Nationally-known in legal circles, Timothy L. Takacs is the architect of the Life Care Planning approach to elder law, which features a team of attorneys, nurses, social workers, insurance experts, public benefits specialists, and others who work together to help families deal with the personal, financial and legal challenges created by long life and disability. His innovations have transformed the way elder law is practiced in the United States. Takacs? insights into the challenges faced by the elderly and their families have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, ...
Mr. Higgins is a Nashville native. He attended the University of Tennessee where he graduated with honors and returned to home to work with a large insurance defense law firm. About 17 years ago Mr. Higgins left the defense practice and created a firm that only represents injured victims and their families. To better serve his clients the firm is broken down into specific litigation groups, such as the nursing home neglect division and serious injury division. Mr. Higgins is a member of the million dollar advocates forum, recognized by Best Lawyers and is a board member of the Tennessee Tr...
James is a recent graduate from Lincoln Memorial University's Duncan School of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee, graduating cum laude. While in law school, James served simultaneously as Associate Editor for the Law Review and Vice President of the Moot Court Board. He also served as a faculty research assistant. He competed in two Moot Court competitions, including the prestigious William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament, held at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Lawrence holds a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ke...
Cumberland Legacy Law* provides the highest quality estate planning for clients in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Tennessee. Whether you need a sophisticated strategy for minimizing or avoiding estate taxes and providing maximum possible asset protection, or just a simple will or trust to ensure your assets are distributed in accordance with your wishes, or anything in between, we are here to help you and your loved ones.We present seminars on a variety of estate planning and elder law topics; call us if you want to be on our seminar mailing list, or subscribe to our newslet...
Martin L. Pierce is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Tennessee Technological University in 1978. He received that institution's Outstanding Young Alumnus Award in 1988. Martin received his law degree, with high honors, from the University of Memphis in 1981, where he was a published member of the University of Memphis Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Georgia, as well as before the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.Martin works primarily in the areas of: (1) Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Elder La...
I have spent years delivering peace of mind, well thought out estate planning and asset protection solutions. I know how important it is to secure the future of your estate and finances. I have made it my mission to save my clients every dollar possible in court costs, attorney fees and taxes. With my expertise and commitment to excellence, your legacy is in good hands.For me, it is about more than words on a page or numbers in a ledger. I want to understand what those words mean to you and how they represent your livelihood, values, and priorities. I know it takes time to build a relationship...
Attorney Randall A. Ratliff is the founder of the Randy Ratliff Law Offices, PLLC, in Brentwood, Tennessee. He is licensed to practice law in both Kentucky and Tennessee, holds a master?s degree in International Political Economy from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, and holds a bachelor?s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, Kentucky. Since graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2000, Mr. Ratliff has practiced law in several settings, including acting as general counsel to a mid-sized national firm, a tech start up, and a foste...
If you are searching for an estate planning lawyer in Murfreesboro, you should come to LaRoche Law Office. It is of the utmost importance that you have an attorney you can count on?a lawyer who has a thorough understanding of the issues at hand and who is ready to stand beside you and assist you today. Attorney David B. LaRoche is up to the task! He obtained his undergraduate degree from The College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. He later received his Juris Doctorate at Vanderbilt University Law School. He is the Preside of the Stone River Watershed Association, and he previously held a membership...
Jean Byassee has practiced healthcare and elder law for decades. This includes draft and review of all heathcare contracts like physician recruitment agreements, buy-in for physician practices, joint ventures, wills, trusts, conservatorships and estate challenges....
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, she joined the firm of Peppe...
Mrs. Shackelford is a Indiana native who relocated to Tennessee in 1997. Her practice started as a general law practice in West Tennessee and in 2002 she opened her office Clarksville, Tennessee. Her primary areas of endeavor are in the fields of family law, children's advocacy, juvenile law, child custody, child support, and adoptions....
20+ years experience in civil litigation in the southern middle Tennessee area. Particular areas of expertise include divorce law, wills and estates, probate, elder law and personal injury...
As an attorney in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Norman Sabin provides extensive estate and tax planning services to individuals and businesses. Mr. Sabin?s primary focus is protecting families from the devastating legal effects of disability and death. Through proper planning, individuals and families can avoid probate, protect their assets, continue their legacies through strategic charitable giving, and provide for the security of their loved ones. He will take the time to get to know you as individuals, to learn about your life and values, and work closely with you through an ...
Margaret Held has known she wanted to be a lawyer since she was 8 years old, hearing the stories of her grandfather's practice in Knoxville. "When you decide to become a lawyer when you are a kid, it's because you want to stick up for the little guy and take down the bully."As a new attorney, that attitude landed Ms. Held a prestigious Equal Justice Fellowship, awarded by the National Association for Public Interest Law to honor lawyers who make unique contributions in public law. The Fellowship allowed Ms. Held to represent entrepreneurs and non-profit rganizations to create and ret...