her time on the bench, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office for nearly eight years.  As a prosecutor, she handled a variety of cases including homicide and crimes against children.

R. Wayne Peters began his professional career in accounting in 1966 and the practice of law in 1968. He practices primarily in Georgia and Tennessee.  For the past 24 years, he has been selected for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America” for Trusts and Estates, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, and Tax Law. He was selected Chattanooga Best Lawyers Trust and Estates Lawyer of the Year 2013 and 2015; Chattanooga Best Lawyers Tax Law Lawyer of the Year 2012, 2014 and 2016; has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” 2006-2016; selected as a 2011 Top 100 Tennessee Mid-South Super Lawyer; and enjoys the highest available rating given by his peers, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell. In 2010, he was accepted to the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is also a Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist, an Accredited Estate Planner and is qualified as a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.. His varied practice involves business, estate and tax matters, with a focus on business, wealth transfer, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, foundations, and business and estate related litigation. Wayne represents many entrepreneurs, start up companies, closely held and family businesses, manufacturers, professional service companies, banks, restaurant chains, automobile dealerships, construction firms and other businesses in day to day legal matters, sales and acquisitions, operations, planning, and employment matters. Wayne is often called upon by owners and officers of businesses to advise them regarding mergers and acquisitions, business strategy and planning, as well as risk minimization and legal and tax strategies.. In the course of his practice, Wayne has successfully handled many substantial business acquisition, estate and trust transactions, as well as business litigation and estate litigation. Wayne has also successfully represented clients in tax and audit matters before the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities. He has negotiated numerous favorable outcomes for clients as a result of his thorough and aggressive representation.. Wayne's practice also includes sophisticated tax planning and succession planning for individuals and businesses. He develops the strategy for and implements wealth plans resulting in optimum planning for the deferral and minimization of death taxes.. Although Wayne does not engage in a divorce practice, he does consult with and mediate for high net worth families seeking to minimize the adverse personal, economic, tax and business consequences of a marriage breakup.. Wayne’s goal in his practice is to work with clients and their other professional advisors to guide and assist them through difficult situations while negotiating for the optimal results and minimizing adverse consequences, tax exposure and whenever possible avoiding the delays, expense and uncertainty of litigation.

Providing Solid Criminal Defense and Handling Family Law cases since 2002. Call for a consultation. Licensed in Tennessee and Georgia.

Practicing in the Chattanooga area since 2010, David is fluent in Criminal, Family, and Bankruptcy law. He also speaks some Russian and French. Armed with a Master's degree in Economics, he can bring the right financial perspectives to legal issues. David graduated from the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences in 1993 and has since spent time living in Annapolis, Santa Fe, Washington, New York, Knoxville, Moscow, and Kyiv.. David is admitted to practice in all state courts of Tennessee and Georgia and in the U.S. District Courts of the Eastern District of Tennessee and Northern District of Georgia.

Neither of my parents went to college.  My dad was a maintenance man and farmer.  My mother worked in a bank.  My parents worked hard all day at work, and then even harder at home.  They also taught me that regular people sometimes need help.. I grew up in barns and fields, not club houses and swimming pools.  I still know the importance of hard work, and I appreciate people who work hard for their families.  If your ability to work for your family has been taken away by someone else's dangerous action, I'll work hard to help you through the tough times. Together, we'll keep your family moving forward.

Natalie Haymond Cropp earned her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law, and her undergraduate degree from Sewanee: The University of the South. She is a past member of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, the Chattanooga Bar Association, and the Young Professionals Association of Chattanooga (YPAC), and a current member of the Chattanooga Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (CACDL), and the Brock-Cooper American Inn of Court.  In 2014 Ms. Cropp became the Membership Chair for the Southeast Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (SETLAW), and served one term on its board. Currently, Ms. Cropp serves as the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) coordinator for CACDL. Ms. Cropp is admitted to practice in the State of Tennessee, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

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My practice involves assisting people with their legal needs as they relate to business and real estate.  Please see the video on the left for a television segment relating to renter's rights that I participated in for a local NBC affiliate news station in Charleston, South Carolina.

My legal career has focused on protecting the rights of individuals against big corporations. My main work in this regard is in three areas: (1) pursuing justice for victims of dangerous corporate products (mainly mesothelioma / asbestos victims); (2) representing labor unions; & (3) advocating for employee's rights.

Mr. Newman has been successful in trials for first degree murder all the way down to simple misdeameanors. His practice handles any criminal charge including traffic issues.. Mr. Newman has been successful in motions to supress various issuses such as illegal searches & seizures, including traffic stops for DUI, and even confessions. These types of motions can win a case.. Mr. Newman has great experience regarding mental health issues as he has been sucessful at civil commitment trial and was a member of the Hamilton County Mental Health Court exploritory committee.