Seven FMS attorneys were named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as Top Attorneys in 2025 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.

REGGIE E. KEATON

  • Construction Law
  • Consumer Protection – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Plaintiff
  • 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
  • Product Liability – Plaintiff
  • Wrongful Death – Plaintiff

BEVERLY D. NELMS

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

MARY ELIZABETH MADDOX

  • Administrative Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employer
  • Nursing Home Liability – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff

BENJAMIN C. MULLINS

  • Administrative Law
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense

RICHARD E. GRAVES

  • Administrative Law