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Mr. Sanders is a tax attorney and entrepreneur residing and practicing law in Nashville, Tennessee. In his capacity as an attorney, he provides tax and structural advice to ultra-high net worth individuals and families.  With a background in complex trust and estate planning, he has done extensive work with closely-held family investment entities, and has particular expertise in multiple class, multiple-tiered partnership structures.  He is involved in various capacities in private equity and real estate investments, including acting as the manager and principal of a closely-held investment holding company with ownership in various asset classes, including real property, private debt obligations, marketable securities, and restaurant franchises. Mr. Sanders holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the College of Charleston (1999), a Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School (2002) and a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University (2003). Mr. Sanders started his firm in 2007. Prior to that, he was the Senior Associate in the tax group at Adams & Reese, LLP. Mr. Sanders is a member of the American Bar Association, theTennessee Bar Association, the Nashville Bar Association, the Order of Kentucky Colonels,Morgan’s Men Association, and sits on the board of several local charitable organizations and community boards.

If you are accused of a crime, you want positive results--not your face on the front page of the paper.  If you have been convicted and are fighting an appeal, you want a positive outcome--not hot air and a hole in your family's savings.  Competent and zealous lawyering, that is centered on the client and respects the client's dignity and privacy is Mr. Tennent's goal.  He maintains a small case load in the federal, appellate, Davidson and Williamson County courts, so that he can properly focus on each and every client.. Richard Tennent is a founding member of Bell, Tennent & Frogge. He earns his living entirely by defending persons accused of misdeeds in the federal, state and appellate courts. On rare occasions he also does pro bono environmental and land use law.    Over the past twenty years, Mr. Tennent has represented persons accused of the most serious offenses under our laws. He has taken eleven first-degree murder cases to jury trial, and has won acquittals or verdicts to significantly reduced offenses in eight of those. He has won not guilty verdicts on offenses including aggravated robbery, carjacking, distribution of 40 kilograms of heroin, possession of cocaine, aggravated assault on a police officer, rape of a child, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and aggravated child abuse. Mr. Tennent has learned over and over that good citizens are wrongfully charged with terrible crimes of which they are innocent.  He has also learned that citizens are often ‘over-charged’ as he has won lesser verdicts to misdemeanors, when the government sought felony convictions.    Mr. Tennent has successfully handled very challenging criminal appeals.  He has won reversals and new trials in cases of First Degree Murder, Rape and Aggravated Sexual Battery. One of his most challenging appeals was done in the case of State v. Ward, 138 S.W.3d 245 (. 2003), where he successfully challenged the dubious "scientific" theory that three unexplained deaths means murder. Other more recent successes include: State v. Fleschman 2008 WL 5130449, ., December 08, 2008 (sentence reduced from three-years to six-months on solicitation of minor case), and State v. Williams, 2006 WL 3431920 ., November 29, 2006 (rape conviction reversed for prosecutorial misconduct and erroneous use of DNA evidence).    Mr. Tennent also understands that sometimes the best defense is securing mercy, justice and leniency. In the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, over the last eight years, he has had repeated successes in securing sentences significantly below the “advisory guideline recommendation.” He understands the importance of well-crafted sentencing memorandums that help the sentencing judge see his client as full human being, entitled to respect, and possessing human dignity. Mr. Tennent’s clients are not mere numbers, but individuals with unique human stories.    In 1994, Mr. Tennent graduated from the Vanderbilt School of Law, having earned American Jurisprudence Awards for both Criminal Law and Post-Conviction Criminal Procedure. Since law school he has earned a Master of Studies in Environmental Law from the Vermont Law School, graduating summa cum laude.  He attended Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship, graduating in 1990 with Honors.           Mr. Tennent is a member of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and serves on the amicus committee. He is licensed to practice in the State of Tennessee, the Middle District of Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is very active in the Metro Public Schools where he has been the Chairman of Parents Advisory Council, as well as the founding PTO President of the Lockeland Design

Brett represents clients in state and local tax disputes involving all Tennessee taxes, including sales and use tax, franchise and excise tax, property tax, and business tax. Brett's clients span numerous industries, including cable, telecom, technology, manufacturing, financial services, transportation, entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, insurance, retail, and construction.. Brett has significant experience in tax litigation, mergers and acquisitions, leasing transactions, airplane transactions, nexus, Tennessee tax exemptions (including the manufacturing exemption), state tax incentives, voluntary disclosures, and tax enforcement matters. Brett also advises companies on the taxation of computer software, in light of emerging technologies and the use of cloud computing.. Brett also assists businesses with general business disputes and collections matters.. Brett has developed a broad following for his use of social media to track state and local tax matters as the Tennessee Tax

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.

Experienced Federal attorney serving clients in Nashville and surrounding areas.