by Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP | Dec 4, 2016 | NEWS
Nine FMS attorneys were named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as Top Attorneys in 2016 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...
by Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP | Oct 12, 2016 | NEWS
In a decision issued on June 8, 2016, in the case of In Re: Estate of Bruce Chapman Bower, the Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed a decision of the Sevier County Probate Court regarding the interpretation of a decedent’s family trust. FMS Attorney Rich Scrugham...
by Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP | Aug 2, 2016 | ESTATE PLANNING: BUSINESS, FAMILY AND PERSONAL, TRUSTS AND ESTATE PLANNING, WILLS
What happens when a beneficiary kills the person from whom they would inherit property? Tennessee has what is sometimes called a “slayer statute” that addresses this issue: Tenn. Code Annotated §31-1-106 Any person who kills, or conspires with another to kill, or...
by Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP | May 25, 2016 | NEWS
The Knoxville Bar Foundation recognized Debra Fulton as an esteemed member of Knoxville’s legal community at their Annual Dinner on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Each year the Foundation inducts a new Fellows Class which is less than one percent of the active...
by Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP | Apr 19, 2016 | NEWS
Debra Fulton was named in Best Lawyers® special spring 2016 edition, Women in the Law, for workers’ compensation, employers. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best...
