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 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 Kahn

  • Appellate Practice
  • Collections / Foreclosures

Reggie Keaton

  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense

Donald Howell

  • Administrative Law
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Personal Injury General – Plaintiff
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense
  • Wrongful Death – Plaintiff

Debra Fulton

  • Health Care Law
  • Mediation / Arbitration
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense

Michael Ewell

  • Bankruptcy – Creditor
  • Business / Commercial Law

John Lawhorn

  • Consumer Protection – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Defense
  • Employee Benefits / ERISA – Plaintiff
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employer
  • Personal Injury – Auto Accident – Defense
  • Personal Injury – General – Plaintiff
  • Product Liability – Plaintiff
  • Wrongful Death – Defense
  • Wrongful Death – Plaintiff

James Wagner

  • Constitutional Law / Civil Rights
  • Family Law / Divorce / Child Support
  • Federal Court Practice
  • Product Liability – Plaintiff
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff

Mary Elizabeth Maddox

  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense

Richard Scrugham, Jr.

  • Business / Commercial Law
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee