Top Business Lawyers in Chattanooga | 44 available

Firm: 4Sight Legal Services, PLLC

620 Lindsay Street , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37403

Practice Areas: Business

"Counsel for Those Who Mind Their Own Business". Ed Nanney has been licensed to practice law in Tennessee since 1981. He began his career in a civil litigation practice before joining the law department of a Fortune 500 company in 1987. Over 17 years with that company, he managed litigation throughout the country and was promoted to executive positions in both the United States and Canada. He left the "large company" world in 2004 to form his own business. Practicing solo since 2007, Ed concentrates his practice on the legal interests of small and medium businesses (SMBs), entrepreneurs and the self-employed. He focuses on the management of legal risk -- helping business owners recognize the legal risks they face and to implement the appropriate steps to eliminate, avoid or reduce those risks. He also helps owners derive optimal value from their businesses through estate planning, asset protection and business exit / transition planning services.He recently served as Assistant Professor of Paralegal Studies at Chattanooga State Technical Community College teaching legal research, case writing and analysis, trial practice and civil procedure, torts, contracts, criminal law and procedure, insurance law, real estate and wills, trust and estates. Ed is a mediator and serves as a mediation trainer with Private Dispute Resolution Services in Chattanooga.Ed earned his undergraduate and law degrees (BA with Honors in American Studies, JD) from the University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill where he was inducted to Phi Beta Kappa, elected a member of the Holderness Moot Court Bench and awarded Order of the Barristers for excellence in trial advocacy. Ed and his wife have two children and live in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.Service areas: Areas of concentration are business law, estate planning, asset protection, transition/succession planning, risk management, employee benefits, negotiations, mediation and alternate dispute resolution, transactions, contracts and franchise law.

Firm: Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon PLLC

320 McCallieAvenue , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business , Estate , Estate Planning, Mediation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation - State & Federal, Business, Business, Business

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.

Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP

736 Georgia Ave Ste 300 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Corporate , Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities , Business, Business, Business, Business

Firm: Husch and Eppenberger, LLC

736 Georgia Avenue , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Business , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Liberty Tower, Suite 1700 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business , Civil , Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Manufacturing and service companies, universities, colleges, private schools, and health care providers, among other employers, call Rosemarie Hill to counsel them on dozens of employment-related issues. These include inquiries about wage payments under state and federal wage and hour laws, concerns about hiring, firing, and discipline of employees, discrimination and harassment accusations, medical and other leave questions, and just about any issue that can arise in an employer-employee relationship.. Often clients need emergency consults on how to handle an employee problem, and Rosemarie provides quick assistance and pragmatic solutions that are highly valued by busy employers. She will also promptly admit when a particular inquiry needs further analysis and research, and then produces a quick turn-around and solution for the harried employer.. When a client, despite its best efforts, is hit with an administrative charge (for instance, from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)) or a lawsuit claiming violation of an employment law or illegal retaliation against an employee, Rosemarie and her team are on the spot to provide defense and representation from beginning to end. Her clients appreciate her quick response and her willingness to bring them into the defense strategy/cost analysis of each lawsuit or administrative charge.. Rosemarie excels in trial work, and every case receives the utmost intellectual and common-sense care. She speaks to jurors and judges alike with respect and in fair, understandable language with no loss of legal excellence. She is engaging and honest with clients, they are highly complementary of her efforts on their behalf, and they actually enjoy working with her and her team.. Her induction into the American College of Trial Lawyers assures clients that she is an excellent lawyer who will handle their matters with civility for all concerned in the process, but who will vigorously defend them and unceasingly fight for their cause.. She chairs the firm's Labor and Employment Section, and is proud to work with and for that excellent, intellectually challenging and entertaining group of folks.. Approved Arbitrator, Federal Arbitration Program, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Neutral

Firm: Berke, Berke & Berke Attorneys at Law

420 Frazier Ave , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37405

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Aviation & Aerospace, Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Civil Rights, Communications & Media , Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Constitutional , Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Criminal Defense , Discrimination, Divorce, Education , Election Campaign & Political , Family , Government Contracts, Health Care & Hospitalization, Labor , Land Use & Zoning, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate , Securities , Sexual Harassment, Toxic Substances, Transportation , Workers Compensation, Business, Business, Business, Business

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.

Firm: The Wolford Firm, PLLC

1700 McCallie Avenue. , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37404

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Collections, Corporate , Criminal Defense , Domestic Partnership, Personal Injury, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Workers Compensation, Business, Business, Business

Firm: Holland & Knight, LLP

633 Chestnut St Ste 1400 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Corporate , Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities , Taxation - State & Federal, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

Firm: Miller & Martin Pllc

1000 Volunteer Building 832 Georgia Avenue , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Corporate , Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities , Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

633 Chestnut Street , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Business, Corporate, Contracts, Immigration, LLC

537 Market St Ste 202 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

1000 Tallan Building , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Business , Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Property , Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

A results-driven attorney using my litigation experience to protect motor carriers, medical providers, and other companies through in-court representation and by advising clients, quantifying and reducing risk, and efficiently resolving disputes so that business clients can focus on productivity.

Firm: Husch and Eppenberger, LLC

Dome Bldg 736 Georgia Ave Ste 300 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Business , Labor , Products Liability, Toxic Substances, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance, Insurance

Firm: Miller & Martin, PLLC

832 Georgia Ave Ste 1200 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Business

633 Chestnut St Ste 600 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Grant Konvalinka Harrison

633 Chestnut St Ste 900 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Business

Mark is a director of the firm and also serves as the head of the firm’s recruiting services and also serves on the firm’s marketing committee. Mark is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Georgia and concentrates his practice in representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury and Property Law. He also assists clients in Business Transactions and Estate Planning.. Mark has routinely represented clients on appeals in federal and state courts involving a variety of subjects, including landowner tax disputes, federal and state constitutional law, civil rights, competitive business practices, and Tennessee Open Records Act.. Mark has also represented clients in a variety of trial matters, including business disputes, personal injury, employee non-compete agreements, breach of contract, federal and state constitutional law, real property disputes, adversarial bankruptcy proceedings, negligent construction, unemployment and discrimination actions, Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, commercial and corporate shareholder disputes, public records actions, general governmental regulatory actions, and municipal code enforcement actions.. A native of Crossville, Tennessee, Mark attended The McCallie School of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, for both his undergraduate and Master's degree. Mark received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the Cecil C. Humphries School of Law at Memphis University and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity and an active participant in the Mock Trial and Advanced Moot Court competitions. Mark was also the recipient of the CALI Award given to the student with the top overall score in Property and was also the recipient of the Cicero Award for outstanding oral argument performance in Legal Methods.. Prior to joining Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison in 2008, Mark clerked for the Honorable W. Neil Thomas, III, of the Circuit Court for Hamilton County, Tennessee, and also clerked for the firm as a summer associate. Mark also taught calculus, geometry and algebra at the Boyd Buchanan School in Chattanooga for three years prior to attending law school.. Mark is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Chattanooga Bar Associations and is licensed to practice in Tennessee, Georgia, the Eastern District of Tennessee and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Firm: Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC

Liberty Tower, Suite 1700 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Business

I am member of the firm's business section, focusing my practice in the areas of general business, corporate transactions, real estate, land use, and property law.

Firm: Christopher Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

1100 Market St. , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37243

Practice Areas: Corporate, Licensing, Intellectual Property, Internet, Contracts, Business, Patent Application, Patent Infringement, Trademark Application, Trademark, Corporate & Incorporation, Corporate & Incorporation, Corporate & Incorporation

Kevin Christopher is an art, business, and technology lawyer, specializing in Arts and Crafts, Biotech, Energy, Government, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Startups, and Transactions.. Previously, Kevin led bioinformatics, bioscience, and biotech licensing activities at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, steered large scale partnerships in renewable energy and synthetic biology for UC Berkeley, and mentored SBIR-funded startups under the National Instittues of Health. Additionally, Kevin has served as a foundational team member or key advisor for startups with algal production, biomass conversion, microbiome editing, and hepatocellular carcinoma diagnostic technologies.. As a student, Kevin was a teaching assistant to former State of Michigan Governor Jeniifer Granholm at Berkeley Law, outstanding scholar in the UC Hastings Law and Bioscience program, judicial extern for U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer, law clerk for the U.S. Attorney's Office, and regularly featured poet in To An Unknown God - A Journal of Christian Thought at Berkeley.. Kevin's logo dervies from the Turner Cross, a German insignia featuring four opposing letters F standing for words roughly translated to English as cheerful, hardy, godfearing, and free. While an attorney is ethically obligated to be the best possible advocate for his client, it is important to do so in a principled manner. The "four f's" are principles that Kevin has adopted for life and legal practice.. Affiliations

Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP

736 Georgia Ave Ste 300 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37402

Practice Areas: Elder , Estate Planning, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Probate , Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts, Wills, Business, Business, Elder Law

Firm: Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C.

633 Chestnut Street, Suite 900 , Chattanooga , Tennessee 37450

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Estate Planning, Probate , Business, Business

I concentrate my practice on business and commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, estate and trust administration, non-profit organizations, and taxation.. For more than nineteen years, I have represented both small and large companies with their business transactions. My experience ranges from general representation of the closely held corporation, limited liability company or partnership to structuring tax free reorganizations.. In addition, I have represented personal representatives and beneficiaries in complex estate litigation, and handled estate planning and administration for both small and large estates involving sophisticated and simple estate plans.. My practice has also included tax planning and compliance with respect to individuals, business entities, and estates and trusts, including the preparation of individual income tax returns, federal non-profit information returns, federal gift tax returns, federal estate tax returns, and Tennessee inheritance tax returns.. Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. is a full service law firm with 28 attorneys so if you need an experienced attorney who practices in another area of the law please don't hesitate to contact me.