Memphis Lawyers

After law school, David began practicing general litigation in the Golden Triangle region of Mississippi, which provided a wide base of practice areas, including criminal defense, personal injury, probate, family law, wills and estate, NFA gun trusts, landlord-tenant law, and any other general litigation issues that came through the door. After relocating his main office to Memphis, Tennessee David now focuses his practice on personal injury case and criminal defense. Being licensed in both Tennessee and Mississippi, David currently handles cases in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee and Desoto county, Mississippi including Southaven Municipal Court, Desoto County Circuit Court,...

Kyle Cannon is a leading workers compensation lawyer in the state of Tennessee and regularly handles Worker’s Compensation claims at all levels of the claims process. Kyle also regularly helps on other matters involving business litigation, personal injury, professional legal malpractice defense, premises liability, collection law and other litigation areas.

Jeff Germany has extensive experience in the area of civil litigation. He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, creditor's rights, construction defect litigation and catastrophic injury litigation. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business Administration and the University of Arkansas' School of Law. He was admitted to practice in Arkansas in 1985 and in Tennessee in 1986. Jeff has served as a member of the board of directors of the Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, East Memphis Young Life and the Touchdown Club of Memphis....

Jared is a Partner with Spicer Rudstrom in the Memphis office who focuses on litigation throughout Tennessee. He graduated cum laude from Lambuth University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and then graduated cum laude with a J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He served as an editor for the Tennessee Law Review and was recognized with the Jerry J. Phillips Best Comment award for his scholarly article that was published in the Tennessee Law Review. Jared was also involved with numerous pro bono activities and the legal clinic while in law school.

Jared’s practice is concentrated...

I have been licensed as an attorney in Tennessee since 1998. I have represented thousands of people injured in motor vehicle accidents in my career. I have obtained millions of dollars from insurance companies on behalf of my clients. I learned how to be a trial lawyer defending people charged with criminal offenses. I have tried over 30 criminal and civil jury trials and tried over 50 bench trials. What sets me apart is that when you hire David Gold to represent you, I fight for what is right to get you what you deserve. If I cannot settle your...

At the Becker Law Offices, we help individuals, couples and families find workable solutions that avoid costly, drawn-out and bitter legal fights. Our goal is to help you find a fair and practical agreement that allows you to move on from this difficult time. Misty D. Becker is an experienced family law attorney serving clients in the Memphis area and the communities of Shelby, Fayette and Tipton Counties. Arrange a consultation at 901.881.6205 to discuss your situation and legal options:

Miles Mason, Sr., JD, CPA, founded Miles Mason Family Law Group, PLC with offices in Germantown, Tennessee. An active member of the ABA Family Law Section, Miles is past Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Family Law Section, and served on the Editorial Board of the Tennessee Bar Journal. Miles is a member of the Memphis Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and American Bar Association and their respective Family Law Sections, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the Tennessee Society of CPA’s (TSCPA). He has also authored four books on divorce available on Amazon.com. Miles...

Focus on serious automobile and workplace injuries. More than 30 years experience. Board Certified Attorney (2% of lawyers) since 2004. Super Lawyer 2010-15 (5% of lawyers). Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America (2014).

Mark Griffee concentrates his practice in the areas of general civil litigation, including business, commercial, construction and personal injury litigation; insurance defense and coverage counsel, including general liability, employment, life, professional liability, reinsurance, ERISA and workers’ compensation (claims and premium dispute resolution); as well as computer intellectual property and health care service transactions and litigation. Mr. Griffee is licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Arkansas. He has been admitted to the Tennessee Supreme Court, Sixth and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals, U.S. Court of Claims and United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee.
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I am an attorney licensed to practice in Tennessee, in all Immigration Courts in the United States, and in the Western District of Tennessee Federal Court. I primarily practice immigration law but also practice business and probate law as well. I have extensive experience working with deportation defense, immigrant juveniles, naturalization, family immigration, business immigration, probate guardianships and conservatorships, wills, business formation and LLC management.

Sam represents members of the financial services, banking, and securities industries in general white-collar matters, including business disputes and defense against fraud actions. Sam also defends medical professionals in medical malpractice actions and start-up and established companies in intellectual property, branding, and false advertising disputes.

In the transactional realm, Sam maintains a sports and entertainment practice and represents athletes, franchises, and talent brokers in the entertainment, sports, and technology industries. In this area, Sam advises his sports and entertainment clients on a wide range of legal issues, including intellectual property, contract, labor union law, employment contract arbitration, and marketing/branding. Sam has...

I am a solo practitioner. Since being licensed in 1993 I have handled most types of legal matters, but since 2001 my practice has focused mostly on helping individuals and small businesses file for relief under bankruptcy. Over the past few years I have made good progress in finding options other than bankruptcy, such as defending against debt collection lawsuits, or assisting with credit reporting issues, or fighting back against abusive debt collectors, or suing mortgage companies who are padding the bill and/or using other unfair trade practices. The key to most of these alternatives to bankruptcy is using "fee...

Personal injury attorney practicing in Arkansas and Tennessee for 25 years.

Mr. Silva is an experienced and knowledgeable attorney focusing on immigration and disability matters. He has successfully represented clients on a wide array of employment-based and family-based immigration matters and has obtained Social Security disability benefits for hundreds of disabled individuals.

Ken Besser has over 40 years of experience starting up and managing small businesses and over 25 years as lawyer, attorney, counselor, and consultant.

As a young man, after graduating a year and a half early from high school, Ken chartered his first corporation and began warehousing and distributing steel cable/wire rope supplier to dragline and barge operators throughout the mid-south. After getting a bachelor's degree in chemistry and attending two years of medical school, Ken started his second company, building $250,000 single-family "spec" homes in Nashville, Tennessee.

After serving as not one but two law review editors and earning his JD,...

I have lived and worked in Memphis since I was 8 years old. I consider myself a Memphian and I am proud to say so. When I am not practicing law, I spend my time with my family; match pistol shooting; gourmet cooking and wood working. I am very passionate about my profession and I take pleasure in reading the law everyday.

Kristy Bennett is a founding partner at Johnson & Bennett with almost two decades of experience before the Mississippi, Tennessee and federal courts. Attorney Bennett has focused her practice on employment law, personal injury and civil rights. She has argued before the Fifth Circuit, the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Mississippi Court of Appeals. She hasri tried 30 cases to jury verdict and negotiated numerous more equitable settlements for six- and seven-figures. Just five years into her legal career, while working for a boutique employment law firm in Tupelo, Mississippi, Attorney Bennett won a $1.7 million jury verdict in a...

I am an attorney licensed in the State of Tennessee and have worked with clients in civil, criminal, divorce, estate, real estate, and personal injury matters. I am also currently employed with The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, acting as the Associate Director for the Office of Clinical Research by negotiating and drafting agreements related to clinical research. My work as an attorney is wholly separate from that work done for The University of Tennessee, and use of The University of Tennessee's name is not an endorsement, implied or otherwise.

Chasity Sharp Grice is an attorney in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a native of Tennessee and is admitted to the Bars of Tennessee and Texas. She attended the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she received her law degree with a concentration in Transactional Tax Planning. Chasity has worked for Certified Public Accounting firms where she focused in estate planning for middle to high net worth families. After working for these firms, she opened her own law practice, where she practiced in the areas of probate, estate planning, and family law. In 2014,...

The Jones Law Firm serves the legal needs of the Memphis and North MS area. Practice areas include divorce, bankruptcy, family law, estate planning, and mediation. Located off of Poplar near I-240.

Kyle Johnson is a partner with the Prosser Clapper & Johnson law firm firmed based out of both Denver, Colorado and Memphis, Tennessee. He has been with the firm since 2016 and exclusively focused on securities and investment related litigation. Growing up just outside of Memphis, Kyle went on to graduate Cum Laude from Christian Brothers University with a degree in Business where he was the Captain of the Men’s Golf team for both his junior and senior year. During his senior season, he was voted to the Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team for his success in the classroom and...

Arthur E. Ray, Jr., the founding partner of Arthur Ray Law Offices, attended the University of Mississippi and graduated Cum Laude in 1963 with a Bachelor of Business Admin degree in Accounting, having been admitted as a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. In 1966 he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree, finishing in the upper 10% of his law class. He was admitted to practice law in Mississippi in 1966 and in Tennessee in 1969. He was admitted to the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants in 1971.

John Michael Bailey came of age during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement. He was one of the many who marched and protested for the rights of those who were wronged. He was part of a generation that could change the world, and make it better. He still has that belief today.

John Michael Bailey started law school at the University of Memphis at the age of twenty one, and started representing people at the age of twenty two. He started off by helping and representing the Vietnam Veterans through Legal Services at the age of twenty two. In his...

I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. During college, I studied at East Tennessee State University, where I received a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice, which I then followed up with a Master's in Criminology from the University of Memphis. Before beginning my legal career, I worked as a Project Coordinator at the University of Memphis, where I assisted in training law enforcement officers in the Memphis Model of Crisis Intervention Training. The purpose of the project was to provide officers with the tools to deal with citizens in a state of mental crisis. I then went on to study...

Cameron M. Watson is an associate in Spicer Rudstrom’s Memphis office, where he practices law in business and corporate law, employment law, products liability, intellectual property litigation, and premises liability.

Cameron works to protect the goodwill of businesses and their intellectual property rights with a focus on trade secret, trademark, patent, and copyright infringement litigation. His efforts begin from the ground up with particular emphasis on preemptive protections including non-disclosure agreements, non-compete clauses, and licensing agreements. As for employment law, Cameron works hard to advise his clients of the best practices to protect against state and federal claims of...

Before establishing his career as a lawyer, Mr. Cardwell served his country and is a 20-year retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Following his retirement from the Marines, Mr. Cardwell graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2006, and practiced law in Alaska before relocating to the great state of Tennessee. Mr. Cardwell is licensed to practice in all state and appellate courts in Tennessee, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, and the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Cardwell concentrates his practice...

The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (J.D.) Editor-in-Chief, University of Memphis Law School Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Bernice B. Donald (W.D. Tennessee) Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association (TENNELA) - Former President (2016-2018)/Board Member (2012-2019) President, Memphis-Mid-South Chapter of Federal Bar Association (2018) Western District of Tennessee, Local Rules Committee, Chair (2020-2021)/Recorder (2018-2019) Languages (English/Spanish)

J. W. Vaughan, Jr., also known as "Jay", grew up in North Mississippi and in 1983 graduated from Calhoun City High School, where he was a leader (Class President, Mr. CCHS, Who's Who, Hall of Fame, Mississippi Beta Club President, American Legion Boys State), a scholar (Valedictorian, Star Student, Rotary Scholar, English, Science, and History Awards), and an athlete (football, baseball, tennis, and track letterman).

Mr. Vaughn attended the University of Mississippi, graduating with honors, and in 1988 received his undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Insurance, Risk Management, and Financial Services. While at Ole Miss, he was active in...

PARTNER: Bailey & Bailey Law Firm, PLLC - Memphis, TN Personal injury litigation; Federal criminal defense EDUCATION J.D., Nashville School of Law, Nashville, TN (2002) B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (1991-1995) Major: Political Science (concentration in International Affairs) - National Trial Lawyers – Member - Top 100 (2023) - Standing Local Rules Committee for the Western District of Tennessee - 2024 - TN Board of Professional Responsibility - Committee Member 2023 to present - Memphis Bar Association 2005 to present – Tech Division Chairman 2020 - 2023; Board of Directors (2021 - 2023) - Federal Bar Association Memphis Chapter – Board of Directors (2023) - St. Agnes Academy...