Sixteen FMS attorneys were named by Knoxville’s CityView Magazine as Top Attorneys in 2023 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
  • Bankruptcy – Creditor
  • Collections / Foreclosures

 

REGGIE E. KEATON

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

 

DONALD D. HOWELL

  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense

 

DEBRA L. FULTON

  • Health Care Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Privacy Law
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense

 

MICHAEL W. EWELL

  • Bankruptcy – Creditor
  • Bankruptcy – Debtor
  • Banking Law
  • Business / Commercial Law
  • Business Litigation

 

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
  • Personal Injury – Auto Accidents – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense

 

JAMES E. WAGNER

  • Constitutional Law / Civil Rights
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff

 

BEVERLY D. NELMS

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

 

MARY ELIZABETH MADDOX

  • Administrative Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employee
  • Labor & Employment Law – Employer
  • Mediation / Arbitration
  • Nursing Home Liability -Defense
  • Medical Malpractice – Defense
  • Product Liability – Defense
  • Social Security Disability Law
  • Worker’s Compensation – Defense
  • Worker’s Compensation – Plaintiff

 

BENJAMIN C. MULLINS

  • Administrative Law
  • Collections / Foreclosures
  • Personal Injury – Auto Accidents – Defense
  • Personal Injury – Motorcycle Accident – Defense

 

RICHARD T. SCRUGHAM, JR. 

  • Business / Commercial Law

 

MATTHEW A. GROSSMAN

  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Finance & Development

 

KEVIN A. DEAN

  • Estate Planning / Trusts
  • Wills / Probate

 

RICHARD E. GRAVES

  • Real Estate / Finance and Development

 

SHARON H. KIM

  • Consumer Protection – Plaintiff
  • Elder Law

 

MICHAEL A. C. LEE

  • Consumer Protection – Plaintiff