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William L. Bomar concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, health care, medical malpractice, construction litigation, family law (non-child custody matters) and insurance litigation.

Scott Crosby joined the firm in 1995 after serving for five years as a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division in Washington, D.C. He has been a Member of the firm since 1999. Mr. Crosby’s practice is presently focused on family law matters, tax controversies, and general commercial litigation, with a particular interest in two areas of workers’ compensation: premium fraud and subrogation. In his family law practice, he represents clients in divorce litigation involving both property and custody matters. With his varied practice, Mr. Crosby splits his time between state and federal court practice in Memphis, and, outside of Memphis, he has appeared in federal courts in bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters across Tennessee and in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Arkansas.

Robert C. Starnes concentrates his practice in the areas of business and commercial law. Mr. Starnes is a Certified Public Accountant.

Paul R. Lawler practices in the areas of business law, civil litigation, tax, wills and probate, estate planning, and corporate law. Paul is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).. Mr. Lawler’s background in tax and accounting was followed by litigation immersion leading to a renaissance, “cross-over” practice. Cases have included defense of title to property, riparian rights, condemnation/eminent domain proceedings, personal injury (motor vehicle and slip & fall accidents), estate litigation, federal tax court litigation, state sales tax litigation, civil rights actions, shareholder derivative suits, and complex business litigation. Business experience encompasses the purchase or sale of private companies and representing clients involved in construction, manufacturing, packaging, and drainage industries as independent counsel. As a CPA (inactive), Mr. Lawler routinely interacts with clients’ CEOs, CFOs, independent CPAs, and can provide efficient, responsive, support to in-house legal counsel. Areas of concentration include wills, probate, tax, estate planning, and family business succession strategies as well as the resolution of civil tax controversies involving innocent spouse claims, trust fund liability, and estate tax audits.. Mr. Lawler has been involved for over thirty years with the Memphis Civitan Club, a civic organization dedicated to helping children with challenges. He is a member of various professional organizations including the Memphis Bar Association, Tennessee Society of CPAs, and American Institute of CPAs. He enjoys golf but he needs more practice.

Mr. Womack has been practicing law for nearly thirty years. Although the focus of his practice is in environmental law, he has experience in a variety of civil litigation matters, including antitrust, construction negligence, construction claims, commercial disputes and tort liability.. Mr. Womack has practiced environmental law for nearly twenty years. In that time he has been active in the Environmental Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association (serving as Chairman of the Section in 2006-2007 and a member of the Section’s Executive Council for over seven years) and the Real Estate and Environmental Law Section of the Memphis Bar Association. He has made numerous presentations on a variety of environmental law issues, including environmental laws and regulations affecting real estate development, environmental audits and assessments and solid and hazardous waste regulations.. Mr. Womack has counseled businesses and other entities on federal, state, and local environmental laws, rules and regulations in such areas as release reporting, storm water permitting requirements, waste management, air emissions, underground storage tanks and real estate transactions. He has represented a number of businesses and other entities in environmental cost recovery actions and environmental enforcement actions. He has also represented a number of persons, businesses and other entities involved in the redevelopment of properties impacted by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances or other pollutants. In addition, he has counseled persons, businesses and other entities in the environmental due diligence process in support of real estate transactions.

Mr. Quay has more than 30 years of experience representing the transactional, commercial interests, and financing of private and public companies with complex corporate and financial structures; financial institutions; and private equity funds.. From early in his career, Mr. Quay has provided legal advice and assisted in mergers and acquisitions; debt and equity financings; technology procurement, licensing and sales; aircraft leasing and financing; strategic alliances; and venture transactions for both institutional and entrepreneurial clientele.. He has represented numerous corporate clients in a wide variety of industries, including those involved in financial services, including issuers, underwriters, loan sellers and other entities in public offerings and private placements; companies engaged in domestic and international aircraft leasing and overnight courier delivery; companies manufacturing and selling internationally and domestically electrical systems, electrical parts, and medical devices; companies engaged in the retail sale of clothes, food, auto parts, electricity, and financial products and services, including life insurance and annuities, and sales of regional cellular wireless services; and companies engaged in logistics services, real estate, health care, and orphan drug development.. Practice Areas. Corporate and Securities. Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Buyout, Private investment Funds, Venture Capital, E-Commerce, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances, Technology Transactions, Compensation, and Business Advisory. Finance. Corporate Finance, Asset Backed Finance, Structured Finance and Securitization, Equipment Finance and Leasing, Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Microfinance, Timber, Project Financing, Financial Restructuring, and Distressed Finance. Financial Industry. Financial Institution and Banking, Investment Funds, Fund Formation and Restructuring, Financial Institution Organization and Capital Raising, Financial Institution acquisitions, sales and mutual conversions, Secondary Market Transactions

Lorenzo is one of the founding partners at Leffler Renfroe and a leading Memphis trial lawyer. He dedicates his career and time helping clients in bankruptcy and personal injury cases. He graduated from Lake Forest College where he earned his first undergraduate degree in Mathematics. He obtained his second undergraduate degree from Washington University in Saint Louis in Electrical Engineering. He went on to pursue a legal career, earning his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University’s School of Law. Mr. Renfroe is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Tennessee. He places his clients first, always prioritizing their needs and assuaging their concerns.

King W. Rogers concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate, commercial transactions and banking law and has extensive experience in real estate development.

John Willet focuses his practice in the areas of construction, fidelity and surety, business law, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He represents owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects and engineers throughout the construction process, including entity formation, licensing and registration, identification and management of risks, contracting, claims management and dispute resolution.. In the area of fidelity and surety law, Mr. Willet represents clients in connection with all types of bonds, including performance, payment, fidelity and various miscellaneous surety bonds. He assists owners, contractors and subcontractors with all types of bonding matters. Additionally, Mr. Willet represents sureties in pre-default investigations, project completion negotiations, ratification and takeover agreements and all facets of default.. Mr. Willet has represented clients in highly complex subrogation claims particular to the construction industry and has assisted insurers in pursuing claims against contractors, subcontractors, design professionals and other insurers to recover losses sustained as a result of design defects, construction defects and breaches of agreement. In addition to Mr. Willet’s construction law and surety practice, he represents clients in commercial matters and business litigation, providing services including contract drafting and negotiation, claims identification and resolution, business litigation, mediation and arbitration. Mr. Willet has substantial experience in complex construction and business litigation matters as well as representing clients before regulatory boards. He mediates construction and business disputes and is listed by the Tennessee Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission as a Rule 31 civil mediator.. Mr. Willet was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2020 in the field of Litigation- Construction for the third year.

Jeremy G. Alpert concentrates his practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation of all types, with an emphasis on banking law, construction law and insurance law, as well as construction contract negotiation.

In the past year alone, David Thornton has re-qualified a retirement plan with more than $100 million in assets; worked with multiple large employers to implement competitive executive compensation arrangements that are 409A compliant; assisted large and mid-size employers in more than $200 million in corporate transactions with an employee benefits component; created a successful three-part webinar series on the Affordable Care Act (ACA); and established a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) with 2,500 employees across three states. He counsels his clients on the complexities of compliance with the ACA, potentially saving them millions in Play or Pay penalties. As chair of the firm's Employee Benefits Practice Group, David leads a team of attorneys whose goal is to help employers deliver health and welfare and retirement benefits to their executives and employees.. David works with for-profit and nonprofit employers, plan fiduciaries, employees, third-party administrators, insurers and other providers of employee benefit plans and programs. His practice involves:. As a former Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigator, David helps companies navigate the intersection of litigation and business concerns. He successfully defended a case, Osborne v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co., that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and resulted in a change to the interpretation of the word "occupation" under ERISA. The new definition still stands today. His deep understanding of ERISA allows David to provide practical advice in the complex landscape of employee benefits law. David often collaborates with attorneys including those in the Corporate, Healthcare and Litigation Practice Groups on employee benefits issues related to mergers, acquisitions and tax matters for clients.

I work with individuals and corporate clients in a broad range of civil litigation issues, ranging from appellate work to trucking defense.  My experience assisting both plaintiffs and defendants allows me the opportunity to approach cases with an objective, fresh, and creative perspective. I have significant experience in assisting clients with both state and federal litigation, from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal. I am licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas.. My current practice areas include:. * Trucking/transportation defense. * Personal injury/wrongful death. * Business litigation (contract preparation, breach of contract, interference with contract, breach of duty, etc.). * General civil litigation and appellate work. * Products liability (automotive, personal recreational vehicles, etc.). Please contact me for additional information.

I have been practicing law for well over 20 years.  I have extensive experience in advising and defending clients in the health care industry, including physicians and physician practice groups, on a range of areas, including:   regulatory compliance (at both the state and federal levels); employment;  practice formation, practice management and dissolution.  I also advise and defend non-healthcare clients on a wide range of business-related issues.. I have tried numerous civil lawsuits to verdict, and I have briefed and argued cases before the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the Tennessee Supreme Court.. I am a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.. I am a member in good standing with the Memphis Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the American Health Lawyers Association. I hold the highest rating  (AV), from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

I have been practicing law for 44 years. The scope of my practice has ranged from insurance defense and personal injury to commercial litigation, collections, to currently and for the past 25 years I have handled probate matters such as estates, conservatorships, guardianships, will contests, muniment of title and small estates. I have also handled real estate matters such as residential and commercial closings, foreclosures, tax sale matters which involve redemption , excess proceeds claims, and Quiet Title suits, evictions for landlords, boundary line/ easement disputes and other title claim matters. I also handle business disputes and have served as a mediator and arbitrator.. I am Alta Certified for real estate closings, I have an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, a legal rating firm, and our firm is an Accredited Business through the Better Business Bureau.

I am licensed in TN and Arkansas.

Dan Peel graduated in 1989 from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.  He received the American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Argument.  Mr. Peel received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in history from the University of Memphis in 1985.  He was a Cecil C. Humphreys Presidential Scholar and a member of Phi Kappa Phi.. Mr. Peel is admitted to practice law in all state courts in Tennessee and Texas and in federal courts for the Western District of Tennessee and Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.  He is also admitted in the Fifth and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.  Mr. Peel is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas.  He worked for two of the largest firms in Dallas - Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (now Locke Lord) and Haynes and Boone - before returning to Memphis, his hometown, in 1998.

Christopher concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate & business transactions and real estate & secured lending. He represents various private companies and their owners in a variety of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and structured finance, in addition to providing general commercial representation. Christopher represents commercial property owners in connection with the acquisition, development, rehabilitation, leasing, financing and disposition of multifamily, retail, industrial and office projects. He also works with both borrowers and lenders in all areas of secured lending, including bond-financed transactions.

Charles W. Hill concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law, securities and broker/dealer litigation, contracts and commercial litigation.. Mr. Hill consults with employers concerning employment law decisions regarding their workforce, including discipline, discharge and the implementation of specific policies to ensure compliance with existing employment law, particularly the application of federal and state discrimination statutes. Mr. Hill provides advice and consultation concerning the purchase of employment practices liability insurance including addressing potential coverage issues.. Mr. Hill regularly represents employers in the defense of claims filed with the EEOC and State Human Rights Commissions. He regularly represents employers in federal and state courts in the defense of employment law claims.. Mr. Hill also maintains an active broker/dealer and investment advisory litigation practice. He regularly represents Broker/Dealers, Advisors and securities representatives in securities arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and in securities litigation brought in the federal and state courts, including disputes over investment products, employee transitions, sales practices and corporate governance. He also consults with Broker/Dealers regarding regulatory compliance, examinations, and inquiries.. Mr. Hill is experienced in the defense of class action wage and hour claims, consumer financial claims and product claims.. In addition, Mr. Hill has extensive experience representing clients involved in litigation over restrictive covenants, non-solicits, covenants against disclosure of proprietary information and the protection of trade secrets.. He is also experienced in the litigation of directors and officers insurance matters and matters of corporate governance. He is experienced in regulatory investigations including matters of FINRA, SEC, and DEA compliance.

BA   Emory University and Rhodes College   1975. JD    University of Memphis School of Law  1978. LLM   Emory University School of Law   1979. Admitted to TN Supreme Court  1978. US District Court    1979. US Tax Court   1980. AV Rated in Martindale Hubbelll Legal Directory. Named Top Wealth Manager in estate planning, business planning, and taxation in Memphis Magazine

Attorney Charles Blatteis practices law in Memphis, Tennessee at the Blatteis Law Firm, PLLC.  Attorney Blatteis provides legal services to both U.S. individuals and entities doing business and investing in the United States and abroad through corporate and transactional legal work.  He also assists foreign nationals and immigrants with their litigation matters in the United States. Mr. Blatteis also serves officially as a “Consulting Attorney” for the Consulate General of Mexico in Little Rock as well as for the Consulate General of Peru in Atlanta.  Attorney Blatteis is peer review rated “AV Preeminent,” the highest rating by Martindale Hubbell attorney ratings.. A first generation U. S. Citizen of Hispanic and German descent, Charles Blatteis is bilingual in English and Spanish at the legal professional level and speaks French at the conversational level.   Charles Blatteis graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a BSFS in International Law, Politics and Organization and a Certificate in Latin American Studies.  He obtained his J.D. in Common Law from Tulane Law School along with a Certificate in European Legal Studies.  Over the years, Mr. Blatteis has held various positions in international business and/or law with employers as diverse as International Paper Company in their Memphis headquarters and Baker and McKenzie (the world’s largest international law firm) in their Chicago headquarters.  He has also worked as a partner in Memphis at the Bogatin Law Firm and most recently at the Burch Porter & Johnson, before establishing his own firm.  Attorney Blatteis has also been awarded a United States patent as a co-inventor of an ecologically friendly manufacturing process, which has subsequently been patented in various countries worldwide.. Attorney Blatteis is active in Memphis area civic affairs.  A representative sample of such public service involvement includes current or prior service on the following Boards of Directors:  the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Memphis Branch (for which he served for seven years as a Director and was Chairman of the Board for three years);  the Board of the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce (for six years as a director and also for four years as the Chairman of the Chamber’s International Business Council);  Leadership Memphis, Inc. (for three years as a member of the Board of Directors); the United Way of the Mid-South (for six years as a member of the Board of Directors); the Pink Palace Family of Museums (currently, a Trustee on the Board of Trustees); and the Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Memphis, Inc. (for six years as a Director).  Mr. Blatteis also serves or has served as a Director, Chairman, or President for the Boards of Directors of various Hispanic Chambers of Commerce in Memphis:  the Mid-South Latino Chamber of Commerce, the National Hispanic Professionals’ Organization (Memphis Chapter); and the Hispanic Business Alliance, Inc.