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Sonya Smith Wright is a graduate of Emory University School of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Barristers for outstanding oral advocacy and legal writing. She is an experienced litigator with a wealth of diverse experiences. Wright began her career with a large defense firm in its civil litigation department, where she participated in several state jury trials and successfully defended a multimillion dollar lawsuit in federal court for a national hotel chain. She also tried one of the first medical malpractice cases to ever go to arbitration in Tennessee obtaining a full defense verdict.  Wright's practice is divided between four main practice areas: business advice and litigation; insurance disputes; probate litigation, adoptions and conservatorships/guardianships; and agriculture law.. Wright has a passion for advising business owners. From start-up to winding down and succession planning and everything inbetween, she has drafted purchase and sale agreements, worked with clients on all types of contracts, and designed discovery plans for businesses that can be used throughout the country to help cut costs and ensure a strong and consistent defense if that time comes. Wright has also defended businesses in a host of cases from construction litigation to premise liability to partner disputes to other contract disputes.  Wright always works with her clients to make strategic decisions that are best for the business.. Wright also has vast experience in the insurance field.  She has represented business owners and homeowners when natural disasters have occurred including fires, tornadoes, hail, sinkholes and other natural disasters and worked with individuals after the death of a family member in the life insurance arena.. Because of her own life experiences, Wright has developed a niche in helping families with different matters after the passing of a loved one, not only in the life insurance arena but in probate and will contests. She has also helped families dealing with the decline of a loved one through conservatorships. She especially enjoys helping play a small role in growing families in the area of adoptions.. Wright grew up on a tobacco and cattle farm just outside of Lebanon, Tennessee, where she and her sisters were involved in 4-H and FFA because of the passion for the farm, Wright has remained active in her agriculture roots and enjoys representing, advising and supporting those involved in agriculture with all types of legal issues that arise.  She has served as the state advisor for the Tennessee Junior Angus Association, a director on the Tennessee Angus Association Board of Directors, and the Beef Superintendent of the Tennessee State Fair. She lives on a farm outside of Lebanon with her husband, son and two daughters.

Originally from both Hartsville and Fayetteville, Tennessee, Chris has called Murfreesboro home for over twenty years. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Middle Tennessee State University in 1998 and graduated cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2003 where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal honors society. While attending law school, Chris worked at the prominent Oklahoma City litigation firm of Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Bottom, as well as the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office.. Chris is an experienced litigator practicing in multiple Middle Tennessee jurisdictions and Federal Courts. His areas of practice are diverse and include Construction Law, Divorce & Child Custody, Contracts, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Wills and Estates, Business Litigation, Real Estate, Liens and Collections. Chris is a member of the Rutherford County and Tennessee Bar Associations, as well as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Bar Association, Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Federalist Society.. Admissions:. Licensed to practice in all Tennessee State Courts, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, & the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

General Practice Attorney primarily serving the Murfreesboro, TN and Greater Middle Tennesse Region. Practice areas include: Family/Divorce Law, Criminal Defense, Real Property, Business Law, Probate, Juvenille, and General Civil and Family Mediation. When not serving clients, I enjoy spending time with my family and enjoying outdoor recreational activities.