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Accessible, aggressive, effective, and experienced. Those are some of the words that have been used by clients and colleagues to describe Amber L. Tucker.. Amber is a skilled trial attorney, with more than 12 years of litigation experience, who practices in the areas of: criminal defense, family law, personal injury, medical malpractice, civil rights, and general civil litigation. She is a zealous advocate for her clients and has experience in both prosecution and defense. She has practiced law in Florida and Maine, and has been involved in several high-profile to entering private practice, Amber previously served as a prosecutor for the Maine Attorney General’s Office, specializing in felony drug crimes, and as an Assistant Public Defender in Tampa, Florida, where she represented thousands of individuals in felony and misdemeanor cases. Amber has tried over 60 cases to verdict, more than half of which were jury trials and has litigated numerous evidentiary hearings.. Amber was an adjunct professor of sociology and criminology at the University of New England and has taught seminars in drug law and drug crime investigation to law enforcement officers throughout Maine.. Representative jury trials in which Amber was the lead defense attorney include:. Aggravated Assault (strangulation) - Not Guilty. Domestic Violence Assault - Not Guilty. Attempted Murder – found guilty of lesser offense of Aggravated Battery. Aggravated Assault w/Firearm – Not Guilty. Possession of Firearm by Felon – Not Guilty. Delivery of Cocaine – Not Guilty. Possession of Cocaine – Not Guilty. Amber is originally from Rhode Island, but grew up in Fryeburg, Maine. She lived in Florida for eleven years before returning to Maine.  Amber enjoys boating, sunshine, and traveling to Gillette Stadium to watch the New England Patriots.

Nichole Dusche represents clients throughout Middle Tennessee, including Williamson, Hickman, and Maury counties and more.  Attorney Nichole Dusche has extensive experience in criminal cases, both in negotiations and at trial.  Trust that Nichole will work for you to get the best possible result in your case.  Whether you are facing potential jail time or a loss of a driver's license, Nichole understands the fears you may have and will handle your case with respect and grace.  But, she will also fight for you and your rights in the court room or at trial.  WINNER of the Williamson County 2020 BEST BUSINESS Sizzle Awards at .

Thank you for taking the time to look at the Avvo profile of Attorney Jim D. Owen.. Graduated from the University of Tennessee Law School in 1971 where he received the Order of the Coif and was a member of the Tennessee Law Review. He has practiced law in Knoxville, Tennessee and the surrounding area for over 40 years.  He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association and the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.Mr. Owen began law practice with Banks, Daniel and Campbell after clerking for the firm during law school and joined as a partner during 1975.  In 1982 he and fellow attorney Bob Edwards began a successful private practice as Owen & Edwards law firm in Knoxville . In 1998 Mr.Owen joined the State of Tennessee Public Defender's office in the 6th Judicial District as an Assistant Public Defender and provided services to the indigent.  He retired from that State position in July, 2015 and has now returned to private practice.Mr. Owen is originally from Morristown, Tennessee and is an avid hiker of the Great Smoky Mountains.  Through his children he became active with Soccer programs and served the community as an AYSO coach and referee for 26 years.  From 1971-79 he proudly served his country as an MP is the U. S. Army Reserve.He is currently providing services in Knox, Jefferson, Hamblen, Sevier, Grainger and Greene Counties in East Tennessee.

I grew up In West Tennessee in a large family. I ventured off to college at Memphis State University where I learned the fine balance of how much fun you could have and still get into law school. I attended law school in Arkansas and also abroad at the University of London and University of Exeter. After graduation and passing the bar exam, I came back home, bought a building on the court square in 1992 and have been here ever since. My goal is to help people get out of sticky situations in a cost-efficient manner so that they can resume their lives and put their mistakes in the rear-view mirror. My law partner and I practice all over Tennessee and have been in more than 100 court systems in Tennessee.

Jere Mason is a disciplined advocate that believes every client deserves someone who will battle to protect their legal interests. Throughout his life he has used his "never quit" attitude and aggressive style to achieve success in the business world, martial arts realm, as a law enforcement officer, and now as your attorney. Mr. Mason stands ready to bring his years of experience to your aid and aggressively protect your interest.

I found myself drawn to the practice of law right out of high school and enjoy helping people and defending their rights.  Outside of my practice, I enjoy the outdoors.

After growing up in California, attorney Daniel A. Gillespie went to college in Virginia. Before his second year of college, he joined the Marine Corps Reserve. Later after joining the Army he was stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. As a paralegal he learned the highly specialized area of military criminal law, before joining the Army reserves. While finishing college and spending time in the Army reserves as a paralegal, he was deployed several times. While serving in a special operations unit in Iraq, he spent time working in international operations law with the Army civil affairs. Upon returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom, he finished his undergraduate degree in Social Science before attending law school at Regent University in Virginia Beach. While in law school, he worked primarily with small firms in the area of family law and litigation.. Upon graduation from law school he was accepted into the highly acclaimed LLM in Trial Advocacy program at Temple University in Philadelphia. Deferring it for a year, he worked for a small firm in Maryland handling contract litigation, estate litigation, and civil RICO cases. In early 2010, after completing his LLM in Trial Advocacy, he opened The Gillespie Law Firm in downtown Knoxville.. After many years of successful practice in Knoxville, Daniel and his wife and daughter spent some time in Charlotte, NC area in order to help begin a congregation.  When that was completed, they moved back to TN to the Memphis area.  Where he opened his second practice focusing on helping people solve their problems.

Ben Hodges holds a BFA in Theatre from Otterbein University, is an alumnus of the Commercial Theater Institute, and holds a 2012 Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. He is a licensed attorney in the states of New York and Tennessee, focusing on entertainment, contract, family, landlord/tenant, and estate planning law, with associated and necessary litigation.. Ben Hodges served as an editorial assistant for seven years on the 2001 Special Tony Honor Award-winning Theatre World, becoming the associate editor to John Willis in 1998 and editor in chief in 2007. Theatre World was for sixty-nine years the oldest, most complete annual pictorial and statistical record of the American theatre. Theatre World Volume 69: 2012-2013 was the last volume of the series to be published in hard cover.. The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals which Hodges coedited with late Commercial Theater Institute director Frederic B. Vogel, was released by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books in 2007, and has become the definitive resource in its field.. Forbidden Acts, the first collected anthology of gay and lesbian plays from the span of the twentieth century, edited and with an introduction by Hodges, was published by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books in 2003 and became a finalist for the 2004 LAMBDA Literary Award for Drama. It has been adopted as a course book by New York University, Cornell University, and many other colleges and universities.. His Out Plays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays from the Twentieth Century, edited and with an introduction by Hodges, featuring a foreword by Harvey Fierstein and a new introduction to The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley, was released by Alyson Books in spring 2008.. His The Play That Changed My Life, with essays by scores of America’s foremost American playwrights including Christopher Durang and Doug Wright, was released by Applause Books in 2009.. He also served on the New York Innovative Theatre Awards Committee, selecting outstanding individuals for recognition Off-Off-Broadway.. A native of Morristown, Tennessee, he currently lives in Morristown, located in Hamblen County, Tennessee, was appointed as an assistant public defender for the 3rd Judicial Tennessee, on September 1, 2022.

Brian DiPietro, a Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense attorney has more than 30 years experience defending clients in a wide variety of cases involving DUI, drug charges, theft, assault, fraud, domestic violence, and other major felonies and misdemeanors. He began his legal career as an assistant county prosecutor, and also as a contract municipal prosecutor for various communities in Maricopa County, Arizona where he learned the government’s process to prosecute cases. Mr. DiPietro now uses that information for the benefit of defending his clients charged with criminal conduct. He is focused and dedicated on making sure that his clients’ cases receive the best possible outcome. With his extensive experience conducting hundreds of trials, both felony and DUI/DWI cases, Mr. DiPietro has the ability to protect your rights to the fullest extent of the law.