Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  Scott B. Peatross’ practice focuses exclusively on probate law, which includes wills, trusts, estates, guardianships, conservatorships, and litigation related to that area. He represents clients ranging from Memphis area families to banks, institutional trustees, and estate creditors. Frequently serving as a mediator or a professional fiduciary, Scott is called upon by fellow attorneys to assist with difficult probate cases.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Criminal Law-Mental Competence and Right to Self-Representation-A State May Insist on Representation of Counsel for Defendant Who Is Mentally Fit to Stand Trial but Lacks Sufficient Competence to Represent Himself at Trial, 78 Miss. L. J. 227 (2008)
• Wrongful Death
  Representative clients include a large transportation company, multiple commercial real estate businesses, banks, large equipment distributors, restaurants, entertainers and media personalities.  Clay has also successfully litigated and obtained sizable settlements on behalf of numerous injured clients and estates involving claims including car accidents, truck accidents, playground accidents, slip and falls, wrongful death and other injuries resulting from negligence.
• Fraud
  John is a certified and experienced mediator and is frequently retained by other lawyers to mediate business disputes. However, when litigation is the preferred or inescapable course of action, John has aggressively and assertively litigated and arbitrated claims involving breach of contract, business tort claims, insurance coverage disputes, intellectual property rights, unfair competition, misappropriation of and/or protection of trade secrets, securities regulation and securities fraud, defamation and trade libel, construction, environmental, ERISA, employment disputes including employee restrictive covenants, professional liability claims, premises liability claims, trust and estate claims, and disputes arising out of the purchase, sale, dissolution, or control of businesses.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Tommie A. Baird concentrates her practice in the areas of Banking/Commercial Lending, Corporate Law, and Litigation/Dispute Resolution.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  The Best Lawyers in America 2023 in the fields of Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies/Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Tax Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law for the eleventh year. He was also named the Best Lawyers 2017 Business Organizations “Lawyer of the Year†in Memphis and the Best Lawyers 2018 Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law “Lawyer of the Year†in Memphis.
• Business Formation
  Jack routinely assists his individual and corporate clients with contract drafting and review; business formation and governance; transactional matters; and general legal advice.
• Business Disputes
  Mr. Kitai practices in corporate, transactional, and business law.  His practice concentration is in drafting and reviewing contracts, company restructuring, and transactions involving closely held businesses.
• Business Transactions
  Dan Robinson entered private law practice in 1987. Since inception, his clients have primarily been closely held business owners and family holding companies. In recent years, the proliferation of single- and multi-family offices has become an area of client concentration. Mr. Robinson’s practice is primarily focused on business transactions and private client services. His transactional practice includes operating companies across multiple industries and geographic regions.
• Limited Liability Companies
• Construction Contracts
  David Porteous’ primary areas of practice are commercial real estate and mergers and acquisitions. He also practices in the areas of commercial lending, general corporate law, residential real estate, construction contracts, and tax-deferred exchanges. In the area of commercial real estate, he has represented both buyers and sellers of apartment complexes, office buildings, and hotels, and has represented both landlords and tenants in connection with commercial leases.  He was editor-in-chief of the University of Memphis Law Review, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and general counsel to the Tennessee Board of Regents. He is a member of the Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations and was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Mr. Field is a past co-chair of the American Bar Association Section of International Law’s Information Services and Technology and Data Protection Committee, and is a member of Canada Law and China Law Committees. He is also a member of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. He was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust
  Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2023 in the fields of Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation- Banking and Finance, and Litigation- Construction

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Andrew assists his corporate clients with employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, organizational document, drafting and reviewing contracts, and other transactions involving both local and multinational businesses.
• Employment Litigation
  Mr. Bowling believes that his experience as a labor lawyer gives him a keener insight into the countless employment issues confronting human resource managers in a wide variety of work environments. This has allowed him to better assist his clients in achieving their employment objectives with minimum risk, or when necessary, by structuring their response to a government agency’s investigation or employment litigation. Mr. Bowling’s goal is to add value to his clients’ organizations by assisting them to maintain a productive work force within the framework of laws that regulate the work environment. Mr. Bowling takes immense pride in his personal associations with his clients and will continue to extend to them the close individual attention they deserve.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Paul Edwards represents real estate developers, investors, family corporations, and lending institutions. Mr. Edwards’s main focus is transactional work, concentrating on corporate and real estate law.
• Premises Liability
  Logan A. Klauss is an experienced associate attorney whose litigation defense practice centers on pre-litigation disputes and litigation concerning aviation, trucking, product liability, premises liability, governmental tort liability, and sports and recreation liability.
• Construction Litigation
  Mr. Getz has handled construction disputes at all levels of trial and appellate litigation as well as in mediation, arbitration and other ADR procedures. Mr. Getz holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been a Super Lawyer in the field of construction law for seventeen consecutive years. Mr. Getz is a member of the National Bond Claims Association.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Ashby Scott understands that her clients’ needs change with the ebb and flow of economic times and she works to assist in all of their commercial real estate projects. She assists in various types of real estate transactions and is effective at representing her clients at all stages of their commercial real estate projects, from negotiating favorable documents on the front end that will protect her clients’ positions and needs, to addressing any and all unexpected issues that may arise with her clients’ real estate projects along the way.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Jack F. Heflin is an experienced attorney whose practice focuses on litigation, business transactions and planning, commercial arbitration, real property transactions and disputes, and estate planning and administration. Jack has successfully represented clients in a wide range of cases including those pertaining to lease disputes, breach of contract, FINRA and cotton arbitrations, ADA accessibility, misappropriation of trade secrets, will and trust contests, property damage, significant personal injury, and wrongful death.
• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Mr. Adams is a member of the Memphis Bar Association Board of Governors, is president elect of the Estate Law Specialist Board, and is the past president of the Memphis Alumni Chapter of Spring Hill College. He has been named a Fellow of the Memphis Bar Foundation, is a member of both the Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations, the Estate Planning Council of Memphis, and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
• Wills
  C. Michael Adams, Jr. concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of estate planning, taxation, wills and trusts, and probate administration. Mr. Adams began providing tax and accounting advice to clients in 1990 as a tax accountant and has practiced law since 1998. He was also a Certified Public Accountant from 1993 to 2021.
• Trusts
  The Best Lawyers in America 2023 in the field of Trusts and Estates for the sixth year. He was also named the
• Power of Attorney
  Jack also represents personal representatives and creditors in estate administrations and advises individuals and families in estate planning, including preparation of wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney and living wills.
• Probate
  In 2005 Shelby County Probate Court judges nominated Scott to serve as the county’s first Public Administrator in the Probate Court, a position that he still holds. In that position, the Court entrusts him with administering probate cases that are often among the most difficult because of contentious litigation or problems created by a previous fiduciary. Scott lectures on aspects of probate law to community groups, as well as to lawyers in CLE seminars, and he serves as a substitute judge in Probate Court when requested by the probate judges.

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Robert (Bob) J. Pinstein’s practice and experience encompasses acquisition and sale of real estate and businesses and includes mortgage-secured transactions, general business, lending law, general corporate contracts, real estate financing and development, work-outs, foreclosures, leasing and title insurance matters. Once described by a client as “
• Tax Law
  While our professionals possess numerous and diverse capabilities, such as commercial and employment law, tax planning, real property and health care, the common thread through all of our dealings and relationships is a foundation of high values, coupled with a dedication to enhancing client perspectives. These are the factors that perpetuate client success. We work every day to redefine the scope of what is possible within a full-service law firm.