Arthur E.
McClellan
Member - President
Gallatin Office
E-mail:
aemcclellan@bellsouth.net
Practice Areas: First Party Insurance Defense; Personal Injury
Defense; Products Liability Defense; Aviation Law; Probate Litigation.
Peer Review Rating: AV® Rated.
See explanation at bottom of page.
Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 1973;
Harding University, B.A., 1968.
Admitted: 1974, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District
of Tennessee; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth
Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1999,
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee.
Memberships: Sumner County (President, 1976-1977), Tennessee
(Member, House of Delegates, 1987-1993) and American Bar Associations;
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; American Judges Association.
Military: 1st Lt., U.S. Army, Intelligence, 1968-1971.
Born: Sikeston, Missouri, November 7, 1946.
Biography: Order of the Coif. Recipient, Harold C. Warner Centurion
Scholarship. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Member, Editorial
Board, Tennessee Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk, Associate Justice
Allison B. Humphreys, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Author:
"Torts—Minors—Contributory or Comparative Negligence," 39 Tennessee Law
Review 747, 1972; "Unrevealed Informants & the Fourth Amendment," 40
Tennessee Law Review 75, 1972; "Practical Aspects of Defending Arson and
Insurance Fraud Claims," 3 Adelphia Law Journal 1, 1984. Adjunct Law
Professor, Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, Volunteer State Community
College, 1992—. Fire Instructor, TACA Fire School, 1989. Circuit Judge,
18th Judicial District, 1999-2000. Sumner County Commissioner,
2002-2006. Sumner County Election Commission, 2007-.
Dennis Wade Powers
Member - Vice President
Gallatin Office
E-mail:
dennis_powers@bellsouth.net
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Estate
Litigation; Probate Litigation; Personal Injury.
Peer Review Rating: AV® Rated.
See explanation at bottom of page.
Education: University of Memphis, J.D., 1978, Volunteer State
Community College, A.S., 1973; Trevecca Nazarene College, B.S., 1975.
Admitted: 1978, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District
of Tennessee.
Memberships: Sumner County, Tennessee and American Bar
Associations.
Born: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 8, 1953.
Biography: Recipient, Wall Street Journal Student Achievement
Award, Business Student of the Year, 1975. Instructor, Business Law and
Negotiable Instruments, Volunteer State Community College, 1979—.
M. Allen Ehmling
Member - Treasurer
Gallatin Office
E-mail: aeehmling@bellsouth.net
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Criminal Defense; Creditor
Bankruptcy; Family Law; Juvenile Law.
Peer Review Rating: BV® Rated.
See explanation at bottom of page.
Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 1981,
University of the South, B.A., cum laude, 1978.
Admitted: 1981, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District
of Tennessee.
Memberships: Sumner County (Secretary, 1984; Treasurer, 1985;
Vice-President, 1986; President, 1987), Rutherford-Cannon County,
Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research
Institute.
Born: Circleville, Ohio, September 3, 1955.
Biography: Adjunct Faculty, Volunteer State Community College,
Family Law, Civil Trial, Appellate Procedure and Torts.
Jade Rogers
Maberry
Member - Secretary
Gallatin Office
E-mail: rogers@bellsouth.net
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense;
Personal Injury; Domestic Relations; Child Custody; Family Law; Juvenile
Law.
Peer Review Rating: BV® Rated.
See explanation at bottom of page.
Education: Tulane University, J.D., 1990, Lipscomb University,
B.A., cum laude, 1987.
Admitted: 1991, Texas; 1992, Tennessee; 1994, U.S. Court of
Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Middle District of
Tennessee; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2007,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee.
Memberships: Sumner County and Tennessee Bar Associations; Defense
Research Institute; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association; National
Lawyers Association.
Born: Nashville, Tennessee, August 4, 1964.
Biography: Judge, City of Westmoreland, Tennessee, 1995—.
Dinah J. Michael
Associate
Murfreesboro Office
E-mail:
dinahmichael@bellsouth.net
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Family Law;
Adoption Law.
Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 1997,
Hollins College, B.S., 1994.
Admitted: 1998, Tennessee.
Memberships: Rutherford-Cannon County and Tennessee Bar
Associations; Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.
Born: Nashville, Tennessee, March 22, 1966.
William S. Bennett
Associate
Murfreesboro Office
E-mail:
stanbennett@bellsouth.net
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Criminal Defense; Probate;
Domestic Relations.
Education: Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D.,
2003, Middle Tennessee State University, B.A., 1979; St. John's College,
M.A., 1995; Samford University School of Business, M.B.A., 2002.
Admitted: 2003, Tennessee.
Military: Lt. Col., US Marine Corps (Ret.), 1979-1999.
Born: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 18, 1956.
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