Ten FMS attorneys were named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as Top Attorneys in 2024 in their respective fields.

Each year the magazine calls upon members of the local bar association to vote for their peers in various practice areas. We have listed our winning attorneys and the categories in which they were named as Top Attorneys below. We are proud that for over 100 years, our attorneys have been recognized as skilled lawyers and leaders in the community.

ROBERT L. KAHN

  • Banking Law
  • Collections / Foreclosures

REGGIE E. KEATON

  • Construction Law
  • Consumer Protection – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Plaintiff
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Product Liability – Defense

MICHAEL W. EWELL

  • Bankruptcy – Creditor
  • Bankruptcy – Debtor
  • Banking Law

JOHN M. LAWHORN

  • Consumer Protection – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Plaintiff
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employer

JAMES E. WAGNER

  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense

BEVERLY D. NELMS

  • Personal Injury – Auto Accident – Defense
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Wrongful Death – Defense

MARY ELIZABETH MADDOX

  • Administrative Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Nursing Home Liability -Defense
  • Medical Malpractice – Defense
  • Personal Injury – Auto Accident – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense
  • Social Security Disability Law
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense

BENJAMIN C. MULLINS

  • Administrative Law
  • Collections / Foreclosures
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Plaintiff
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense

MATTHEW A. GROSSMAN

  • Banking Law
  • Corporate Law

RICHARD E. GRAVES

  • Administrative Law